This link will take you to a very interesting and information article about Richmond Palace, which was formerly the Palace of Sheen. It led a very chequered life, being destroyed by a king’s grief and then by fire. It was also the scene of Henry VII’s death.
[…] was born on 13 November 1312, at Windsor, became a great and successful warrior king, and died at Sheen, a shadow of his former self on 21 June 1377. His decline was sad, because he’d been a truly […]
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[…] I had never before seen a drawing, painting, engraving, whatever that depicted the Old Palace of Sheen as it was before Henry VII went to work on demolishing it and turning it into Richmond Palace. […]
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[…] tells him Elizabeth had consulted John Dee, who created her horoscope and advised her to move to Richmond because the move was in the stars and would be better for her “sickly old age”. (I can […]
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[…] and residences meant a great deal to her, and at Christmas two years ago the palace at Sheen had been razed to the ground by fire. Sheen had been her frequent home during childhood and […]
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