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The Procession near the Corn Exchange, Warwick May Fair Show, 1850. Partipants in the parade: 'Queen Elizabeth, attired in a white riding robe, with a regal mantle of purple velvet, and mounted on a handsomely-caparisoned steed. The maiden Queen was attended by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester...These characters were represented as they appeared at the entry of Kenilworth Castle, in 1675...Queen Elizabeth, who rested at Warwick on her route to the "Princely Pleasures" of Kenilworth Castle, in her "Soomerz Progress" of 1575, where she was entertained by Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester...The name of Robert Dudley is connected with the annals of Warwick as the founder of the institution known as "Lord Leicester's Hospital," a beautiful pile of building, situated in the High-street. The personation of the Earl in the procession was excellent'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.