 Wigstan was a Mercian prince who was assassinated, but was regarded as a Martyr.He was initially buried at Repton, but his body was then moved to Evesham.It was the birthplace of George Davenport, a notorious highwayman; Abigail Herrick, the mother of Jonathan Swift, author of "Gulliver's Travels"; former Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Harry Ellis who attended Bushloe High School; and former Leicester Sound and BBC Radio Leicester presenter, Mark Hayman.