purkesses

Updated: May 17, 2025

There are Purkesses still in the village of Minstead, near where William Rufus died. And the story runs that the earthly possessions of the Purkess family have ever since been a single horse and cart. A stone marks the spot where the king fell, on it is the inscription,

Charles Morris - Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15): The Romance of Reality