Cowdray House
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Cowdray House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses of that time. It is situated in the parish of Eas
The ruins of Cowdray House with the three-storey gatehouse on the left
Painting of Cowdray House circa 1790 before its decay.
The encampment of the English forces near Portsmouth, together with a view of the English and French fleets at the commencement of the action between them on the XIXst of July MDXLV,1544
The Departure of King Henry VIII from Calais, on 25 July 1544, Subtitled 'The Meting of the Kinge by S'r Antony Brown Upon the Hill Betweene Callis and Morguison
Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and his wife Isabel Neville. As a result of Margaret's marriage to Richard Pole, s
Cowdray House
…to the house during his reign, in August 1538, July 1539 and August 1545. In November 1538, the last surviving member of the House of Plantagenet, Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, was imprisoned at Cowdray until September 1539. She was the niece of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king who died at Bosworth Field in 1485. She…
Portrait of an unknown woman, often identified as the Countess of Salisbury
Margaret in her youth