Sir Jeffrey Hudson, from Rutland, fought in the English Civil War but was later enslaved
A pair of trousers thought to have been worn by a 17th century court dwarf has sold for almost £10,000 at auction.
They were sold, together with an old inscribed card, as part of the Jan Finch collection at Sworders Auctioneers, in Stansted Mountfitchet.The trousers - 29cm in length - were bought for £9,750 by a buyer in BelgiumHe was first noticed by the court at the age of seven, when he was served up in a pie wearing a suit of armour as a gift to the Queen, wife of King Charles I.
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