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In this episode, I head to South Yorkshire to visit Sheffield Manor Lodge. During the sixteenth century, Sheffield Manor Lodge was a luxurious hunting lodge belonging to the powerful Earls of Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, much of the building’s fabric has since been lost to time. The only structure to remain entirely intact is the Turret House, which sits alongside the ruins of the rest of the manor house.
Pitchford Hall, Shropshire
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The 1502 Progress: Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire
Raglan Castle: Arrival and Family Ties
When Elizabeth and Henry left Troy after five days of hospitality, they had only a short seven-mile journey in a south-westerley direction to reach their next destination, Raglan Castle (or โRaglandโ as it was known until at least the early nineteenth century).ย
An 1801 account of the road from Monmouth to Raglan describes the scenery the royal couple would have encountered as they began their journey, โOn leaving Monmouth the road leads for near two miles throโ a pleasant enclosed valley, skirted by gentle swellings, clothed or cultivated to their summits but gaining the higher ground at Wonastow. The view unfolds itself in a beautiful and extensive manner, over a rich and fertile countryโฆโ
The royal party arrived at Raglan Castle on or around 19 August. Their stay there was the apex and, in many ways, the centrepiece of the visit with its incumbent lord, the Kingโs loyal and erstwhile brother-in-arms, Sir Walter Herbert, playing host…
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Gainsborough Old Hall: The Most Complete Tudor Courtier House in England
Gainsborough Old Hall, in Lincolnshire, has been described by the renowned architectural historian, Anthony Emery, as the most complete courtier…
Cawood Castle, Near York, North Yorkshire
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The 1502 Progress: The Old Manor of Langley, Langley, Oxfordshire
Around 5 August, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York arrived at The Old Manor of Langley. Elizabeth seems to have recovered from her sickness; at least enough to continued the onward journey. This brief period of illness may have been related to her pregnancy. However, as we shall see shortly, the Privy Purse account points out that the Queen was not the only member of her household to fall ill while at Woodstock