LEEDS CASTLE

Name: …………………………………………………..

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CASTLE

  1. What’s the name of the county Leeds Castle is located in? Oxfordshire / Kent / Yorkshire
  2. What’s the name of the river on which the Castle is set? Thames / Severn / Len
  3. In what yearwas the initial manor house turned into a castle? 1119 / 1189 / 1067
  4. When did the castle become a Royal Palace?1378 / 1278 / 1578
  5. What animals are represented in the Leeds Castle Coat of Arms? a d……… and b……… s……s
  6. How many English queens owned the castlein medieval times? 2 / 3 / 6

Cross the odd one ( lady!!) out:Eleanor of Castile/Margaret of France/ Elizabeth I / Isabella of France/

Joan of Navarre/Anne of Bohemia / Catherine de Valois.

  1. What’s the name of the King who frequently visited the Castle with his Queen, Catherine of Aragon,in Tudor Times? Edward VI / Henry VIII / Richard I
  2. What King granted the castle to a courtier for his services? Edward VI / Henry VIII / Richard I
  3. Since when has the castle been in private use? about 1650 / 1550 / 1450
  4. Among the following, which was the Castle never used as?

a garrison - a prison - a convalescent home –a place of execution - a royal residence

  1. Among the following, which family NEVER inhabited the castle?

Culpeper / Fairfax / Churchill / Wykeham Martin

  1. In what year was the castle opened to the public? 1956 / 1976 / 1996

INSIDE THE CASTLE: The TUDOR TRAIL

  1. The Heraldry room: look out for the pictures of Henry VIII and his wives.

How many of them are there? …..

  1. The Queen’s room: look at the Tudor fireplace. Which symbols can you see carved into the stone?

Coat of arms / Tudor Rose / Dragon / Elephant

Draw them

3. The Queen’s Gallery: there are four busts of Tudor Monarchs near the window.

What’s your favourite one? Name the monarch : ……………………………

4. Henry VIII Banqueting Hall:

  • near the entrance door, there’s a strange little picture, with eleven faces on it. They are all members of the Tudor or Stuart families. Name three of them: ……………. / ………………. / ……………..
  • On the right of the fireplace is a very important picture. It shows Henry VIII setting off from Dover to see King Francis I of France at a meeting near Calais in 1520. Most of the people you can see in the picture had just visited Leeds Castle.

Henry is standing in the centre of one of the ships. Can you spot him? What colours are his clothes? ……………………………………………………………………………….

  • Look at the picture to the right, over the doorway? Who is it? …………………………...

OUTSIDE THE CASTLE

How much time did you spend in the maze before finding the exit? ………………