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CHAP.
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CONTENTS.
CARDINAL WOLSEY AT HAMPTON COURT
DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF WOLSEY'S PALACE
CARDINAL WOLSEY'S MAGNIFICENCE
VI,
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35
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ANNE OF CLEVES, CATHERINE HOWARD, AND
CATHERINE PARR
VII. EDWARD VI. AND THE PROTECTOR SOMERSET
VIII. QUEEN MARY, KING PHILIP, AND THE PRINCESS
IX.
ELIZABETH
RECONCILIATION OF MARY AND ELIZABETH
X. QUEEN ELIZABETH AT HOME
XI. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CONFERENCES AND ENTER-
TAINMENTS
XII. JAMES I.'s CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS
XIII. JAMES I.'s AMUSEMENTS
XIV. CHARLES I.'S QUARREL WITH HIS QUEEN
XV. CHARLES I. AS KING AND CAPTIVE
XVI.
CHARLES I.'S ESCAPE FROM HAMPTON Court
XVII. THE COMMONWEALTH. HAMPTON COURT FOR SALE
XVIII. OLIVER CROMWELL'S PRIVAte Life at HAMPTON
COURT
XIX. THE RESTORATION. HONEYMOON OF CHARLES II. AND HIS WIFE
XX. CHARLES II.'S DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS WIFE
XXI. HAMPTON COURT UNDER CHARLES II.
XXII. WILLIAM AND MARY AT HAMPTON COURT
XXIII. QUEEN MARY AT HOME IN HER NEW PALACE
XXIV. KING WILLIAM'S WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS
XXV. WILLIAM III. IN HIS NEW PALACE-FURTHER
WORKS
XXVI. WILLIAM III.'s DECLINING HEALTH AND DEATH
XXVII. QUEEN ANNE AT HAMPTON COURt. "THE RAPE
OF THE LOCK"
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
GEORGE I. AT HAMPTON COURT
COURT LIFE UNDER GEORGE II.
HAMPTON COURT DURING THE REIGN Of George
III. THE PALACE DIVIDED INTO PRIVATE
APARTMENTS
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Henry VIII. at the Age of Forty-five
Frontispiece
Great Elm Tree in the Home Park known as the "Two Sisters,"
or King Charles's Swing .
Bird's-Eye View of Hampton Court, showing the extent of Wolsey's
Palace
West Front of Wolsey's Palace
Gable. From Wolsey's West Front
Entrance to Katharine of Arragon's Rooms
The Master Carpenter's Court on the North Side of the First Court
of Wolsey's Palace
Entrance to the North Wing of the Palace, leading to the Offices
The First Green Court, with the Cupolas restored.
Arms of Cardinal Wolsey
Cardinal Wolsey's Closet.
One of Cardinal Wolsey's Rooms
Decorative Frieze in Cardinal Wolsey's Closet
Oriel Window in Wolsey's First Green Court
Wolsey's oak-panelled Room in the Clock Court
Cardinal Wolsey in Bed
Seizure of the Cardinal's Goods
Cardinal Wolsey's Arms as Archbishop of York
33
Cardinal Wolsey
Wolsey's Low Gallery, on the Ground Floor of the South Range,
41
Cardinal Wolsey in Progress.
43
51
Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, sending tokens of Goodwill to the
View of one of the old Offices in Henry VIII.'s Palace
The Great Kitchen
57
65
Old Lattice Window, with Ventilators of perforated Lead
Entrance to Henry VIII.'s Cellars under the Hall and Great
Watching Chamber
73
75
78
Anne Boleyn's Gateway
79
Anne Boleyn.
Exterior of the Great Hall. From the Clock Court
81
Great Bay Window on the Daïs in the Great Hall
83
The Great Hall. From the Daïs
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87
Jane Seymour
View of the old East Front of Hampton Court Palace, as finished
by Henry VIII.
89
The Chapel.
Carrying of Prince Edward to the Font
The Chapel Doorway
The Clock Court, as it appeared in the reign of Henry VIII..
The Ghost of Mrs. Penn, Edward VI.'s Nurse
The Chapel Court, as seen from Prince Edward's (Edward VI.)
Lodgings
View from the River Thames of the old Palace of Hampton Court,
as finished by Henry VIII.
Henry VIII. and his Council
The Haunted Gallery
Henry VIII.'s Private Stairs in the Clock Court, leading to his
Privy Chamber
Henry VIII. playing on the Lute; with his jester, Will Somers,
singing
Edward VI.
The Duke of Somerset
Doorway of the Great Gate-house
The Great Gate-house, restored
Edward VI. and his Council
The Prison, so-called, in the Round Kitchen Court
Philip II. of Spain
View of the Chimneys of the Great Kitchen, Tennis Court Lane
View of Hampton Court Palace from the Thames in the reign of
Queen Mary
66
My Lord Robert Dudley's Picture
Round Kitchen Court
The Dungeon
Bay Window in the Great Watching Chamber
The Screens in the Great Hall
Entrance to the Buttery under the Pantry and Great Hall
James I. out Hunting, "Taking the Assay'
King James I.
Charles I.
Family of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
Charles I. and his Queen dining in Public.
View of the North of the Palace in Tennis Court Lane
The Old Pond Garden
Parapet of the Great Hall as seen from the Roof.
Mrs. Cromwell, "the Lady Protectress
Old East Front of Hampton Court in the time of Charles II.
Back Stairs to the Great Hall
Bird's-Eye View of Hampton Court in the reign of William III.
The Old Greenhouse, with an American Agave in flower, and
Queen Mary's Orange Trees
Queen Mary's Bower.
Pediment of a Window in the South Front, surmounted by William
and Mary's Coat-of-Arms
317
Screen and Gate of Wrought Iron formerly in the Gardens at
Hampton Court
319
The Queen's State Bedchamber, showing the Ceiling painted by
Sir James Thornhill in 1716
361
The Pavilions belonging to the Bowling Green at the end of the
Terrace Walk at Hampton Court
365
View, looking eastward, of the Diagonal Walks in the Great
Fountain Garden in the time of George II.
377
The Pavilion, Hampton Court Park, the Seat of H.R.H. the
Duke of Kent.
North-East Angle of the old Palace, with the Gateway into Lady
Mornington's Garden
"Purr Corner
386
"The Push"
The House or Home Park and Long Canal
The Privy Garden
View, looking east, of the Long Canal and Great Avenue in the
House or Home Park
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