Arriving in Leicester from Nottingham, King Richard III is said to have spent two nights at the Blue Boar Inn just before leaving the city on his way to Bosworth Field.
He was known to stay at Leicester Castle on previous visits to the City but on this occasion either they were unprepared, or had insufficient room, for the King and his large retinue. At the Inn he would have stayed in the ‘Grand Hotel’ of the day and it is believed that he used his own bed which he brought with him.
The Inn was a half-timbered building erected in the mid 15th Century, typical of the time, so was fairly modern when Richard visited and it stood on the medieval High Street (now Highcross Street). The name is uncertain; it is believed that it was originally called the White Boar (Richard III’s emblem) but changed to the Blur Boar after the badge of John, Earl of Oxford, Henry VII’s general.
The inn was demolished in 1836.
Richard was given a final resting place in Leicester Cathedral on 26th March 2015.
(See also GC4K93X - The Friars and the Royal Bones, GC4XMC0 - Richard III Rode, GC4Y98D - The Newarke Gateway, GC4Y555 - The Grey Friars, and GC5MCNH - The King is Dead, Long Live the King.)
Parking nearby
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