Cache Jar 2 Traditional Geocache
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Forty Hall Estate they cache is under Two log on one of the footpaths. The Estate is date back to the medieval period, when a portion of land adjacent to Turkey Brook,
Estate date back to the medieval period, when a portion of land adjacent to Turkey Brook, became the site of Elsyng Palace.
Elsyng Palace was first mentioned in 1381, as part of the lands belonging to Thomas Elsyng. By the early 16th Century Sir Thomas Lovell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Henry VIII occupied the Great House of Elsyng. Fifteen years after the death of Sir Thomas at Elsyng in 1524, the Great House became a Royal Palace.
The Royal Palace was used as a base for hunting in Enfield Chase and it was here that Edward VI learned he was to be king following the death of his father, Henry VIII, in 1547. Elizabeth I visited the Palace four times during her reign between 1558-1603, however, following her death the Palace fell into disrepair.
After a brief spell as a bathhouse the former Palace was demolished shortly after it became part of the Forty Hall Estate. The area is now a scheduled ancient monument.
Forty Hall was built in the grounds of the Elsyng Palace between 1629 and 1632, It was built for Sir Nicholas Rainton who was an Alderman of the City of London, a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers' who became Lord Mayor of London in 1632. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for five days by Charles I following a dispute over his refusal to supply a list of citizens able to loan money to the King.
Following the death of Sir Nicholas, Forty Hall passed to his nephew, who had the remains of the Royal Palace demolished, the grounds landscaped and an avenue of lime trees planted.
Forty Hall changed hands many times, including by auction in 1787 when the Hall and 159 acres of land were sold for £8,800.The former Enfield Urban District Council purchased the Estate from the Parker-Bowles family in 1951 and opened the grounds to the public.
Forty Hall together with many of the adjacent farm buildings is on the Statutory List of Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest.
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