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Source: Wikipedia - Sheen Castle, London Borough of Richmond on Thames, England

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Titre	Wikipedia - Sheen Castle, London Borough of Richmond on Thames, England

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Sheen is the historic name for a royal palace in modern Richmond upon Thames and was renamed Richmond by Henry VII. Sheen had long been royal property and Edward III had built himself a house there that became a favourite royal riverside retreat. The place was equally favoured by Richard II but he hysterically razed it to the ground after his wife died of plague there in 1394. Thus, when Henry V decided build a riverside retreat at Sheen in 1414 it was a new building but, as Edward III’s manor had sat within a moat, Henry decided to build part of his new residence inside the moat too. This new enterprise was designed to be a home for the Lancastrian dynasty in the hour of its triumph- a ’great work’, for the idea was to build a house around which would cluster three religious foundations dedicated to the king, his family and the nation.

Sheen is the historic name for a royal palace in modern Richmond upon Thames and was renamed Richmond by Henry VII.

Sheen had long been royal property and Edward III had built himself a house there that became a favourite royal riverside retreat. The place was equally favoured by Richard II but he hysterically razed it to the ground after his wife died of plague there in 1394. Thus, when Henry V decided build a riverside retreat at Sheen in 1414 it was a new building but, as Edward III’s manor had sat within a moat, Henry decided to build part of his new residence inside the moat too. This new enterprise was designed to be a home for the Lancastrian dynasty in the hour of its triumph- a ’great work’, for the idea was to build a house around which would cluster three religious foundations dedicated to the king, his family and the nation.