Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Richmond in Surrey ?? Richmond in Yorkshire?? I am supposing that the Surrey site would be infinitely more convenient for a royal visit to his ‘whore’.
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it be :”…We walked from Mortlake to Richmond, and so to boat again. And from Teddington to Hampton Court…” see ref:below
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for a map showing the stately homes
Richmond and http://www.motco.com/map/81001/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&title=Richmond+&artist=383&other=237&x=11&y=11 -
Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech/British 1607-1677)
View of Richmond palace with towers surmounted by cupolas seen across the Thames slightly to right; walled garden, square barn, fields and crane on the left houses and church tower on the right; the king, the queen and their three children with five attendants landing from barge moored to old tree in the foreground.
Etching, 1638
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