In 1135, while staying at the palace, Bishop Roger of Salisbury attended the funeral of King Henry I at Reading Abbey.
[1] After the abdication of King Richard II and his cousin King Henry IV's coronation in October 1399, Richard II's then 9-year-old wife, Isabella, was kept under house arrest at the palace.
The Bishops of Salisbury continued in residence, some more often than others, until they sold it to Queen Elizabeth I.
The site of the palace was excavated in 1912–14 and evidence of a hall, chapel and other rooms was found.
It is in a grass field used for cows between St Andrew's Church and Sonning Lock.