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... 81 Great Bay Window on the Daïs in the Great Hall 83 The Great Hall . From the Daïs 85 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.
... 81 Great Bay Window on the Daïs in the Great Hall 83 The Great Hall . From the Daïs 85 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.
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... carry off all surface water and impurites . Wolsey had no sooner entered into possession of Hampton Court , than he began with characteristic energy to plan the erection of a vast and sumptuous edifice commensurate with the dignity and ...
... carry off all surface water and impurites . Wolsey had no sooner entered into possession of Hampton Court , than he began with characteristic energy to plan the erection of a vast and sumptuous edifice commensurate with the dignity and ...
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... carrying on the whole government of the kingdom , receiving foreign ambassadors , reading despatches , writing instructions to his agents abroad , and retaining in his mind the whole complex thread of continental politics , we find him ...
... carrying on the whole government of the kingdom , receiving foreign ambassadors , reading despatches , writing instructions to his agents abroad , and retaining in his mind the whole complex thread of continental politics , we find him ...
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... carried off by great brick sewers , 3 feet wide and 5 feet high , into the Thames . So excellent , in truth , was his system of drainage , that it was not found necessary to interfere with or supersede it till the year 1871 . Another ...
... carried off by great brick sewers , 3 feet wide and 5 feet high , into the Thames . So excellent , in truth , was his system of drainage , that it was not found necessary to interfere with or supersede it till the year 1871 . Another ...
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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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