Oh do tell more about how John of Gaunt, who died in 1399-- (the last year of th 14th century) made his home in Kenilworth-- In the fifteenth it was the home of John of Gaunt (Henry IV's father and Henry V's grandfather). Robert Dudley had it in the sixteenth.-- no wonder SWMBO was complaining about another ABC!
in the early years, John of Gaunt had a very luxurious castle in London, on the Strand-- the Savoy, it was very close to the location of the church of St Clemen(t) the Dane (as in Oranges and Lemons, say the bells of St Clemin's) which is in the middle of the Strand..
sorry, but one of my favorite books is Katherine by Anya Seton, the story of Katherine Swynford, John's long time mistress, and third wife, (and grandmother to Henry V.) The london hotel, the savoy is close at to the site too, but the castle was on the river side of the strand, and the hotel is further in.. lovely place, spent christmas of 1972 there!
