A - Audley End
It seems appropriate somehow that an embezzler should end his life at
The large building was expensive to maintain and the Howard family eventually demolished more than half of it. What remains is still one of the biggest houses in Britain.
King Charles II bought the house in 1668 for the sum of £5 as somewhere to stay when he went to the races at Newmarket; it was returned to the Suffolks in 1701.
Capability Brown was commissioned to landscape the parkland in 1762.
During WWII Audley End became the base for the special-operations paratroops of the Polish Army in exile. A memorial to the men they lost stands in the drive to the house.
In 1948 the Braybrooke family sold the house to the Ministry of Works, the predecessor of English Heritage under whose stewardship Audley End remains. The house and gardens are open to the public at certain times of the year.
Photo attribution:
It seems appropriate somehow that an embezzler should end his life at
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| Audley End |
Thomas Howard, !st Earl of Suffolk, King James I's Treasurer helped himself to royal funds to build the splendid home of Audley End in 1614
However he was removed from there when convicted and sent to the Tower of London. After his release he returned to Audley End and died there in 1626.
The large building was expensive to maintain and the Howard family eventually demolished more than half of it. What remains is still one of the biggest houses in Britain.
King Charles II bought the house in 1668 for the sum of £5 as somewhere to stay when he went to the races at Newmarket; it was returned to the Suffolks in 1701.
Capability Brown was commissioned to landscape the parkland in 1762.
During WWII Audley End became the base for the special-operations paratroops of the Polish Army in exile. A memorial to the men they lost stands in the drive to the house.
In 1948 the Braybrooke family sold the house to the Ministry of Works, the predecessor of English Heritage under whose stewardship Audley End remains. The house and gardens are open to the public at certain times of the year.
Photo attribution:
- Creative commons - Misterzee, 2008 - CC BY-3.0
