Nearly forty years later, at the behest of Queen Mary II, the Greenwich Hospital (now called the Old Royal Naval College) remodeled this wing, expanded, and rebuilt on the site.

He died in prison, likely due to a stroke, though it was popularly believed that he was murdered[6] (as is depicted in William Shakespeare's plays about Henry VI).

[5] In 1485, Edward IV gave land and property adjacent to the palace for the foundation of a friary by the Observant Friars (a branch of the Franciscans).

[7] The friars' church was used for royal baptisms and marriages, including the christenings of the future queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.

The design included new plans or "platt of Greenwich which was devised by the Queen", which highlights the key contribution of Elizabeth of York for the rebuild.

The tower and lodgings seem to have derived from Burgundian precedents such as the (now demolished) Ducal Palace at Ghent and the Princehof at Bruges.

[12] New wooden coops were made for the peacocks and a pelican, further from the palace, as their calls disturbed Anne Boleyn in the mornings.

[16] The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War, serving time as a biscuit factory and a prisoner-of-war camp.

[15][17] In 1660, Charles II decided to rebuild the palace, engaging John Webb as the architect for a new King's House.

[18] The only section of the new building to be completed was the east range of the present King Charles Court, but this was never occupied as a royal residence.

[24] Aside from chapel renovations, Henry VIII also added an armoury, stables, and a banquet hall to the original palace.

A full archaeological excavation completed in January 2006 found the Tudor Chapel and Vestry with its tiled floor in situ.