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Horton Priory

Twelve buildings in use today that were around in King Richard’s days..

May 20, 2019

buildings

Berkeley Castle, Berkhamsted, Fyfield Hall, Hemingford Grey, Horton Priory, Icomb Place, John Paston, Oxford Cornmarket, Paston Letters, Provand’s Lordship Glasgow, Richard III, Saltford Manor House, The Jew’s House Lincoln, The Old Bell Hotel Malmesbury, Three Old Arches Chester

HORTON COURT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE A link to an interesting article: Unfortunately I have been unable to discover any link to King Richard or his contemporaries having visited any of the properties other than the tenuous connection of Horton Court passing to a descendant of John Paston of the “Paston Letters” family. Thanks to Tom Martinscroft…
Horton Priory…my dream of a home….

Jul 2, 2018

anniversaries, buildings

Archbishop Cranmer, Elizabeth I, Henry I, Henry V, Horton Priory, Kent

£5.5 million? What’s that between friends? I know…far too much. But I can dream. This wonderful old priory in Kent would suit me down to the ground and the link above includes a number of photographs that show you exactly why I like Horton Priory so much. It may not have been beyond the capacious pockets of…