death, 198; portrait of, 199; sa-
tirical description of, 199; never
washes his hands, 199; entertains
the French ambassador, 200; en-
tertains the Spanish ambassador,
201 his death, 201.
James II. discusses a plan for the
murder of Cromwell, 252; his
camp on Hounslow Heath, 288;
death of, 342; and see York, Duke
of.
Jane Seymour, flirts with Henry
VIII. and becomes Queen, 86;
her arms and badge, 88; retires
to Hampton Court, 89: gives
birth to a son, 89; illness and
death of, 94; her body em-
balmed and laid in state, 96;
her obsequies, 96; 1,200 masses
for her soul, 97; her spectre in
the "Silver-stick Gallery," 97.
Jones, Inigo, 162, 199.
Kent, Edward, Duke of, at the Pavi-
lions, 386.
King's Great Staircase, 312, 322-325.
King's State Bedchamber, 323, 334.
Kitchen, Cardinal Wolsey's, 36;
Henry VIII.'s 70.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 302, 343.
Laguerre, Louis, 312, 314;
sprawling saints, 325, 360.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of,
140, 146, 154.
Lepell, Miss, 362, 363; married to
Lord Hervey, 367; her cherished
reminiscences of Hampton Court,
368; Pope's moonlight walk with,
373.
London, George, appointed gar-
dener to William and Mary, 298;
his style of gardening, 327.
Long Canal, made by Charles II.,
262, 268; mentioned, 295, 296;
its beauty in summer, 402; by
moonlight, 406.
Long Parliament, the, 258, 260.
Long Walk, or Pavilion Terrace,
made by William III., 339.
"Longford, or King's River," re-
paired by Cromwell, 250.
Lord Chamberlain, the, disclaims
authority over ghosts, 235; George
I.'s letter to, about irregularities
at the palace, 372; his orders and
warrants or apartments, 381;
his rule against lending apart-
ments, 383; his severe letter against
letting apartments, 384; further
remonstrances from, 384; his
sphere of jurisdiction, 399; his
control over doors and locks, 400.
Lord Steward of the Household, his
mysterious authority, 400.
Maiano, Joannes, terra-cotta medal-
lions by, 22.
Mantegna, Andrea, his "Triumph
of Julius Cæsar," 238, 249, 314.
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of,
describes Queen Mary's unseemly
conduct on taking possession of
her father's palace, 290; her ac-
count of King William's vulgarities
and rudeness to Princess Anne,
293.
Mary I., as Princess, at Prince
Edward's (Edward VI.) christen-
ing, 92; her christening presents,
94; at Jane Seymour's obsequies,
97; mentioned, 100; as Queen, her
honeymoon, 122; "very pious and
very badly dressed," 122; retires
for her accouchement, 126; her
expected child, 127; said to have
given birth to a prince, 128; sends
for her sister Elizabeth, 130; her
interview with her at night, 133;
her hopes of offspring dashed, 136;
removes from the palace, 137.
Mary II., Queen of England, pro-
claimed Queen, 289; her unseemly
delight at taking possession, 290;
her impression of the palace, 291;
appoints George London her gar-
dener, 298; remains in seclusion
at Hampton Court, 299; occupies
the Water Gallery, 300; her china,
delft ware, and needlework, 300;
her Gallery of Beauties, 302; her
love of gardening, her bower,
304; reports the progress of the
works, 305; her arms, 317; dies
at Kensington, 320.
Melville, Sir James, envoy of Mary
Queen of Scots, 139; deputed by
Hans Casimir to urge his suit to
Elizabeth, 140; his interviews with
Elizabeth, 141, 142, 143; hears
her play music, 144; sees her
dance, 146.
Milton, John, 162, 168, 251.
Mitford, Mr. A. B., appointed Secre-
tary to the Board of Works, 397 :
his care and zeal for Hampton
Court, 397; his precautions
against fire, 397.
Mornington, Countess of, her apart-
ments and garden, 389.
Murray, Earl, Regent of Scotland,
148, 149, 151.
Norfolk, Thomas, 4th Duke of, 146,
148.
Parks, the, 60; game in, 256; and
see Bushey, Course, House.
Parliament, the, 217, 219, 221, 222,
224, 231, 233, 237-243, 258, 259.
See also Commons, House of.
Pavilions, the, building of, 339;
mentioned, 357; Princess Caroline
and the Court at, 364; the Duke
of Gloucester and the Waldegraves
at, 386; the Duke of Kent occu-
pies, 386; recent occupants of,
387.
Penn, Mrs. (Sibell Hampden), 97-
99.
Pepys, Samuel, 261, 267, 284.
Philip II. of Spain, honeymoon of,
122; his exclusiveness, 123; goes
in procession round the cloisters,
126; induces Mary to pardon
Elizabeth, 130; his secret inter-
view with Elizabeth, 130; his
sneaking tricks, 135; his courtesy
to Elizabeth, 136; his spies, 139.
