Richmond Palace

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Across
  1. 4. Religious building which used to be to the east of the Palace, now has a lane named after it (F, 6)
  2. 5. Monarch who ordered the rebuilding and renaming of the Palace from Shene to Richmond after a fire in 1497 (H,5 plus Roman Numerals)
  3. 6. Georgian Villa at the end of Old Palace Lane, designed by Sir Robert Taylor and built in around 1760 (A, H - 6, 5)
  4. 7. iconic brick pattern used in Tudor architecture (D - 6)
  5. 10. Site of jousts, fairs, and fights between dogs and bears (R,G - 8, 5)
  6. 11. Back when the Palace was known as Shene, this palace was a favourite of Richard II and his wife who introduced England to the side saddle, who would sadly die here of the plague (A, O, B - 4, 2, 7)
  7. 14. Mary I and Phillip of Spain stayed at Richmond Palace for this post-wedding event (H - 9)
  8. 15. Third wife of Henry VIII who sadly died at Richmond Palace (J, S - 4, 7)
Down
  1. 1. Elizabeth I’s godson and inventor of the flushing toilet, which was installed at Richmond (J, H - 4,9)
  2. 2. Thanks to this lowly Welsh archer, who was his Grandfather, Henry VII was able to use the Red Dragon in his heraldry (O, T - 4, 5)
  3. 3. These statues once found at the Middle Gate of the Palace, now give a grand Georgian House its name (T, H - 10, 5)
  4. 8. King’s Beast, which can be found on the remains of The Gatehouse along with the Red Dragon of Wales. Originally a badge of John of Gaunt. (G, 9)
  5. 9. The courtier who allegedly rode all the way from Richmond Palace with Elizabeth I’s sapphire ring to Scotland to inform James VI/I that he was now King of England (R, C - 6, 5)
  6. 12. 4th wife of Henry VIII who was given Richmond Palace as part of a divorce settlement (A, O, C - 4, 2, 5)
  7. 13. Prince of Wales but never King, who had great plans for Richmond Palace before his untimely death in 1612 (H, F - 5, 9)