Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable mentions a palfrey called Black Agnes, which was given to her by her brother the Earl of Moray and named after Agnes of Dunbar.
I imagine she had a good many horses in the course of her life.
May 08 2005, 3:59 PM
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Seems my 'Compendium of General Knowledge' collaborates with TT and declares Black Agnes as the filly of choice, but you know how these queens are, must have had a stable full...
