Richard III – The Alcester Connection

A talk by Dr Julian Davey

It is known that Richard lll was in Worcester city on 5th August 1483 and in Warwick on the 8th August, but there is no record of where he spent the 6th and the 7th. In his talk Julian explores all the possible routes of Richard’s journey through Worcestershire and concludes that the King must have stayed in Alcester – but where?