Nonsuch Palace. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz), Palatium Regium..., circa 1582

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Nonsuch Palace. Braun, (Georg, and Hogenberg, Franz), Palatium Regium in Angliae Regno appellatum Nonciutz hoc est nusquam simile, circa 1582, uncoloured engraving by George Hoefnagel of Nonsuch Palace with costumed figures below image, slight dust soiling, one repaired marginal closed tear but not affecting image, 320 x 445 mm, Latin text on verso

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Nonsuch Palace was built by Henry VIII in Surrey. It stood from 1538 only to be demolished in 1683. Its site lies in Nonsuch Park on the boundaries of the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey. The civil war and the victory of the Parliamentarians saw the palace and estate confiscated by the state and given to General Thomas Pride who held it until his death in 1658. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 the palace was returned to Charles II who in 1670 gave it to his mistress, Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine. Sadly she had it pulled down around 1683 and sold off the building materials to pay gambling debts.