Monday 9 December 2019

What happened to the Palaces of Henry VII?

Sheen/ Richmond Palace-  A favourite of Henry VII and Elizabeth.  There was a major fire in 1497.  The palace was rebuilt and renamed Richmond.  Henry died there, as did his granddaughter Queen Elizabeth.  The Palace was sold off after the English Civil War and fell into disrepair.
The Gate House- All that was left.

Coldharbour Palace- on the river bank by Upper Thames Street, City of London.  Residence of Margaret Beaufort, and then given to Prince Arthur and his bride Kathrine of Aragon. The Palace is likely not to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666

Baynards Palace- A castle restored by Henry VII.  Given to Kathrine of Aragon on the eve of Henry VIII wedding.  Again believed to have been lost in the Great Fire, and worse, build on by BT in 1970!

Collywesten Palace- Home of Margaret Beaufort in a Northamptonshire village on the Rutland border.  May have been the size of Hampton Court.  Gone by 1640 (Margaret died in 1509.) 

Placentia/ Greenwich Palace- Important Palace for the Tudors being Henry VIII and Elizabeth I's birth place.  Knocked down by Charles II in 1660 for a modern take on royalty.

There are so many other historic Royal Palaces around London-

Elton
Oakland (No longer exists)
Hampton Court
Windsor
Buckingham
Kew
Kensington
Clarence House
St James Palace
The Tower
Westminster Palace - (Now has a different use.)

I wonder what the 'Bed room Tax' would add up to.



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