What is recorded here
This white commemorative plaque records: No. 24 Frenchgate. Traditionally the home and place of death of Robert Willance ( -1616) whose miraculous escape from death when his horse went over the edge of Whitcliffe Scar gave his name to Willance's Leap. Accident 1606; Alderman of Richmond 1608: died 1616. Buried in the Churchyard a few yards from the garden doorway of this house. Recorded plaque organisation: Richmond and District Civic Society.
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