Richmond Palace
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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 op
Richmond Palace, west front, drawn by Antony Wyngaerde, dated 1562
’Richmond Palace fronting the River Thames.’ A 1765 engraving by James Basire, "based on an ancient drawing". Essentially as built by Henry VII in 1501. The outbuilding with a pointed roof at the far left (north) is the Great Kitchen. The chapel-like building adjoining the palace next to the kitchen is the Great Hall.
Scene at the deathbed of King Henry VII at Richmond Palace, 1509. Drawn contemporaneously from witness accounts by the courtier Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), who wrote an account of the proceedings. BL Add.MS.45131, f.54
A model of Richmond Palace in the Museum of Richmond
Anne of Cleves
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Anne of Cleves was Queen of England as the fourth wife of Henry VIII from 6 January to 12 July 1540.
Richmond Palace
…December 1533, when she was ordered to Hatfield House to wait on the newly born Princess Elizabeth. In 1540, Henry gave the palace to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, as part of her annulment settlement. In 1546, Anne appointed David Vincent keeper of "Shene alias Richemonde" and the New Park of Richmond. In 1554…
Portrait, c. 1539
Portrait from 1538
Catherine of Aragon m. 1509–1533
Anne Boleyn m. 1532/1533–1536