Henry Llewellyn Day Almshouses Wells

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Each year on the 26th of July residents of the Llewellyn Almshouses in Wells commemorate the day he died in 1614. He was their benefactor. The photograph and video of his image are from his tomb in St Cuthberts Church Wells.

Interesting to note that during the life of Henry Llewellyn the following events occurred.
ELIZABETH1 (1558-1603)
1577 Drake set sail around the world
1592 Gregorian Calendar adopted
1587 Mary Queen of Seats beheaded
1588 Spanish Armada defeated

JAMES I of ENGLAND(1603-1695)
1605 Gunpowder Plot
1607 Somerset Tsunami
1607 Jamestown founded in Virginia
1611 King James Version of the Bible
1612 Pendle Witch Trials (Lancashire)
1613 Pocahontas converted to Christianity.
1614 Henry Llewelyn died

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