Beaumont Palace

Beaumont Palace Oxford was built by Henry I about 1130 to serve as a royal palace conveniently close to the royal hunting-lodge at Woodstock (now part of the park of Blenheim Palace. Its former presence is recorded in Beaumont Street, Oxford. Set into a pillar on the north side of the street, near Walton Street, is a stone with the inscription: Near this place stood the King's House in which King Richard I was born on 8th September 1157 The 'King's House' was the range of the palace that contained the king's lodgings.

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Oxford - Henry I - 1130 - Palace - Blenheim Palace - King Richard I

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When Edward II was put to flight at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, he is said to have invoked the Virgin Mary and vowed to found a monastery for the Carmelites (the White Friars) if he might escape safely. In fulfillment of his vow he remanded Beaumont Palace to the Carmelites in 1318. When the White Friars were disbanded at the Reformation, most of the structure was dismantled and the building stone reused in Christ Church and St John's College. The last remains of Beaumont Palace were obliterated at the laying out of Beaumont Street in the 1820s.

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Edward II - Battle of Bannockburn - 1314 - Carmelites - Disbanded at the Reformation - Christ Church - St John's College

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