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Buried at Lichfield
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Lichfield in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Buried at Lichfield
Pope Adrian I creates the Bishopric at Lichfield to challenge Canterbury
Crowned King of Mercia, while his father Offa still ruled
Gathers his forces at Lichfield & threatens to cut Richard III off from London
Joins force with Henry Tudor, Henry VII
Marches from Banbury to relieve Lichfield, and having failed there proceeds to Stafford, which he occupies
Provenance
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