King Charles Barn Tankard

It's half term so we've all come to The Barn for a few days. Now I recently stumbled across a Madeley Matters article which mentions The Barn and a silver plate and tankard that were given to Francis Wolfe by King Charles in gratitude for hiding him here as he fled after defeat at the Battle of Worcester.

The article mentioned that a replica of the tankard would be on display at the Coalport China Museum from September 2008. As it happens, I had met Sophie the curator at our team's Volunteering Day, so I emailed her to find out if the display was still there. She wrote back saying it will be there for 2 years, so off we went to find it.

I wont spoil it for you by saying where in the museum the display is, but if you can find this sign...

..you are getting close. The display is quite compact, but very informative and has a photo of the barn as it was before it was converted.

And here is the tankard itself...

The kids were well impressed to see the history of where I stay displayed for all to read.