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Tudors Beyond James At Southwick, you can see the church of St Basingstoke The Tudors beyond James. Rebuilt in 1566 by John Whyte (a Basing House servant of the Earl of Southampton), it is a Winchester rare example of a post-Reformation Tudor TUDORS Andover church and well worth a visit. The interesting Journey out of Winchester a few miles and you will find these Explore Winchester’s Tudor history and thing about the church is its date. At a A303 Farnham interesting places with Tudor connections. time when churches were either being torn Alton test your knowledge of the period Before her wedding, Mary travelled to Winchester from down, or their decoration removed, here is London, staying with Bishop Gardiner at his castle in Farnham A34 a church that was newly built. It is especially M3 and then on to his palace at Bishop’s Waltham. This medieval A33 noteworthy for its three-decker pulpit, its Alresford A31 Winchester A3 palace stood in a 10,000-acre park and had been a favourite gallery, reredos (screen behind the altar) and hunting spot for Henry VIII. Bishops occupied the palace until box pews. There are monuments to John Mottisfont the early 17th-century when it was destroyed during the Civil Whyte (d.1567) and his wife (d.1548). A272 Petersfield War. The extensive ruins are worth a visit today, and events are Romsey sometime staged there. Tel: 01962 840 500. Did you know? Old Basing House, home of the Lord Treasurer, William Paulet, M27 was a huge castle, converted in Tudor times into a large Henry VIII is said to have had over 70,000 Bishop's A3 people executed while he was king. Waltham private house. Mary and Philip were A31 Winchester had its own gallows sited to the Southampton Wickham entertained there after their north of the town, off the Andover Road. Southwick M27 Parish Church wedding. The house, like many At the Jolly Farmer pub there is a list of CChChichesterichester others, was damaged in the Civil names of people executed. Beaumond (see A326 8. How would you city map) was the place where people were War and fell into ruins covering A337 Calshot describe a formal burned at the stake. Mary I’s route from London about 10 acres. Today you can Castle Portsmouth garden? Can you to Winchester see the remains of Tudor kitchens, name any of the towers, and a recently recreated Southsea Philip’s route to Winchester plants that they Castle Hurst Castle early 17th-century formal might contain? Wedding party's route back garden. Tel: 01256 467 294. to London To the south is the famous seaport Isle of Wight Palace Cathedral / Mansion Castle Abbey of Portsmouth, where in 1494 Henry VII built a square masonry tower. The map shows the area around Winchester A year later he added a dockyard where royal warships could and places of interest be built and repaired. Fifty years later, Henry VIII built Southsea relating to the Castle at the harbour entrance. It was from here that Henry saw Tudor period. Towns mentioned in this disaster strike his ship the Mary Rose: she sank in Portsmouth leaflet all appear on Harbour. You can see her now in the Historic Dockyard, this map. In 1485 Henry VII became the first king of the Tudor Portsmouth. royal family. Times were unsteady during this period Bishop’s Waltham Palace with the end of the war of the Roses, Black Death The south coast and the Solent in Quiz answers and the Hundred Year War, causing Winchester to be particular had to be protected against 1. 10 is X; 50 is L; 100 is C; 500 5. Winchester has no local stone 7. Mills were, and still are, used in a steady decline. However a succession of Tudor the marauding foreign ships and is D; 1,000 is M. Try writing other than flint. Most of the for grinding corn. The wheels Monarchs still favoured Winchester choosing for key Calshot Castle and Hurst Castle were 1554. square stones came from the were made of wood, and 9. A famous Tudor Isle of Wight, which is about later ones of stone, quartz events to occur here, follow this leaflet to see what you both positioned to do just this, Calshot 2. There are 25 knights. Some of sailed around the the names are Sir Galahad, Sir 45 kilometres away. The being the best material for its can discover about Tudors in Winchester. at the entrance to Southampton Lancelot du Lac, Sir Gawain, stones were part of the two hardwearing quality. world in aship called abbeys, Hyde and St Mary’s, If you would like this leaflet in the Golden Hind. Water, and Hurst Castle further west. Sir Mordred. Can you add to 8. Formal gardens are laid out in King_Alf these? that were torn down during the a precise way. Plants