PALACE FOR £3 A WEEK
SECRET DOOR AND TREASURE For little more than £3 a week one can rent a 400-year-old Tudor ipalace, complete with secret door and passage,' ancient panelling, £2,000,000 , hidden treasure (reputed), hot and ( cold water, modem bathrooms, and all modern conveniences. The Old Palace, Richmond, Surrey, awaits a tenant, with vacant possession. Under its roof Cardinal Wolsey lived, Anne of Cleves retired and died after hey divorce from Henry VIII.. and Queen Mary spent her honeymoon with Philip of Spain. The new tenant will not only be able to live for £175 a year in the house which was for centuries a home of England’s kings and queens; he will also stand a chance of unearthing the hidden treasure. ; Soon after the present palace was built, in 1499, Henry VII. buried a vast hoard of gold bullion and jewels in an underground tunnel which could only be reached by a secret door hidden in the panellihg. No one has ever been known to find the ! treasure, but in 1932 thieves broke in and discovered how to open the secret door. They descended the secret stairs and began to dig out earth from the tunnel. Thejr came on a brick wall which nothing short of dynamite could, break through and they abandoned their task. The palace has stood empty for three years
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Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 8
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225PALACE FOR £3 A WEEK Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 8
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