William II green plaque

Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Here stood the Oak Tree on which an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell at a stag. glanced and struck King William the Second, surnamed Rufus, on the breast, of which he instantly died, on the second day of August, anon 1100. King William the Second, surnamed Rufus being slain, as before related, was l

aid in a cart, belonging to one Purkis, and drawn from hence, to Winchester, and buried in the Cathedral Church of that city. That the spot where an event so memorable might not hereafter be forgotten

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