Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
Black trumpeter John Blanke musician at the courts of Henry VII & Henry VIII.
A BBC History project
SE10, Old Royal Naval College, Visitor Centre
The plaque is at the top of the grey column to the right of the central door. Presumably there is evidence that Blanke performed at Greenwich Palace which used to be on this site.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Blanke
Trumpeter. He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Ca...
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Blanke
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