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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.

Robert Willance, an Alderman of Richmond (1608), is remembered for his miraculous survival after falling off Whitcliffe Scar in 1606, an event known as Willance's Leap.

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