Mirror UK
By Rom Preston-Ellis – Assistant News EditorJames Gamble
14:06, 8 Mar 2024
A 400-year-old falconry ring once owned by King Charles I is set to sell for £3,000 – with its owner only realising its Royal origin after cleaning it four decades on from when he first discovered it.
The tiny hawking ring, found in a spoil heap by the Thames by metal detectorist Roy Davis in the 1980s, lay untouched in an attic for nearly 40 years. The father-of-15 had thought the ring worthless until he cleaned it and discovered it had belonged to King Charles I, who ruled Britain until his execution in 1649.