Hampton Court: A Short History of the Royal Manor and PalaceG. Bell, 1900 - 421 pages |
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... caused divine honours to be paid to him . " After dinner came the masquerades and mummeries , which were nowhere more splendid than at the Cardinal's palaces . The general company awaited the masquers in the Withdrawing Chamber , into ...
... caused divine honours to be paid to him . " After dinner came the masquerades and mummeries , which were nowhere more splendid than at the Cardinal's palaces . The general company awaited the masquers in the Withdrawing Chamber , into ...
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... cause it sprung , it naturally excited the resentment of many with whom he had to transact business and to raise against him a host of enemies . WOLSEY'S ABSORPTION IN AFFAIRS . 17 In the Star Chamber 16 A SHORT HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT .
... cause it sprung , it naturally excited the resentment of many with whom he had to transact business and to raise against him a host of enemies . WOLSEY'S ABSORPTION IN AFFAIRS . 17 In the Star Chamber 16 A SHORT HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT .
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... cause the gravest anxiety ; and the King wrote affectionately to him , urging him to take air and exercise , and correct the weakness of his stomach . Recommendations like these were easier to give than to follow , for Wolsey had no ...
... cause the gravest anxiety ; and the King wrote affectionately to him , urging him to take air and exercise , and correct the weakness of his stomach . Recommendations like these were easier to give than to follow , for Wolsey had no ...
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... cause had he to be grateful for Wolsey's devo- tion . While everyone else about the Court was thinking only of his own personal safety , Wolsey alone remained at his post , and through danger , infection , and sickness kept in view only ...
... cause had he to be grateful for Wolsey's devo- tion . While everyone else about the Court was thinking only of his own personal safety , Wolsey alone remained at his post , and through danger , infection , and sickness kept in view only ...
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... cause it to present a very different appearance now , chiefly in that the present Great Hall , which occupies the whole of its north side , though often called Wolsey's hall , was not erected by him , but , after his death , by Henry ...
... cause it to present a very different appearance now , chiefly in that the present Great Hall , which occupies the whole of its north side , though often called Wolsey's hall , was not erected by him , but , after his death , by Henry ...
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accordingly afterwards ambassador Anne Boleyn apartments arms attendants banquets beautiful Bedchamber Bishop building Cardinal Cardinal's carved Catherine Catherine Howard ceiling chapel Charles Clock Court cloisters cloth of gold Council Cromwell crown death declared decorated dressed Duke Elizabeth England English favour feet Fountain Francis Villiers furniture Gallery gardens gave gentlemen George George II gilt give Hall Hampton Court Palace hand Henry VIII honour Horace Walpole James Jane Seymour Jean Tijou Julius Cæsar King King's ladies Lady Castlemaine letter London Lord Chamberlain magnificent Majesty Majesty's manor Mary ments months never night occupied officers painted Park Parliament persons picture play present Prince Princess Privy Chamber Puritan received reign residence rooms royal says side silver soon staircase suite tapestries Thames tion took Tudor velvet Verrio VIII.'s walk Whitehall whole wife William III William III.'s Wolsey Wolsey's palace Wren's yeomen
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