Join Sarah Taylor as she takes us on an incredible journey through the history of her famous home, once a magnificent Tudor palace, often visited by royalty.
Available to watch via Live-stream video see below
When Sir John Williams became lord of the manor of Thame after the Reformation, he made Rycote Palace his home, and in 1540 entertained King Henry VIII there during the king’s honeymoon with his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. The palace and land however, went through major changes during the following decades that followed, including fire damage. The ornate Tudor gardens disappeared and redeveloped in the style of rustic parkland by Lancelot Capability Brown. And in 1807 the owners of Rycote Palace sold off the very fabric of the building in individual lots, totally dismantling what remained of the Tudor palace.
The prestigious residence that remains at Rycote today, is on the site of what remains of the stable blocks adjacent to the palace.
Sarah and her husband Bernard acquired Rycote Park In 2000 and spent 5 years restoring the house and park and establishing the farm’s herd of Aberdeen Angus and flock of Castlemilk Moorit sheep.
From Domesday to This Day – A Journey through the History of Rycote
A talk by Sarah Taylor
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