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Not so much as a peep around the corner from Good Queen Bess, and despite one or two suggestions to the contrary, we know for a fact that Richard I never visited. Nonetheless the village of Somersham has had a share of royal visits over the years and here below are the known instances.

Edward III
11 April 1334
Close roll letters signed at Somersham

12 April 1334
Patent Rolls signed at Somersham

Richard II
18 July 1387
Close Rolls signed at Somersham

Nativity of St John the Baptist (May 16) 1393
Close Rolls signed at Somersham

20 March 1399
Close rolls signed at Somersham

Henry VII
30 August 1486
Patent Rolls signed at Somersham

James 1
July 1604
The King to Sir John Cutts. Sorry that sickness prevented his attendance on himself at Somersham. The place is much to his liking and he greatly regrets the waste of game and woods there. Orders his to restock it with such deer as can be spared by himself or his neighbours that it may be ready for spot the next summer and to appoint careful gamekeepers.