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By Oldgroaner

King Billy (William of Orange) statue

Depicted as a Roman Emperor
The statue is above an now closed Gents toilet. in Market Place
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/William-Of-Orange/
"James II had converted to Catholicism and had also married a Catholic princess from Italy. In Protestant majority England, concerns soon spread that any son who would succeed the throne would rule as a Catholic King. By 1688, the wheels had been set in motion and on 30th June, a group of politicians who became known as the ‘Immortal Seven’ sent William an invitation to invade. This soon became public knowledge and on 5th November 1688 William landed in the southwest of England at Brixham. Accompanying him was a fleet that was both imposing and considerably larger than the English had encountered during the Spanish Armada.
It was a bloodless take over "

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