Burghley House, Lincolnshire
Wiki Commons
Queen Elizabeth Slept Here!
Places the Tudor Queen stayed
While on progress, Queen Elizabeth I would stay in the mansions and castles of her aristocratic lords and ladies, townhouses, or even inns! Below are some of the places the Queen is said to have stayed. Sadly, not all the houses survive.
Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire
Bruce Castle (Tottenham, London). The Queen stayed here in 1578.
Burghley House (Stamford, Lincolnshire). This was the home of Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
Charlecote Park (Wellesbourne, Warwickshire).
Chenies Manor House (Chenies, Buckinghamshire). The Queen stayed here for a month in 1570.
Chillington Hall (Wolverhampton, Staffordshire). The Queen stayed here for one night on 11 August 1575.
Compton Wynyates (Warwick, Warwickshire). The Queen stayed here in 1572.
Eldridge Place (Tunbridge Wells, Sussex). The Queen stayed here for six days in the August of 1573.
Euston Hall (Euston, Suffolk). The Queen stayed here on her way to Norwich in 1578.
Fawsley Hall (Daventry, Northamptonshire). The Queen stayed here in 1575, entertained by Richard Knightley
Gosfield Hall (Gosfield, Essex). The Queen is believed to have stayed here twice.
Hedingham Castle (Halstead, Essex). The Queen stayed here in 1561.
Hengrave Hall, Suffolk
Hengrave Hall (Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk). The Queen stayed here in the August of 1578 and a chamber is named in her honour.
Hinchingbrooke House (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire). The Queen stayed here in 1564.
Horham Hall (Thaxted, Essex). The Queen stayed here in 1571 and again in 1578.
Ingatestone Hall (Ingatestone, Essex). The Queen stayed here for several nights in 1561.
Longleat (Warminster, Wiltshire). The Queen stayed here in 1574.
Loseley Park (Guildford, Surrey). Sir William More built the house in 1562 just to entertain the Queen!
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Manor House (Downton, Salisbury). The home of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Melford Hall (Sudbury, Suffolk). The Queen stayed here in 1578.
Middleton Hall (Tamworth, Staffordshire). The Queen stayed here for a week in 1575.
Onehouse Hall (Onehouse, Suffolk). The Queen was entertained here by Sir William Drury, and it's believed they had breakfast beneath an old oak tree.
Seckford Hall (Woodbridge, Suffolk).
Shaw House (Newbury, Berkshire). The Queen stayed here in 1592, probably in the room now called King Charles' Room.
Stonehouse Court (Stroud, Gloucestershire).
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
Sudeley Castle (Winchcombe, Gloucestershire).
The Vyne (Sherborne, Hampshire). The Queen was entertained here by William, Lord Sandys, in 1569.
Titchfield Abbey (known then as Place House) (Fareham, Hampshire).
Toomer Farm (Templecombe, Somerset). Local legend says the Queen stayed here while on progress.
Tudor House (Long Itchington, Warwickshire). The Queen is said to have stayed here in 1572 and again in 1575.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, Warwickshire). The Queen stayed here twice, once in 1566 and again in 1572.
INNS
The George Hotel (Cranbrook, Kent). The Queen stayed in what is now known as The Crimson Room in 1573.
The Crown Inn (Chiddingfold, Surrey). The Queen stayed here in 1591.
The Queen Elizabeth Inn (Elmley Castle, Worcestershire). Legend has it the Queen stayed at the inn in 1575.
Spread Eagle Hotel (Midhurst, West Sussex). The Queen stayed here in 1591.
