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90 TALLIs's ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
wich is styled the Manor of East Greenwich^to distinguish
it from West Greenwich, or Deptford. So early as the
reign of Edward I. it is supposed there was a royal palace
at Greenwich. The will of Henry IV., made in 1408, is
dated from the palace. In 1433 Henry VI. bestowed the
manor of Greenwich npon his uncle, Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, who also obtained a grant from the crown of
200 acres, to enclose as a park. Eour years afterwards an
additional grant of 200 acres was made to him, with licence
" to make a tower and ditch within the same, and a certain
tower within his park to build and edify." Duke Humphrey
raised a palace on the site now covered by the west wing
of the hospital, and called it Placentia, or the Manor of
Pleasaunce. He also built a tower on Flamstead-hill, now
crowned by the Royal Observatory. Upon the assassination
of the duke, the manor became, and has ever since re-
mained, crown property. Edward IV. enlarged and
finished the palace, which he granted to his queen, Eliza-
beth "Woodville, from whom it was taken by Henry VII.
In the reign of this king it was beautified with a brick
front towards the river. That luxurious tyrant, Henry
VIII., was born here, and exceeded his predecessors in the
magnificence of the decorations which he added to the
royal residence, making it, according to Lambard, "A
pleasant, perfect, and princely palace." Here he was
married to Catherine of Arragon, and afterwards to Ann of
Cleves; and in this palace his daughters, queens Mary and
Elizabeth, were bom; and his son, the amiable Edward
VI., closed his short reign at Greenwich. James I, resided
much at Greenwich, and his queen, Anne, of Denmark,
laid the foundation of the " House of Delight," which
now forms the centre building of the Naval Asylum. Hen-
rietta Maria, consort of Charles I., completed the House
of Delight, which was erected under the superintendence
of Charles I. Hasted says she furnished it so mag-
nificently, that it far surpassed all other houses of the
kind in England* Oliver Cromwell never resided in
* Shoberl.
wich is styled the Manor of East Greenwich^to distinguish
it from West Greenwich, or Deptford. So early as the
reign of Edward I. it is supposed there was a royal palace
at Greenwich. The will of Henry IV., made in 1408, is
dated from the palace. In 1433 Henry VI. bestowed the
manor of Greenwich npon his uncle, Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, who also obtained a grant from the crown of
200 acres, to enclose as a park. Eour years afterwards an
additional grant of 200 acres was made to him, with licence
" to make a tower and ditch within the same, and a certain
tower within his park to build and edify." Duke Humphrey
raised a palace on the site now covered by the west wing
of the hospital, and called it Placentia, or the Manor of
Pleasaunce. He also built a tower on Flamstead-hill, now
crowned by the Royal Observatory. Upon the assassination
of the duke, the manor became, and has ever since re-
mained, crown property. Edward IV. enlarged and
finished the palace, which he granted to his queen, Eliza-
beth "Woodville, from whom it was taken by Henry VII.
In the reign of this king it was beautified with a brick
front towards the river. That luxurious tyrant, Henry
VIII., was born here, and exceeded his predecessors in the
magnificence of the decorations which he added to the
royal residence, making it, according to Lambard, "A
pleasant, perfect, and princely palace." Here he was
married to Catherine of Arragon, and afterwards to Ann of
Cleves; and in this palace his daughters, queens Mary and
Elizabeth, were bom; and his son, the amiable Edward
VI., closed his short reign at Greenwich. James I, resided
much at Greenwich, and his queen, Anne, of Denmark,
laid the foundation of the " House of Delight," which
now forms the centre building of the Naval Asylum. Hen-
rietta Maria, consort of Charles I., completed the House
of Delight, which was erected under the superintendence
of Charles I. Hasted says she furnished it so mag-
nificently, that it far surpassed all other houses of the
kind in England* Oliver Cromwell never resided in
* Shoberl.