Description:Bronze plaque, dated 1875, placed in a position near the oak tree at Boscobel House, where Charles II hid from Parliamentary troops in 1651. The current tree is a descendent of the original Royal Oak. Beside it is a replacement grown from an acorn of the oak, which was planted by the Prince of Wales in 2001, on the 350th anniversary of Charles’s visit.
Inscription reads: "This tree under the blessing of Almighty God, the King of Kings, had the honor of sheltering from his foes his majesty King Charles II. A wall was built around it to guard it for posterity by Basil and Jane Fitzherbert, as an abiding record of their unshaken loyalty. This wall having fallen into decay through the lapse of time, was repaired in the year of our lord 1787 by Basil and Eliza Fitzherbert worthy successors of their ancestors alike in their patriotism and in their loyalty. The iron palisading which now protects the tree was erected in the same loyal sprit by Frances Evans, the present owner of the land in the year of our lord 1817. This tablet was placed here by Miss Elizabeth Evans (elder sister of Frances Evans in the year of our lord 1875".