The Red Lion, Southampton
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The Red Lion, Southampton
Image: © Oast House Archive Taken: 29 Jun 2012
12th century Grade II* listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1092055 pub on High Street. The 12th century Red Lion pub on the High Street below the Bargate within the old walls is where in 1415, immediately prior to King Henry V of England's departure from Southampton to the Battle of Agincourt, the ringleaders of the 'Southampton Plot', Richard, Earl of Cambridge, Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham and Sir Thomas Grey of Heton, were tried and found guilty of high treason, before being summarily executed outside the Bargate.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.898576
Longitude
-1.403853