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Inigo Jones

The lost palace of Whitehall brought back to life….

Jan 30, 2019

anniversaries, art, buildings

Banqueting House, Charles I, executions, fire, Henry VIII, Historic Royal Palaces, Inigo Jones, James VI/I, Rubens, Thomas Wolsey, Whitehall Palace, York Place

To cut a long story short, this site (5th July 2016) relates that Historic Royal Palaces has embarked upon a project to allow visitors to explore the Palace of Whitehall, which was largely destroyed by fire in the late 17th century. I hope that by now it is fact, and available. Whitehall, which was destroyed by…
The Maligned Queen in the Car Park

Jun 22, 2018

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, religion

Amesbury Abbey, Arthur Plantagenet, car parks, Eleanor of Brittany, Eleanor of Provence, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Henry III, Inigo Jones, London Bridge, St. Melor’s

Added to the list of monarchs and notables found or potentially to be found beneath car parks, tennis courts, and other such mundane places must be the Queen of Henry III, Eleanor of Provence. Buried in Amesbury Priory after her body was kept in ‘storage’ by the nuns for two months while her son, Edward…