Robert Willance
(d.1616)

Died aged unknown

Commemorated on 3 plaques

According to tradition this flat stone marks the grave of Robert Willance buried here 12 February 1616

Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorkshire, United Kingdom where they was buried (1616)

No. 24 Frenchgate. Traditionally the home and place of death of Robert Willance ( -1616) whose miraculous escape from death when his horse went over the edge of Whitcliffe Scar gave his name to Willance's Leap. Accident 1606; Alderman of Richmond 1608: died 1616. Buried in the Churchyard a few yards from the garden doorway of this house.

24 Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorkshire, United Kingdom where they lived and died (1616)

Willance's Leap [full inscription unknown]

Whitcliffe Scar, Richmond, Yorkshire, United Kingdom where they fell (1606)