Old Map of Leicestershire c.1610 by John Speede |
Map Size 19"x15"
£6.95
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The Old Map shows Leicestershire was unique in the Midland's of England, for its
limited woodland areas and much reduced forests with few deer-parks, but a thriving
farming community benefiting from the deforestation and enclosure of common
land that had been going on since the Middle Ages. |
The county town of Leicester was by far the most important and housed the regional
headquarters of the Duchy of Lancaster. In popular imagination this importance was diminished by the notoriety of two figures buried there. Cardinal Wolsey was buried at Leicester Abbey in 1530, who died on his way to London to answer charges of |
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treason. King Richard took an army to fight Henry of Richmond at Bosworth field III
in 1485. His broken body had been brought back to the town "and without tears
obscurely buried." This old map makes an excellent family history reference. |
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