'Blondel, under the walls of Richard's Prison', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

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'Blondel, under the walls of Richard's Prison', c1860, (c1860). Blondel de Nesle (c1155-1202) under the walls of Richard IÆs (1157-1199) Prison. By 1260 the legend of RÚcits d'un MÚnestrel de Reims, claimed that after Richard I was held for ransom in 1192, he was found by the minstrel Blondel, whom he saw from his window and sang a song with. From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A'Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London]

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