Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Leicester
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), 15th Century Wars (1400-1499)
- Maker
- Mr David Kinnersley (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1980
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37515
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Current location
King Richard III Visitor Centre
St. Martin's
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 5FX
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 58566 04400
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- On the Chancel floor
Leicester Cathedral
St. Martin's
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 5FQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 58493 04454
Denomination: Church of England
- On the Chancel floor
- Description
- Black marble tablet, previously set into the floor of the cathedral.
- Inscription
- RICHARD III/ KING OF ENGLAND/ KILLED AT/ BOSWORTH FIELD/ IN THIS COUNTY/ 22ND AUGUST 1485/ BURIED IN THE/ CHURCH OF GREY FRIARS/ IN THIS PARISH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, title, place of death, date of death, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined - 15th Century Wars (1400-1499)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, title, place of death, date of death, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- Wars of the Roses (1455-1487)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 2700mm, width 750mm
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Explore Leicester Cathedral
- Private Eye No.1351 (18-31 Oct. 2013)p.15 Photo of memorial and comments on proposals to rebury Richard III in the cathedral, following the recent discovery of his body.
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