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  • Random Hall, Sussex
    ACCOMMODATION | Road-Trip Traveller | Sussex

    Random Hall, Sussex

    Random Hall in West Sussex was built in the sixteenth century. The house was originally a farmhouse and has undergone various renovations and expansions over the centuries. Today, it operates as a hotel offering accommodation, dining and event facilities.

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  • The King's Arms, one of the oldest inns in Abergavenny.
    ACCOMMODATION | Monmouthshire | Road-Trip Traveller

    The King’s Arms, Abergavenny

    The King’s Arms is one of the oldest inns in Abergavenny. It was built between 1680 and 1700 by Louis Hurley, and is a fine example of a sixteenth to seventeenth century coaching house. Today it is a privately owned hotel, offering a range of room types for guests to stay in.

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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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  • Cadhay is an historic Tudor manor in the rural landscape of East Devon.
    ACCOMMODATION | Devon | Road-Trip Traveller

    Cadhay, Devon

    Cadhay is a Tudor manor house in rural East Devon. About ten miles east of Exeter, it is a Grade I listed building and now offers luxury holiday accommodation for large groups. Well equipped for self-catered stays, Cadhay offers a unique retreat in a beautiful, remote setting.

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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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  • Brancepeth Castle is a historic medieval fortress located in the village of Brancepeth, County Durham.
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    Brancepeth Castle, Co Durham

    Brancepeth Castle is a historic medieval fortress located in the village of Brancepeth, County Durham. It stands on the site of a former Norman motte-and-bailey castle and has a rich history dating back over nine hundred years. It has a recently renovated flat for up to three guests to stay in.

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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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  • Hole Cottage is the surviving cross-wing of a late medieval, timber-framed hall house.
    ACCOMMODATION | Kent | Road-Trip Traveller

    Hole Cottage, Kent

    Nestled by a small stream in a woodland clearing, Hole Cottage is the remaining fragment of a late medieval timber-framed hall house. Its rural, peaceful location is the perfect base for exploring the county of Kent, which is brimming with Tudor places to visit.

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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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