BLUE FOAR INN, LEICESTER,

LEICESTERSHIRE.

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of Richard. The chimney, on that ode of it which is in Blue Boar Lane, appears to be an erection of some earlier period: it is built of thin brick and ties, ornamented, in many places, with wrought stones: the room in which the king lay is very large: the ten bers which support it are add with the vine tendril, painted in vermillion.

On the 21st of August, the day which preceded the battle, Richard entered Lowester with great pomp, attended by hany, consisting principally of foot: it was separated to two divisions; the first division warched five in a rous, then followed the baggage,

BLUE BOAR INN, LEICESTER,

LEICESTERSHIRE.

UPON the defeat of Richard III. in the memorable battle of Market Bosworth, all the memorials of his congniscance, which was a Blue Boar, were torn down and demolished; and it is supposed that this Inn afterwards became the sign of the Blue Bell. A piece of glass, taken from one of the windows, was in preservation, a few years since, on which was painted a Blue Bell. From this circumstance, the conjecture may have arisen. The building, for the most part, is evidently of the age of Richard. The chimney, on that side of it which is in Blue Boar Lane, appears to be an erection of some earlier period: it is built of thin brick and tiles, ornamented, in many places, with wrought stones; the room in which the king lay is very large; the timbers which support it are adorned with the vine tendril, painted in vermillion.

On the 21st of August 1485, the day which preceded the battle, Richard entered Leicester with great pomp, attended by his army, consisting principally of foot: it was separated into two divisions; the first division marched five in a rank, then followed the baggage,

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large white courser, richly caparisoned, and attended by his body guard: the second division then followed, marching also five abreast. The few horse that he had formed the wings of the army, and were stationed close to the centre.

The battle which decided the long dispute between the houses of York and Lancaster, lasted but two hours. Richard's body was found among the slain, naked, and besmeared with blood and dirt; and in that state it was thrown across a horse, with the head hanging down on one side and the legs on the other, and so carried to Leicester. The body lay two whole days exposed to the view of the people, after which it was interred without ceremony, in one of the churches of that city.