Title:

King

Military Rank:

General

First Name:

Charles

Last Name:

Stuart

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Plaque

Does the monument still exist?

No

Inscription:

The hole in the Wainscot which appears thro the aperture of this plate was occasioned by a ball discharged from the musket of a Parliamentary soldier at King Charles the first while he sate dressing himself in this Projection. The ball was found and preserved during many years but is now lost. The Regiadal attempt seems to have been made on October 26 or 27 AD:1644.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Some fading of text on the brass plaque

Memorial Notes:

It is unlikely that King Charles I occupied this room in Shaw House before or during the second battle of Newbury. If the impact damage was caused by a musket ball, it is unlikely to have been during fighting on 26 October 1644 as this was for control of Clay Hill, approximately 950 metres to the north east of the house and beyond the range of a musket. It is more likely to have been a result of fighting on 27 October, which came up to the perimeter of the gardens of the house.