Much Hadham Palace
| Much Hadham Palace | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL43071973 |
| Location: | 51°51’28"N, -0°4’34"E |
| Village: | Much Hadham |
| History | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Divided into three houses |
Much Hadham House is a manor house adjacent to the church in Much Hadham in Hertfordshire, and which was formerly part of the estates of the Bishops of London.
The house today is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
The estate was originally established as the home of the Bishops of London before the Norman conquest in 1066.[2] In a later age it was the home of Owen Tudor and his wife, Catherine of Valois. It was the birthplace of their son, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond in about 1430.[3]
The present house dates to the early 16th century.
The estate was sequestrated during the Civil War in 1647 and then reverted to the Bishop of London at the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660.[2] It became a lunatic asylum in 1817 until it passed back to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1868.
The house was sold as a private house in 1888[2] and after the Second World War it became the home of Major Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens.[4]
The house is now a terrace of three homes, Palace House, Palace East and Palace West which are today in private ownership.[5]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1213683: Bishops Folly, The Palace, The Palace East, The Palace West
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Much Hadham - The Palace". http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4026.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond". http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I301&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Barker Limousine". http://www.realcar.co.uk/25_30_gwn78.htm. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Palace House, Much Hadham". http://www.fwaconservation.co.uk/projects/period-homes/palace-house. Retrieved 10 August 2013.