William Pendrill
William Pendrill (died 1705) was a Roman Catholic and royalist in the English Civil War.
Pendrill and his five brothers were the occupants of Boscobel House in Shropshire where in 1651 they secreted the defeated King Charles II in an oak tree after the Battle of Worcester. The tree became known as the Royal Oak.[2][3][4][5]
He is remembered in the Penderel's Oak public house in London's High Holborn.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "William Pendrill of Boscobell in the County of Salop Aetis Suae 84 The Royall Oake". www.grosvenorprints.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Poulton-Smith, A. (2009). South Staffordshire Street Names. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445631004. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "William Pendrill and the Boscobel Oak, c.1700". PBS LearningMedia. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Frost, Joyce (2004). Auden's History of Tong -. arima publishing. ISBN 184549010X.
- ^ Miege, Guy (1745). The Present State of Great Britain, and Ireland,: Being a Complete Treatise of Their Religion, Policy, Manufactures, Customs, Government and Commerce. Of the Britons Original: Their Sciences, and Arts; Nobility and People, and Strength by Sea and Land. J. Brotherton, G. Strahan, R. Ware, J. Clarke, C. Hitch, and J. Hodges.
- ^ Penderel’s Oak. Wetherspoon. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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- The royal miracle; a collection of rare tracts, broadsides, letters, prints, & ballads concerning the wanderings of Charles II. after the battle of Worcester (September 3-October 15, 1651), London, S. Paul & co. (1912)
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