Which English king was known as 'Old Rowley' ?
Old Rowley Old Rowley Old Rowley was the name of a stallion racehorse belonging to King Charles II (1660-1685) of England. The Rowley Mile Racecourse at Newmarket, Suffolk, developed by the king as a national centre for horseracing, is named after the horse. As the stallion was libidinous and "renowned for the number and beauty of its offspring", "Old Rowley" became a nickname for the king himself, who had many mistresses and sired many illegitimate children. The first verse of the old anonymous lewd ballad "Old Rowley the King", sung to the tune of "Old Simon the King", is as follows: <poem>
Laurie Rowley Laurie Rowley Laurence Peter Rowley, better known as Laurie Rowley (30 July 1941 – 16 August 2009) was an English comedy writer from Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is most famous for a sketch writer, working on shows such as "The Two Ronnies" and "Not the Nine O'Clock News", for which he wrote the "Darts" sketch, which satirised the heavy drinking habits of darts players at the time. Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, Rowley was educated at the St Augustine's Catholic School as a child. After leaving school he had jobs as a shower fitter, a manager