List of affiliated sites

List of affiliated sites that may be of interest (e.g., Henry VIII owned the site but did not visit or did not have residential buildings on the property, or else granted it to a family member or courtier, etc.)

This list should not be considered a complete record of other sites associated with Henry VIII or his family. This site is not responsible for information listed on external websites.

Ayshere, Middlesex: a parkland property incorporated into the Honour of Hampton Court, unlikely to have had residential buildings but received maintenance expenditures. (No modern information found)
Barking Abbey, Middlesex: a religious house that was suppressed, then torn down, and its materials used to build up Dartford palace. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol5/pp222-231
Baynard’s Castle, Middlesex (London): a castle of Norman foundation extensively rebuilt by Henry VII, given by Henry VIII to be part of the queen’s dower. Each of his queens held it in turn. (http://www.thamesdiscovery.org/riverpedia/baynard-s-castle)
Blackheath, Kent: a parkland property incorporated into the Honour of Greenwich. Unlikely to have been residential. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp224-236.
Blechingley Place: a manor taken from the possessions of the executed Duke of Buckingham and granted to Sir Nicholas Carew, and after the latter’s execution, to Anne of Cleves. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp253-265)
Chertsey Abbey, a religious house which, when suppressed, was used to supply building materials to Henry’s palace of Oatlands. (http://www.chobham.info/chertsey.htm)
Clarendon, Wiltshire: a ruined medieval palace owned by the Crown, but never visited by Henry VIII. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3986.html
Deptford Strand, Kent (London). The king had a storehouse here that is mentioned as receiving building maintenance in the records, but it was not a residential structure. It was near the water for easy transport of goods, and may or may not have been linked with Deptford castle. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1884.html)
Farnham Abbey, also called Waverley, Surrey. Suppressed and torn down by Henry’s workmen for building materials, as noted in Longleat MS XXX. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol2/pp77-89)
Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire: a castle held in the dower of Henry’s queens, and repaired by Catherine of Aragon. Henry VIII did visit on his royal progress to the north in 1540. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2221.html)
Halnaker, Sussex: the king acquired it from the de la Warr family in 1539 but never visited the house. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3594.html)
Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: a medieval castle that the king owned and that he allowed to be pulled down to repair Kimbolton. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2223.htm)
Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Part of Catherine of Aragon’s jointure and later given to Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII visited, as there were apartments for both king and queen. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp3-12#highlight-first)
Hyde Park. Part of a large parkland built up north of Whitehall, it had keepers’ lodges and a banqueting house. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol2/pp223-251)
Kennington, (London), Surrey. A medieval palace formerly owned by the Crown. Catherine of Aragon had visited it in 1501 (before her marriage to Henry VIII), but in 1531 it was demolished and its stones used to built Whitehall. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3989.html)
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingtonshire): castle owned by the Crown but leased to Sir Richard Wingfield, who repaired it with royal permission (and materials from the royal castle of Higham Ferrers.) Catherine of Aragon was banished here after Henry divorced her; she died here in 1536. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/161.html)
Lancaster, Lancastershire. A castle held by the Crown and used as a center of local government. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1721.html)
Ludgershall, Wiltshire. A medieval castle-turned-hunting lodge owned by the Crown; Henry appears never to have stayed there. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3635.html),
Ludlow, Shropshire. A castle held by the Crown, and used, with Tickenhill, as the (winter) headquarters of the Council of the Marches to govern Wales. The king never visited here, though members of his family did. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3138.html)
Lyndhurst, Hampshire. The king inherited a house here, and though he never used it, it was designated as the headquarters for the warden of the New Forest. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4354.html)
Maxstoke, Warwickshire. This castle came into the king’s possession when its owner, the Duke of Buckingham, was executed for treason in 1521, but was granted to Sir William Compton. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3537.html)
The Mews at Charing Cross, Middlesex (London). Not a residential area, but Henry’s hawks were kept here in the early part of his reign; later the buildings were replaced with stables. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mews)
Minster Lovel, Oxfordshire. A manor house owned by the Crown, but Henry VIII never visited there. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4324.html
Newcastle, Northumberland. The King’s Manor there served as the headquarters for the Council of the North, but the king never visited. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/newcastle-historical-account/pp132-134
Nottingham castle, Nottinghamshire. Used as the principal royal fortress in the north Midlands; Henry VII visited several times but his son apparently did not. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2890.html)
Sheriff Hutton castle, Yorkshire. A strongly fortified castle, it served as the administrative center for north of England and Henry had his illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy reside here, but does not seem to have ever visited himself. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2158.html)
Stafford castle, Staffordshire. Seized by the king from the estate of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, when he was executed for treason in 1521. Considered as a possible progress house but apparently never used as such. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3340.html)
Suffolk Place, (Southwark), Surrey. The property of the king’s brother-in-law. Henry VIII housed Anne Boleyn here in 1528, then acquired the estate via an exchange of lands for Jane Seymour’s dower in 1537, afterward reserving its use for distinguished visitors to the capital. There is no record of Henry staying here in person. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4001.html)
Syon House, Middlesex. A former convent of Brigittine nuns. After its suppression Henry kept Catherine Howard here in 1541 while investigating her infidelities; afterward the site was turned into an armaments factory. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4321.html)
Tapstowe Mill, county unknown. A property mentioned in the records as receiving maintenance funds, but unlikely to have been residential, and not appearing in the scholarly literature.
Tickenhill Manor, Worcestershire. Used as the summer headquarters of the Council of the Marches to govern Wales; the Council met at Ludlow castle in the winter. Henry never visited either site. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4322.html)
The Tower at Windsor Heath, Berkshire. A property mentioned in the records as receiving maintenance funds, but unlikely to have been residential, and not appearing in the scholarly literature.
Waltham (or Chingford), Essex. Also known as “the great standing” or “Queen Elizabeth’s hunting lodge,” this was not actually a residential house but rather an elaborate platform erected from which to hunt deer. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4371.html)
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire. Inherited by Henry, who carried out repairs to roofs and foundations, but did not visit it. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3557.html)
Wimbledon Manor, Surrey. A lesser house inherited by Henry, who first granted it to Thomas Cromwell, later added the property to the Honor of Hampton Court, and finally settled it on Catherine Parr. (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp120-125)
Writtle Manor, Essex. Formerly a royal manor, this came back into Crown possession by the attainder of the Duke of Buckingham. Henry considered it as a potential hunting lodge but it sat unused until Mary’s reign. (http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3955.html