Brill Palace was a medieval English royal residence located in the village of Brill in the Aylesbury Vale. It was within the jurisdiction of the former Ashendon Hundred.
Brill Palace was founded during the Heptarchy and was used by Edward the Confessor. Henry II visited it at least twice, in 1160 and 1162. In 1203, John granted the manor of Brill to Walter Borstard, his chaplain, at the same time naming Borstard keeper of the palace. Henry III was in residence during 1224; he stayed at Missenden Abbey several times while en route to Brill and is recorded as having rewarded the monks for their hospitality with presents of timber. The manor subsequently passed to Hugh de Neville in 1226 and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall by 1233. In 1252, a hermitage dedicated to Saint Werburgh was established by Henry III, with the condition that the canons of Chetwode, who were responsible for the endowment, should supply chaplains not only for the hermitage but also for the chapel of Brill Palace. During the English Civil War, a royal garrison held the palace from November 1642 to April 1643, repulsing an attack by parliamentary forces under the command of John Hampden.
The ruins of the palace were still visible in 1885, and the site remains a scheduled ancient monument.
See also
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Historical |
- 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair
- Abergeldie Castle, Crathie and Braemar
- Albany (London)
- Allerton Castle
- Audley End House
- Palace of Beaulieu, Boreham‡
- Barnwell Manor†
- Beaumont Palace, Oxford‡
- Fort Belvedere, Old Windsor†
- Bentley Priory
- Berkhamsted Castle¤
- Birch Hall, Windlesham
- Brantridge Park, Balcombe
- Bridewell Palace‡
- Brill Palace¤
- Bushy House
- Cadzow Castle¤
- Caernarfon Castle
- Cambridge Cottage, Kew
- Cambridge House
- Carisbrooke Castle
- Carlton House‡
- Castell y Bere¤
- Castle Hill Lodge, Ealing‡
- Castlewood House, Egham Wick
- Chelsea Manor‡
- Chevening
- Chideock Manor
- Criccieth Castle¤
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Claremont, Esher
- Clarendon Palace¤
- Cliveden, Taplow
- Coombe Abbey, Combe Fields, Rugby
- Coppins, Iver
- Crocker End House, Nettlebed
- Crosby Hall, London
- Cumberland Cottage
- Cumberland House‡
- Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
- Delnadamph Lodge‡
- Dolbadarn Castle¤
- Dolwyddelan Castle¤
- Dolphin Square
- Doune Castle
- Dover House
- Dunfermline Palace¤
- Eastwell Park, Kent
- Edinburgh Castle
- Eltham Palace§
- Falkland Palace, Fife
- Frogmore House, Windsor
- Gloucester House, Weymouth
- Gloucester House, London‡
- Gloucester Lodge
- Gunnersbury Park
- Hanworth Manor‡
- Hatfield House
- Havering Palace‡
- Ingestre House, Great Haywood
- Kent House (Isle of Wight)
- Kew House (Isle of Wight)
- Kew Palace§
- Kingsbourne House
- King's House, Winchester‡
- Kings Langley Palace‡
- Lancaster House
- Leeds Castle, Kent
- Leicester House, Westminster‡
- Linlithgow Palace¤
- Marlborough House
- Montagu House, Blackheath‡
- Castle of Mey, Caithness
- Nether Lypiatt Manor
- Nonsuch Palace‡
- Norfolk House‡
- Nottingham Cottage†
- Oak Grove House
- Oatlands Palace‡ and Park§, Walton/Weybridge
- Osborne Cottage
- Osborne House
- Palace of Placentia, Greenwich‡
- Queen Charlotte's Cottage, Kew
- Queen's House, Greenwich
- Ranger's House, Blackheath
- Ribsden Holt, Windlesham
- Richmond Palace ‡
- Romenda Lodge
- Royal Pavilion, Aldershot‡
- Royal Pavilion, Brighton
- Savile House
- Savoy Palace‡
- Schomberg House, 77 Pall Mall
- Somerset House
- Stirling Castle
- Sunninghill Park‡
- Sussex House, Hammersmith
- The More, Rickmansworth
- Theobalds House, Cheshunt
- Walmer Castle
- Palace of Westminster
- Palace of Whitehall‡
- Windlesham Moor
- Witley Court, Great Witley
- Woodstock Palace‡
- York Cottage, Sandringham†
- York House, St James's Palace
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Royal residences abroad |
- 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement, Paris, France
- Château de la Croë, Cap d'Antibes, France
- Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
- Les Jolies Eaux, Mustique, St Vincent
- Riven Rock, Santa Barbara, U.S.
- Sagana Lodge, Kenya
- Villa Guardamangia, Malta
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Key: ‡ = demolished ¤ = now ruins § = partly demolished † = still owned |