CONTENTS.

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CHAP.

I. CARDINAL WOLSEY AT HAMPTON Court ... 1

II. DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF Wolsey's PALACE 20

III. CARDINAL WOLSEY'S MAGNIFICENCE . . . . .

IV. Henry VIII. AT HOME . . . . . . . . . 55

V. ANNE BOLEYN AND JANE SEYMOUR . . . . . 77

VI. ANNE OF CLEVES, CATHERINE HOWARD, AND

CATHERINE PARR . . . . . . . . . 103

VII. EDWARD VI. AND THE PROTECTOR SOMERSET . 112

VIII. QUEEN MARY, KING PHILIP, AND THE PRINCESS

ELIZABETH . . . . . . . . . . . 122

IX. RECONCILIATION OF MARY AND ELIZABETH .. 128

X. QUEEN ELIZABETH AT HOME . . . . . . . 137

XI. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CONFERENCES AND ENTER-

TAINMENTS . . . . . . . . . . .

XII. JAMES I.'s CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS ... 160

XIII. JAMES I.'s AMUSEMENTS . . . . . . . . . 181

XIV. CHARLES I.'s QUARREL WITH HIS QUEEN . . . 201

XV. CHARLES I. AS KING AND CAPTIVE . . . . . 212

XVI. CHARLES I.'s ESCAPE FROM HAMPTON COURT227

XVII. THE COMMONWEALTH. HAMPTON COURT FOR SALE 237

XVIII. OLIVER CROMWELL'S PRIVATE LIFE AT HAMPTON

Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

XIX. THE RESTORATION. HONEYMOON OF CHARLES II.

AND HIS WIFE . . . . . . . . . 258

XX. CHARLES II.'s DISAGREEMENT WITH HIS WIFE .. 270

XXI. HAMPTON COURT UNDER CHARLES II. AND

JAMES II. . . . . . . . . . . . 285

XXII. WILLIAM AND MARY AT HAMPTON Court ...

XXIII. QUEEN MARY AT HOME IN HER NEW PALACE . 300

XXIV. KING WILLIAM's WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS : 322

XXV. WILLIAM III. IN HIS NEW PALACE-FURTHER

WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . 333

XXVI. WillIAM III.'s DECLINING HEALTH AND DEATH. 339

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XXVII. QUEEN ANNE AT HAMPTON Court. “The RAPE

OF THE LOCK". . . . . . . . . . 351

XXVIII. GEORGE I. AF HAMPTON Court ...... 359

XXIX. Court LIFE UNDER GEORGE II. . . . . . . 373

XXX. HAMPTON COURT DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE

III.-THE PALACE DIVIDED INTO PRIVATE

APARTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . 380

XXXI. HAMPTON COURT DURING THE REIGNS OF

GEORGE IV. AND WILLIAM IV. . . . .

XXXII. QUEEN VICTORIA-HAMPTON Court AS A

POPULAR RESORT . . . . . . . . . 393

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Bird's-Eye View of Hampton Court, showing the extent of Wolsey's

Palace . . . . . . . . . ·

· · · · 7

West Front of Wolsey's Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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 . .

Cardinal Wolsey's Arms as Archbishop of York . . .

Cardinal Wolsey . . . : : : : : : :
Wolsey's Low Gallery, on the Ground Floor of the South Range,

in the First Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cardinal Wolsey in Progress. · · · · · · · · · · ·
Seizure of the Cardinal's Goods . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, sending tokens of Goodwill to the

sick Cardinal . . . . . : :

Lead Water-spout, put up by Henry VIII. . . . . . . . .

Back Court, by the Great Kitchen. .

y the Great Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . .

View of one of the old Offices in Henry VIII.'s Palace . . . .

The Great Kitchen

Entrance to Henry VIII.'s Cellars under the Hall and Great

Watching Chamber . . . . .

Old Lattice Window, with Ventilators of perforated Lead ...

Anne Boleyn's Gateway . . . . . . . . . . .

Anne Boleyn . . . . . . . . .

Exterior of the Great Hall. From the Clock Court.

Great Bay Window on the Daïs in the Great Hall . . . .

The Great Hall. From the Daïs . . . . . . .
Jane Seymour ..

View of the old East Front of Hampton Court Palace, as finished

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The Chapel. . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · 91

Carrying of Prince Edward to the Font . . . . . . . . . 92

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 . . . . . . . . . . .

101

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View from the River Thames of the old Palace of Hampton Court,

as finished by Henry VIII. . . . . . . . . . .

102

Henry VIII. and his Council . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

The Haunted Gallery . . .

109

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 · · · ·

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Edward VI. . . . · · · ·

113

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The Duke of Somerset . . . . .

115

Doorway of the Great Gate-house . ..

116

The Great Gate-house, restored . . .

117

Edward VI. and his Council. ..

119

The Prison, so-called, in the Round Kitchen Court . .

121

Philip II. of Spain . . . .

123

View of the Chimneys of the Great Kitchen, Tennis Court Lane . 125

View of Hampton Court Palace from the Thames in the reign of

Queen Mary

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129

Queen Mary.

“My Lord Robert Dudley's Picture”

ori Didley's Picture "

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Round Kitchen Court . . . : :.:.: ..

Carved Stone on Queen Elizabeth's Window ..

Foot of the Great Hall Stairs . . . .

149

Old Leaden Water-spouts on Queen Elizabeth's Stables

151

The Fish Court · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

The Dungeon : : : : : : : : ; . . . . .

Bay Window in the Great Watching Chamber

y 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 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Charles I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Family of George Villiers, ist Duke of Buckingham. . . . 213

Charles I. and his Queen dining in Public . .

215

View of the North of the Palace in Tennis Court Lane . . . 223

The Old Pond Garden . . . . . . . . . · · · · ·

229

Parapet of the Great Hall as seen from the Roof . . . . .

Mrs. Cromwell, “the Lady Protectress” . . .

247

Old East Front of Hampton Court in the time of Charles II. .. 269

Back Stairs to the Great Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

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 · · · · · · · · · 303

Queen Mary's Bower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE East Front and Great Fountain Garden .

307 The South Front of William III.'s New Palace . .

309 The Colonnade . . . . .

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311 .

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313 Pediment of a Window in the South Front, surmounted by William

and Mary's Coat-of-Arms . . . . . . . . Screen and Gate of Wrought Iron formerly in the Gardens at

Hampton Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The King's Great Staircase. . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 The Flower-Pot Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . .

327 The Maze .: The King's Guard Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . King William III.'s State Bedchamber . . . . . . . . . “The Rape of the Lock”. . . . . . The Queen's State Bedchamber, showing the Ceiling painted by

Sir James Thornhill in 1716 ...
The Pavilions belonging to the Bowling Green at the end of the

Terrace Walk at Hampton Court . . . . . . . .
View, looking eastward, of the Diagonal Walks in the Great

Fountain Garden in the time of George II. . . . . .
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" . . · · · · · · · · · · . . .

391 “The Push" . . . · :,: : ; . . .

401 The House or Home Park and Long Canal . . . . . . .. 403 The Privy Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 View, looking east, of the Long Canal and Great Avenue in the

House or Home Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 407