53 57 65 67 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Henry VIII. at the Age of Forty-five Frontispiece Great Elm Tree in the Home Park known as the "Two Sisters," Bird's-Eye View of Hampton Court, showing the extent of Wolsey's 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 Arms of Cardinal Wolsey Cardinal Wolsey's Closet. One of Cardinal Wolsey's Rooms Decorative Frieze in Cardinal Wolsey's Closet Wolsey's oak-panelled Room in the Clock Court Cardinal Wolsey's Arms as Archbishop of York Cardinal Wolsey Wolsey's Low Gallery, on the Ground Floor of the South Range, 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 Entrance to Henry VIII.'s Cellars under the Hall and Great Old Lattice Window, with Ventilators of perforated Lead 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 View of the old East Front of Hampton Court Palace, as finished by Henry VIII. The Chapel. The Chapel Doorway Carrying of Prince Edward to the Font The Clock Court, as it appeared in the reign of Henry VIII. . The Chapel Court, as seen from Prince Edward's (Edward VI.) 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 Privy Chamber Henry VIII.'s Private Stairs in the Clock Court, leading to his 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. Queen Mary My Lord Robert Dudley's Picture" 66 Round Kitchen Court Carved Stone on Queen Elizabeth's Window Old Leaden Water-spouts on Queen Elizabeth's Stables Foot of the Great Hall Stairs Entrance to the Buttery under the Pantry and Great Hall Charles I. Family of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. View of the North of the Palace in Tennis Court Lane Parapet of the Great Hall as seen from the Roof. Old East Front of Hampton Court in the time of Charles II. 279 297 Bird's-Eye View of Hampton Court in the reign of William III. 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 319 The King's Great Staircase. 325 The Queen's State Bedchamber, showing the Ceiling painted by 361 The Pavilions belonging to the Bowling Green at the end of the 365 View, looking eastward, of the Diagonal Walks in the Great The Pavilion, Hampton Court Park, the Seat of H.R.H. the 377 386 North-East Angle of the old Palace, with the Gateway into Lady Mornington's Garden 389 "Purr Corner 391 View, looking east, of the Long Canal and Great Avenue in the House or Home Park 407 A SHORT HISTORY OF HAMPTON COURT. CHAPTER I. CARDINAL WOLSEY AT HAMPTON COURT. AMONG the many places of interest that lie within easy reach of London, there is none, if we except Windsor Castle, that can be held to vie in historic and artistic charms with the Queen's magnificent palace at Hampton Court. Nowhere else do we meet with attractions so uncommon, and yet so varied, as those which are to be found within its precincts. There we may behold a building, which still remains, altered and restored though it has been, an almost perfect specimen of Tudor palatial architecture, side by side with the best example existing in England of the debased classic Louis XIV., namely, Wren's State Apartments. There, too, we may feel, in a more than ordinary degree, amid its red-brick courts, solemn cloisters, picturesque gables, towers, turrets, embattled parapets, and mullioned and latticed windows, that indescribable charm which invests all ancient and historic places. While walking through Wolsey's courts we may recall the splendour and wealth of the mighty Cardinal; and while standing in Henry VIII.'s chapel, or his gorgeous Gothic hall, ponder on the many thrilling events enacted within the palace in the days of the Tudors and Stuarts-the birth of Edward VI. and the death of Jane Seymour; the marriages of Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr; the honeymoons of Philip of Spain and Mary Tudor, and of Charles II. and Catherine of Braganza; James I.'s conference with the Puritans; and Cromwell's sojourn here in almost regal splendour. And while passing through William III.'s splendid suite of rooms, with their B |