Royal Pilgrims & Visitors to St Winefride's Well

1189 Richard I          Richard I, the Lionheart, made a pilgrimage to the Well.
 1416 Henry V           Following his victory at Agincourt, Henry V paid a thanksgiving visit to 
​                                            the Well: 'The King, with great reverence, went on foot in pilgrimage
​                                            from Shrewsbury to St Winefride's Well in North Wales' (Adam of Usk,
​                                           "Chronicle".)
1461 Edward IV        According to the Welsh poet Tudor Aled, Edward IV came on pilgrimage,
​                                            when he placed a pinch   of earth taken from beside the Well upon his
                                            crown.
 1686 James II and Queen Mary Beatrice
                                           On 29th August James II and Queen Mary Beatrice came on pilgrimage
​                                            to the Well, to pray for an heir; according to Thomas Pennant (Whitford
​                                            & Holywell, 1796, 230) the Jesuits then in charge of the Well presented
​                                            the King with a present of the very shift in which his Great Grand
                                            Mother Mary Stuart lost her head.
 
1828                                Princess Victoria and King Leopold of Belgium
                                            Princess Victoria, staying in Holywell, with her uncle King Leopold of
                                            Belgium, visited the Well.
                                        
2005                               HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
                                          14 October: visit of HRH The Duchess of Gloucester to St Winefride's
​                                          Well and the Museum.