 | England - 1840 - 784 pages
...For the next two centuries the place was a favourite residence of our monarchs. Edward II.'s son John was born here in 1315, and was thence called John of Eltham. In the reign of Edward III. the Parliament was on several occasions assembled at Eltham ; and here that prince,... | |
 | England - 1840 - 250 pages
...the next two centuries the place was a favourite residence of our monarchs. Edward II.'- son, John, was born here in 1315. and was thence called John of Eltham. In the reign of Edward III. the parliament was on several occasions assembled at Eltham; and here that prince,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1851 - 658 pages
...two centuries the place was a favourite residence of our monarchs. Edward II.'s son, John, was horn here in 1315, and was thence called John of Eltham. In the reign of Edward III. the parliament was on several occasions assembled at Eltham ; and here that prince,... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 pages
...Bee, the " battling Bishop "of Durham, erected the first mansion about the middle of the thirteenth century, and on his death the manor with its possessions...made still further additions, and in his time the Boyal Palace consisted of four quadrangles enclosed within a high wall, and encircled by a moat. A... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1861 - 338 pages
...Durham, erected the first mansion about the middle of the thirteenth century, and on his death tho manor with its possessions fell to the Crown, which...convened, and Edward IV., after rebuilding it, kept his Christinas here with great splendour in 1482. Henry VII. made still further additions, and in his time... | |
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Here stood anciently one of the most magnificent of England's royal palaces. Anthony Bee, the " battling Bishop "of Durham, erected the first mansion about the middle of the thirteenth century, and on his death the manor with its possessions fell to the... 