Christopher Hatton Elizabeth I of England

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# The Mitre's Hidden Memory Standing before The Mitre on Ely Court, you're gazing upon one of London's most enchanting Tudor relics, where the young Queen Elizabeth I and her favored courtier Sir Christopher Hatton are said to have celebrated May Day by dancing around a fruit tree that still grows ...

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1 Ely Court, Farringdon, EC1N 6SJ

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The Mitre Built in the 1500s, The Mitre is renowned for having the remains of a fruit tree growing in the front bar that is said a young Elizabeth I and Sir Christopher Hatton danced around to celebrate May Day