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Thread #47315   Message #704992
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
05-May-02 - 08:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Great British Pubs
Subject: RE: BS: Great British Pubs
There's a small town near York called Rical, and we visited a small pub there. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name. But it was of an age preceding Thomas Cromwell, because the legend says, after Henry VIII exiled Cromwell to a position as the Archbishop of York, the King's bad feelings continued to the point where he ordered CRomwell arrest. The Archbishop escaped before the King's men could arrive, and he sought shelter at this pub. Henry's men found him out and arrested him in one of the rooms of what was then a roadside Inn.

Several visitors have reported the sudden apparition of a man in a hooded cloak and vestments of the Church, passing by in solemn procession with his captors.

It's a great place with good food and several tiny rooms linked at a central point, each with a small fireplace. They've got an interesting display of items that fell behind a mantlepiece over the last 500 years, including keys, coins, jewelry etc. Anyone know it?