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The blue plaque on Mottram Court House SJ9995 : Mottram Courthouse reads:

TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH

FRANCIS LOVELL
(1454 - 1487)

Lord of Longdendale, favourite of Richard III, his Chief Butler and
Chamberlain of the household.

Fought at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485 and later in
an abortive uprising against Henry VII.

Following the Battle of Stoke, Lovell's body was not found, but
there is a tradition that in 1708 his body was discovered
in a chamber at Minster Lovell, his home near Oxford.

When exposed to fresh air, the skeleton crumbled to dust.

Unveiled jointly by
Councillor Michael Ballagher
and
Councillor John Hughes
22 August 2001