What is recorded here

Elsyng Palace was Henry VIII’s favourite hunting lodge, where Edward, Mary and Elizabeth heard of their father’s death before James I stripped its bricks for Theobalds. The building vanished from memory until excavations reopened the buried courtyard beneath the Forty Hall grounds. It remains a scheduled monument, preserving the ghost of a royal household that once swallowed the king’s entire court.

The National Heritage List for England records Elsyng Palace as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Elsyng Palace was built by the powerful Neville family in the 14th century and later held by the Crown. It is remembered as the site where King Richard II was imprisoned in 1399, marking a pivotal moment in the king's deposition and the rise of Henry IV.

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