Inspired by the vast Italian Renaissance palaces, Hampton Court took seven years to be completed and was the finest of its kind in England. Ownership of the palace passed to the king in , and between and Henry added the magnificent Great Hall, which features possibly the most outstanding 16th-century hammer-beam roof in existence, followed by a new inner gatehouse in , upon which features an extraordinary astronomical clock.
Edward was born at Hampton Court in October , his mother Jane Seymour tragically passing away in her chamber just a fortnight later.
Although parts of the palace received a Baroque makeover during the late 17th century, no other location in England is more recognisable for its Tudor connections. Ludlow Castle is renowned for its picturesque position in the Welsh March high above the River Teme, once the seat of the influential Mortimer family, ancestors of the House of York, and from where generations of Anglo-Norman lords strove to subdue their restless Welsh neighbours.
Originally constructed in the 11th century and regularly extended in subsequent centuries, by the Tudor period Ludlow was home to the council in the Marches of Wales, an administrative body nominally governed by the Prince of Wales. Henry VII granted Ludlow to his eldest son Arthur Tudor in , and it was here in that the heir to the Tudor throne returned after his ostentatious wedding to Katherine of Aragon, holding court as man and wife during the Christmas festivities that winter.
Ludlow, therefore, can claim to have been, at one time, home to two future Tudor queens of England. The castle still possesses considerable ruins that would have been recognisable to Arthur, Katherine and Mary, including the evocative Solar Block in which they lived, the Great Tower and Hall, and most fascinatingly of all, the circular Norman chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalene.
Thornbury Castle in South Gloucestershire is purportedly the only Tudor fortress that operates as a hotel, providing guests the quirky experience of sleeping in the same bedchamber once occupied by Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Although part of the Stafford family estates throughout the 15th century, the castle was briefly in the hands of Jasper Tudor, an uncle of Henry VII, during the minority of his stepson Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.
Jasper even passed away at Thornbury on 21 December He lay unconscious for two hours and never jousted again. In Tudor times the Deptford to Woolwich road ran right through the royal grounds. Travellers preferred this road because it avoided Blackheath, where many robbers lurked.
The muddy road was closed in on both sides by a high wall. There was a gate-house which was used to guard the point where the Tudor kings and queens crossed the road to enter the park.
Guards stopped the traffic for them while they crossed. In Tudor times the park was not open for everyone to use. It was used by the royal family and their visitors for riding and hunting deer. Elizabeth I, who was born at Greenwich, was baptised in the church of the Observant Friars, which was next to the palace. When she became queen, she liked to spend time at Greenwich, especially in the summer.
There is a famous story about Sir Walter Ralegh putting his cloak down in the mud for Queen Elizabeth to walk over. Though he died from natural causes, his health was poor: he had become obese and the leg wound from his jousting accident had become ulcerated.
Intriguingly, the sarcophagus that was originally intended to form part of Henry's final resting place was eventually used for the tomb of Lord Nelson in St Paul's Cathedral.
Visit us. Queen's House. Plan your visit. Top things to do. Visit Us. Just preparing a presentation for a talk to my U3A Stately Homes group and all your information could cut down my research time considerably. Thank You. My understanding is that Henry owned residences in his lifetime.
Probably never even stayed in more but a few. What were the reasons for such continual expansion of homesites? I will try and find out an exact number for you. Thanks for dropping by!
Hi my name is Ronald I work at a place called the outland chaser in Weybridge and aperantley it belonged to Henry 8th I am trying to find out some information on it I was wondering if you can tell me. Some homework was not done obviously but good try with a starter of a list! Thanks for that. I think the original list was more royal palaces rather than coastal fortifications, however, I should extend it to include all the coastal forts.
If only I had more hours in the day! Was he the greatest Royal property owner? It would be hard to beat his property portfolio, I suspect. What about Thornbury Castle? Is it possible to add Corfe castle to this list. Margaret Beaufort was gifted it then when she died it passed back to the crown. Then Henry may have used it as a hunting lodge till her gave to his illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy before returning to the crown when he died.
It was eventually given away by Elizabeth I. Henry also owned Copped Hall in Essex gifted by the abbots at Waltham Abbey in an attempt to stop him from dissolving the Abbey. He accepted the gift and still dissolved the Abbey. In Henry sent Mary there to live as a virtual prisoner. Elizabeth 1 eventually granted the Hall to Thomas Heneage. Royal hunting parties travelled great distances and required accomodation along pre-arranged overland routes to the Royal Forests.
This accomodation would need room for aristocratic guests plus staff,dogs and horses. It is probable that many hundreds of properties would have been prepared for these journeys. These cross country routes can be re-discovered by plotting certain place names.
Hi, I was told Henry viii acquired Bourne castle in Lincolnshire for a short while before it ended up in the hands of someone called Heckington. How true is this? Would there be any records, Royal records? I guess there must have been proper documentation for such acquire nets. Windsor Castle Windsor Castle. Ruins of Whitehall Palace. Eltham Palace. Old Palace Hatfield House. Penshurst Place. Comments Rob Dixon says:.
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