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Lodgings, another courtyard called the Wardrobe, surrounded with the Lord Chamberlain's lodgings and wardrobe rooms, adjoining which is the Queen's Hall and the steward's lodgings. There is a fair staircase leading up to the Guard Chamber, to which joins the Presence Chamber, on the right hand of which is the King's withdrawing room, bedchamber and closet, on the right hand the Queen's lodgings". The rooms were then mostly empty of furnishings.
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to his coat of arms and was borne at his funeral. By a further Royal Licence, 26 May 1817, the inescutcheon was added as an augmentation of honour to the arms of the Dukes of Marlborough, and is still borne by them today. The arms comprise a Cross of St George surmounted by the royal arms of France.
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criticised the building as, "unwholsome, all the house standing upon springs. It is unsavoury, for there is no savour but of cows and pigs. It is uneaseful, for only the King and Queen with the privy chamber ladies and 3 or 4 of Scottish council are lodged in the house". The court was at Woodstock
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rebuilt a part of the palace in the 1490s. The work was supervised by Master George Gainesford, and the mason was William Este. He built the gatehouse in 1507. Elizabeth I as Princess is said to have been lodged in the upper floors of the gatehouse in 1554, and scratched inscriptions on the palace
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A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn and S C Townley, 'Blenheim: Woodstock manor', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock, ed. Alan Crossley and C R Elrington (London, 1990), pp. 431-435
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In 1649, a survey was made of the manor buildings, mentioning, "a large gatehouse and a courtyard, on the north of which there is range of buildings called the Prince's Lodgings, on the east a spacious hall, adjoining to which there is a chapel and lodgings, known by the name of the Bishop's
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built a hunting lodge here and in 1129 he built 7 miles (11 km) of walls to create the first enclosed park, where lions and leopards were kept. The lodge became a palace under Henry's grandson,
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was built in the manor of Woodstock for the Duke as his new seat. Some stone from the old Palace was used. The ruins of the old palace or manor house of Woodstock were removed in 1723.
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The book of public arms : a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms by Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 1915, p.862
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in 1600. A chamber in the gatehouse had an arched oak ceiling, with carving, painted blue with gilt decoration, and was later known as Queen Elizabeth's Chamber. According to
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On an escutcheon argent the Cross of St George surmounted by another escutcheon azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis two and one or
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windows with a diamond ring, and written on a shutter with charcoal. Including the verse:
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born here 1355, 7th son (5th surviving) and youngest child of Edward III;
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Important events that took place at the palace or manor include:
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came to Woodstock in September 1603 during a time of plague.
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in August 1612. On 19 February 1617, Woodstock was given to
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Cross of St George surmounted by the royal arms of France
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Buildings and structures demolished in the 17th century
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In 1611, King James I gave Woodstock Palace to his son
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English
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
Henry I of England
Henry II
Rosamund Clifford
William the Lion
king of Scots
Ermengarde de Beaumont
Henry III of England
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
Edward the Black Prince
heir apparent
Edward III
Richard II
Isabella of England
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
Mary of Waltham
John IV, Duke of Brittany
John Skelton
Henry VII
Palm Sunday
Elizabeth I of England
Eleanor of Provence
crenellations
Henry VII
Paul Hentzner
Henri, Duke of Rohan

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