would a larger format, please contact What was time of Henry VIII. Further inland, Mottisfont Abbey stands 3. Richard III (Battle of include herbs that were spread the tourist information centre his name? 6. The stone-built cellar on floors to improve the smell KingAlfWinchester in beautiful countryside near the famous Bosworth); The Merry Wives 01962 840 500 of Windsor; Henry VIII. was fireproof so this is of a house. River Test. Originally a 12th-century priory, it where the merchant kept his [email protected] 4. All the niches are empty. The 9. Sir Francis KingAlfWinchester expensive goods. Because Drake visitwinchester.co.uk was made into a private house after Henry VIII’s statues were removed along stone was expensive, the split with the Catholic Church. Tel: 01794 340 757. with all other images of God living areas were made of or the saints in human form. wood and plaster. Produced by Winchester City Similar empty niches can ? Council be seen on the east face of April 2019 visitwinchester.co.uk Westgate. Tudor monarchs Henry VII Elizabeth Did you know? r.1485–1509 of York One of Henry VII’s favourite houses was Winchester Castle After its Tudor decline Winchester would not flourish again WOLF HALL until the 19th century when the railway was built. where his first son, Arthur, was born and then christened at Arthur in Winchester the cathedral, the first Tudor royal d.1502 Winchester’s historic cityscape makes ceremony to be held in the city. m.(1) m.(3) m.(6) it a popular film location for period When Arthur died, Henry’s Henry VIII Catherine m.(2) Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour m.(4) Anne m.(5) Catherine Catherine dramas. The city provided a backdrop second son Henry VIII became r.1509–1547 of Aragon executed 1536 d.1537 of Cleeves Howard Parr divorced divorced executed 1542 d.1548 for the acclaimed Tudor drama Wolf king. Probably best known for 1. How good are your Hall (2015) – adapted from books having six wives, Henry VIII Roman numerals? by author Hilary Mantel. Winchester caused a great political and m How are numbers Philip II Mary I Elizabeth I Edward VI religious upheaval when he Cathedral, the Great Hall and the 10, 50,100, 500 of Spain r.1553–1558 r.1558–1603 r.1547–1553 split from the Catholic Church d.1598 Hospital of St Cross (a medieval and 1,000 almshouse) all offered convincing of Rome and established the Church of England, thus giving written? settings for various scenes. The next Tudor to come to the throne was Mary I – a Catholic who him the freedom to remarry. became known as ‘Bloody Mary’ because she imprisoned Protestants Why not book a walking tour that In 1522, Henry entertained the King and burned 300 at the stake. Her marriage to Philip II of Spain, takes in some of Winchester’s of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, another Catholic, was unpopular. They married in Winchester, part of famous landmarks from the Tudor Charles V, the reason being that there was less likelihood of a riot there than in times? Winchester’s Tourist Guides at Winchester Castle’s Great Hall, when Charles was able London. The wedding took place on 25 July 1554: a grand ceremony run a special Tudor walking tour on to look at the newly painted Round Table with its central in Winchester Cathedral, but a miserable marriage. request. Visit Tudor rose and portrait of King Our last Tudor was the great Elizabeth I, the second daughter of winchestertouristguides.com Arthur. Henry VIII. Her reign, sometimes called a Golden Age, began in or contact Winchester Tourist The painting is a real bit of Tudor 1558 until her death in 1603. She was a determined leader in Information Centre on dangerous times, totally committed to her role as queen, so one-upmanship. Arthur in the 01962 840 500 How many Knights picture looks like the bearded Henry, much so that she ordered the execution of her cousin – another 2. for details. of the Round Mary – Queen of Scots. and Arthur’s fame had spread Table are there? throughout Europe and formed Can you name an integral part of the Chivalric Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn on set at the Hospital of St Cross in some of them? Code. The point being made by the Winchester during the filming of Wolf Hall. © Company Pictures/ picture is that Henry could trace his Mary & Philip’s wedding Playground Entertainment for BBC. Photograph by Giles Keyte family back to King Arthur and then 25 July 1554 – St James’s Day to the emperors of Ancient Rome. This (patron saint of Spain) was further back than Charles V who at that time was Holy Roman Emperor.
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