I recently did a ramble in Cawston and came across this story of a duel between Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling Hall and Oliver Le Neve in 1698. It was the last recorded duel in Norfolk and is memorialised by a monument on the Norwich Road in Cawston. It appears that the duel was prompted by the headstrong Hobart after he had supposedly overheard rumours that Le Neve was spreading the word that Hobart had been cowardly at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Hobart, a skilled swordsman challenged Le Neve, a hard drinking country gentleman to the duel at a place of his choosing. To find out what was the outcome please select the following link:
https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2023/06/23/norfolks-final-farewell-to-the-drama-of-the-duel/
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