Sir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe Size:M: 50 x 50cm showing rows of carcasses hanging

showing rows of carcasses hanging on hooks

View of King John's Palace

Lord Mayor 1871

Inscribed: 'BENIAMIN AB RVMFORD S

hungering for battle

Sir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe Size:M: 50 x 50cm showing rows of carcasses hangingSir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, 1588 (c1900). The famous game of bowls supposedly played by Sir Francis Drake whilst awaiting the arrival of the Spanish Armada. The story, probably apocryphal, goes that when Drake was informed that the Armada had been sighted, rather than putting to sea immediately, he decided that he had time to 'finish the game and beat the Spaniards too'. From Peeps into the Past by Trelleek, published c1900.