tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post4088127480065653522..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: The Secret Places VII & VIIIJot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-39429068941563907812015-07-07T07:06:22.751-07:002015-07-07T07:06:22.751-07:00Henry VIII's laureate was of course John Skelt...Henry VIII's laureate was of course John Skelton and if you walk downhill from Leatherhead town centre you will find the inn mentioned in his poem. Interestingly, the gifted critic and poet Geoffrey Grigson, who was a pupil at St John's School in the town from 1915 - 23, published a very perceptive account of Skelton and his poem in the school magazine.R.M.Healeynoreply@blogger.com