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  • A Tudor Weekend Away in York
    North Yorkshire | Places by County | Road-Trip Traveller | Yorkshire

    A Tudor Weekend Away in York

    In this guide, we travel to York, the capital city and crowning jewel of North Yorkshire. It is one of the ‘must visit’ destinations in the North of England, with its history stretching back to the Roman conquest It is among a select handful of English cities to have most of its medieval walls still intact, and within those walls, wonky medieval buildings and higgledy-piggledy streets abound.

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  • Arundel Castle: Tudor Day Trips From London
    Places by County | Road-Trip Traveller | West Sussex

    Arundel Castle: Tudor Day Trips From London

    We visit Arundel Castle, a historic castle and stately home located in the town of Arundel in West Sussex, England. It is one of the country’s most iconic and well-preserved medieval castles, boasting a rich history that spans over a thousand years. Arundel Castle has been the ancestral seat of the Howard family, the Dukes of Norfolk, since the sixteenth century. Today, Arundel Castle is open to the public.

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  • The Lord Leycester, Warwick, maintains its medieval design, comprising a Great Hall, a Chapel, and a Guildhall.
    Places by County | Warwickshire

    The Lord Leycester

    In this episode, I head to Warwick to visit the Lord Leycester, one of the most important examples of intact medieval architecture in Britain. Recently restored, the Lord Leycester has an incredible history spanning 900 years. Today it is open to the public, where the ex servicemen who reside there serve as guides for visitors.

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  • Hever Castle: Tudor Day Trips From London.
    Anne Boleyn | Anne Boleyn | Anne of Cleves | Hever Castle | Kent | Places by County | Road-Trip Traveller | Thomas Boleyn

    Hever Castle: Tudor Day Trips From London.

    Today, Hever Castle is a quintessential fortified medieval manor house, nestled in the bottom of an idyllic, gently sloping valley. The setting makes the picture-perfect English postcard; sculpted lawns with pretty lily-covered moats; all around you, immaculately tended flower and herb gardens abound. We discover how the castle looked in Anne Boleyn’s day as we travel back to the sixteenth century…

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  • The Tomb effigy of Lady Eleanor Verney, Chief Lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth of York.
    Armchair Traveller | Elizabeth of York | Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | Henry VII | PEOPLE | Road-Trip Traveller

    The 1502 Progress: Woolaston, Gloucestershire

    On 28 August, the Queen’s Chamber Books for Elizabeth of York records, ‘Itm the same day to the mariners that conveyed the Quenes grace over the Severn besides Chepstowe’. The temptation is to immediately conclude that a ferry conducted the King and Queen across the River Severn into England at the point where the current bridge spans the river, close to the foot of Chepstow Castle, where the royal couple had been lodged. While this might be true, further close inspection of a later entry in the Chamber Book (dated 27 September) clarifies that the Queen moved from Chepstow to ‘Walstone’ before arriving at the next stop: Berkeley Castle.

    This entry is a retrospective payment made to ‘Robert Alyn for his costes prepayring logging for the Quene from Ragland to Chepstowe by the space of twoo dayes, from Chepstowe to Walstone, ij dayes, from Walstone to Berkeley, ij dayes.’…

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  • St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
    Pembrokeshire | Places by County

    St David’s Cathedral, St David’s Pembrokeshire.

    In this episode, I visit St David’s in Wales to commemorate St David’s Day on March 1. The cathedral dates back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and is the most important religious site in Wales. Pilgrims have visited the cathedral for centuries, and the building boasts impressive architectural features, including a stunning painted ceiling, examples of fan vaulting, the aforementioned Bishop’s Palace ruins, and the medieval cloister.

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  • Image of Dover Castle from the north de factor.
    Kent | Places by County | Road-Trip Traveller

    Tudor Day Trips From London: Dover Castle

    Dover Castle is located in the historic town of Dover in Kent, England. One of the largest and most enduring castles in England, it dates back to the eleventh century. The mighty palace-fortress sits atop the White Cliffs of Dover and is an iconic symbol of English sovereignty.

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  • The exterior of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales.
    Armchair Traveller | Chepstow CAstle | Earls of Worcester | Elizabeth of York | Henry VII | PEOPLE | Road-Trip Traveller

    The 1502 Progress: Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire

    After travelling for around four weeks, and lodging for a week at Raglan Castle, Elizabeth of York and Henry VII began their homebound journey.

    Bordering Wales and England, Chepstow Castle sits atop of the cliffs overlooking the River Wye in Monmouthshire’s Wye Valley. it was the next stop on the 1502 progress.

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  • William ap Thomas was buried alongside his wife in the Priory of St Mary's in Abergavenny.
    Armchair Traveller | PEOPLE | Places by County | Road-Trip Traveller | Robert Dudley | Sir William ap Thomas | Tudor Tombs | Warwickshire

    Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire

    Medieval Tomb:

    Name and Title: Sir William ap Thomas

    Born: Sometime in the 1380s.

    Died: 3 May 1445, London.

    Buried: St Mary’s Priory, Abergavenny, Wales.

    Read more and see images of the tomb here…

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  • View of the gatehouse range from the keep, Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales.
    Armchair Traveller | Elizabeth of York | Henry VII | Monmouthshire | PEOPLE | Raglan Castle | Road-Trip Traveller | Sir Walter Herbert | Sir William Herbert

    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 ‘Ragland’ as it was known until at least the early nineteenth century). 

    An 1801 account of the road from Monmouth to Raglan describes the scenery the royal couple would have encountered as they began their journey, ‘On leaving Monmouth the road leads for near two miles thro’ 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 country…’

    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 King’s loyal and erstwhile brother-in-arms, Sir Walter Herbert, playing host…

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