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Falstaff Tudor World Museum

Fri, 01 Nov

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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Falstaff Tudor World Museum
Falstaff Tudor World Museum

Time & Location

01 Nov 2024, 21:00 – 02 Nov 2024, 02:00

Stratford-upon-Avon, Sheep St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EJ, UK

About the event

Join Haunted UK as we investigate one of Warwickshires most haunted buildings.

Tudor world formally known as the falstaff experience is a museum housed in a building that dates back to the 16th century, it once belonged to a man called William Shrieve, who was an archer to King Henry VIII. His name still  survives today and in a house of such high rank, it could be reasonably  assumed he was an important figure in his day and may possibly have been  a Sheriff.

In the 16th century it was a tavern and the tavern keeper, William  Rogers, is said to have been the inspiration for Shakespeare’s famous  comic character Falstaff. There is documented evidence that his family  had strong connections with Shakespeare, as Shakespeare’s daughter  Suzannah was close friends with Elizabeth, the daughter of the Rogers.

In the 17th century, wounded soldiers were brought back to the  building after…

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