Archeology. 



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PERPENDICULAR. 



MODERN ADDITIONS. REMARKS. 



Two brasses of interest ; 1325 since restored, and 1568. 

 diseval hexagonal font. 



Two windows in Lady- 

 chapel. Three 3-light 

 windows in aisle. Three 

 pointed clerestory win- 

 dows in top of N. wall of 

 chancel (partly destroy- 

 ed in restoration). Rood 

 screen window. 



Tower and font, and 

 windows in N. aisle. 



Me- 



Antony Bee, Bishop of Durham, conveyed the palace and 

 some lands in Grays, Catford, etc., to Edward, Prince of 

 Wales, afterwards Edward II., who kept residence here. 

 1316 : Edward II. 's son, by Isabella of France, was born here 



(called John of Eltham). 

 1347 : Edward III. held a tournament here. 

 13^4 : Edward III. gave a banquet to John, King of France. 

 1370 : Edward III. holds Parliament. 

 Richard II. retired to Eltham. 

 Henry IV. resided much at Eltham. 

 Henry V. rested here on return from Agincourt. 

 1416: En peror Sigismond lived here while in England. 

 Henry VI. lived at Eltham. 

 Edward IV.'s sixth and seventh daughters were born here ; 



he added and beautified much, and probably built existing 



parts, the Hall and the Bridge. 

 Henry VII. built the " fair front over the moat." 

 Henry VIII. spent Christmas here in 1515. 

 Queen Mary stayed here in 1556. 

 Queen Elizabeth stayed here in 1559. 

 James I. last Royal resident. 

 Charles I. visited the Palace. 



Restored 1877, and N. aisle and chapel added ; also stone porch. 

 Window set for the express purpose of lighting up the rood- 

 loft and the chancel steps for readers. Traces of nine brasses 

 that have been removed. Sundial on S. wall, externally. 

 Sarcophagus in chapel. 



Has been much renovated. Brasses to William Culbore, 1451. 

 Also two small 16th Century ones. 



