King James I's Fatal Tennis Drain

In 1437, King James I of Scotland was staying at Blackfriars Monastery in Perth, where he enjoyed playing tennis in the courtyard. Having repeatedly knocked balls into an old drain beneath the abbey, he ordered the sealing of the passage to prevent further loss. Just three days later, assassins from a noble faction stormed the monastery to kill him. When James tried to flee through the same drain, he found it blocked and was cornered and murdered.

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