In 1663, the landlord of
the pub was rewarded by Charles II for giving support to his
executed father and his royalist supporters - The Cavaliers.
During the Civil War, the pub had been used as a mustering place by
King Charles I, where his personal standard had been raised to draw
royalist supporters in fighting
for his cause against the
Parliamentarians –The Roundheads. Charles II
honoured the landlord by agreeing to
change the name of the pub from The Ship to “The Royal
Standard of England ”, the only pub in the country with the
honour of the full title.
Close to this cache, across the valley, is a good
view of Jevington House. This is an Arts & Craft style house,
built in 1908 of wychert (unfired clay and straw), seldom seen
outside of the Aylesbury Vale. Wychert or as it is sometimes
locally spelt whitchert, means 'white mud'.