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Tower Royal

Princess Margaret Beaufort….?

Feb 7, 2025

buildings, history, medieval characters, medieval life, Richard III, Uncategorized

Battle of Bosworth, Henry VII, Henry VIII, London Topographical Record, Margaret Beaufort, Queen’s Wardrobe, Richard III, Richard Ratcliffe, Roger Radclyf, Tower Royal

The above publication (link to home page https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069006610&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021) is full of interesting information about the London of the past, although I advise caution when it comes to the “facts” printed therein. While researching the royal residence in the city, known as Tower Royal or the Queen’s Wardrobe, I happened upon this on page 62:- The…
The great house Richard III granted to John Howard….

Apr 4, 2019

buildings

Cannon Street, Edward III, Froissart, Great Fire of London, Joan of Kent, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Strype, London, maps, Peasants’ Revolt, Phillippa of Hainault, Richard III, Smithfield, Stow, The London Encyclopedia, Tower Royal

There was once a royal house, sometimes referred to as a palace, in the street named The Riole in London’s Vintry Ward, and Richard III granted it to his good friend and ally, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. The great house was called the Tower Royal, and, like so much of medieval London, it…