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Richmond Palace
- Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Situated in what was then rural Surrey, it lay upstream and on the opposite bank from the Palace of Westminster, which was located nine miles (14 km) to the north-east.
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Henry rebuilt it and named the new palace "Richmond" Palace after his title of Earl of Richmond. The earldom was seated at Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, from which it took its name. In 1502, the new palace witnessed the betrothal of Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, to King James IV of Scotland.
The name of "Richmond" was given to the Palace from the earldom that Henry held when he won at Bosworth Field. Henry VIII lived at Richmond until Wolsey gave him Hampton Court Palace . Anne of Cleves lived at Richmond after her divorce and both Henry VII and his granddaughter Elizabeth I died there.
Mar 24, 2022 · Added to this was a name change in 1501 to “Richmond Palace”, the name taken from Henry’s former title, the Earl of Richmond. This name change spread to the surrounding area and hence today, it is in the Borough of Richmond.
In 1500, a year before the construction of the new Richmond Palace began, the name of the town of Sheen, which had grown up around the royal manor, was changed to "Richmond" by command of Henry VII. However, both names, Sheen and Richmond, continue to be used, not without scope for confusion.
Jul 12, 2016 · Henry formally renamed Sheen Palace, and in his family’s honour it would now be known as the palace of Richmond (catalogue reference: E 404). Soon after the whole area would be known as Richmond....
Apr 27, 2018 · Work on the neo-classical Palladian building began in around 1727 on what was first known as ‘Stone Lodge’ and later, ‘New Lodge’ (Richmond Libraries’ Local Studies Collection, White ...
Henry rebuilt it and named the new palace "Richmond" Palace after his title of Earl of Richmond. The earldom was seated at Richmond Castle , Yorkshire, from which it took its name. In 1502, the new palace witnessed the betrothal of Princess Margaret , daughter of Henry VII, to King James IV of Scotland .
