The missal used by the priest who reconciled King Charles II with the Catholic faith has gone on display to the public.
The 1623 Missale Romanum belonging to Catholic Benedictine monk and priest Fr John Huddleston (pictured) is being shown at Old Moseley Hall in Staffordshire.
Fr Huddleston once saved King Charles’s life, provided him last rites, and oversaw his reconciliation with the Catholic Church.
Only some 70 years after it was reportedly bought for a sixpence from a second-hand shop in Liverpool, it was acquired by the National Trust in an auction following a generous donation by a member.