Pope, Alexander, couplet on Cibber,
316; on Verrio and Laguerre,
326; his "Rape of the Lock," 356-
359; his admiration for Miss
Lepell, 363; his description of
Hampton Court life, 368; his
attack on Lord Hervey, 375; his
reply to Hervey's satire, 376;
criticises the new style of garden-
ing, 377, 378.
Pope, the, gives Wolsey a dispensa-
tion from the Lenten observances,
18; reproached by Henry VIII.,
58; his authority horribly reviled,
78.
Presbyterians, sent for by James I.,
183; preached at, 184; plot of,
against Cromwell's life, 245.
Presence Chamber, William III.'s,
304, 334; described, 343.
Private apartments, 372: palace ap-
portioned into, by George III.,
382; occupants of in George III.'s
reign, 383, 386; lax practices of
Occupants, 384; gross abuse of
letting apartments, 385; stringent
letter against lending of, 385; oc-
cupants of in George IV.'s reign,
388; in William IV.'s reign, 390;
size and accommodation of, 397;
authority of various departments
over, 398.
Privy Gardens, Charles I. escapes
through the, 231; mentioned, 263;
Queen Mary plants in the, 304;
their old-fashioned air, 381; their
exquisite beauty, 404.
Puritans, the, their divines at the
conference, 170-179; their hatred
of Queen Henrietta Maria, 210;
desecrate the chapel, 220.
"Purr Corner," 389.
"Push," the, 400, 401.
Quadra, the Spanish ambassador,
137, 139.
William III., 333-
Queen's Drawing Room, 308; as
finished by Queen Anne, 354.
Queen's Gallery, the, the Princess
of Wales (wife of George II.) in,
366.
"Queen Mary's Bower," mentioned,
Charles I. in the Great Hall, 214;
his "Henry VIII." acted before
George I., 369.
Shaw, Huntingdon, worker in iron,
his claim to the designing of the
iron screens confuted, 318,
Shooting, Henry VIII. fond of, 59,
60, 62; Queen Elizabeth goes out,
156; James I. goes out, 186;
Anne of Denmark shoots the
King's favourite hound, 192.
Skelton, John, Wolsey's satirist,
reflects on the Cardinal's peremp-
toriness, 16, 17; attacks him for
eating meat, 18; comments on
his magnificence, 28; satirizes his
love for tapestry, 30; alluded to,
37, 38; vilifies his political pre-
eminence, 45.
Somers, Will, Henry VIII.'s jester,
accompanies him on the lute, III.
Somerset, Duke of, his administra-
tion, 112; dissatisfaction against
him, 113; invokes assistance, 114;
fortifies the palace, 116; presents
Edward to the multitude at the
gate, 118; flees to Windsor, 119;
conspiracy against him, 120; ar-
rested, 120; beheaded, 120.
South Front of Wren's building
criticised, 308-310; carving on, 316,
State Apartments, unoccupied and
dismantled in George III.'s time,
380; in George IV.'s reign, 387
in William IV.'s reign, 392;
opened free to the public, 393;
open on Sunday, 394.
Swift, Jonathan, 359.
Tennis Court, Henry VIII.'s, 55;
Henry VIII. playing in his shirt in
the, 60; Henry, Prince of Wales,
plays in the, 181; renovated by
Charles II., 261.
Thornhill, Sir James, paints the
ceiling of the Queen's State Bed-
chamber, 360.
Tijou, Jean, his book of designs in
ironwork, 317; designs the famous
screens at Hampton Court, 318;
his bill unpaid, 355.
Tilt Yard, the, 60; tournaments in,
61.
Vansomer, his portrait of Christian
IV. of Denmark, 182; his picture
of Anne of Denmark and her
hounds, 192; his portrait of James
I., 197, 198.
Verrio, Antonio, anecdote of him
and Charles II., 287; mentioned,
312, 318; paints William III.'s
State Bedchamber, Little Bed-
chamber, and Great Staircase, 323-
325; cries out for cash, 353; paints
the Queen's Drawing Room, 354.
Victoria, Queen, her accession, 392;
throws the palace open free, 393;
visits Princess Frederica, 396;
attachment of her people to, 409.
"Vision of the Twelve Goddesses,"
166; and see Daniel, Samuel.
Visitors in former days, 379; since
the free opening, 393; their number
on Sundays, 394.
Walpole, Horace, remarks on an
alternative scheme for a new
palace, 291; his mention of Knel-
ler's Hampton Court Beauties,
302; mentions Laguerre, 314;
mentions Verrio, 324, 354; men-
tions Miss Bellenden, 363; his
interest in Hampton Court, 379;
his relatives in the palace, 385,
386.
Water Gallery, the, Queen Eliza-
beth confined in, 130; Arran
admitted at, to see Queen Eliza-
beth, 138; the French ambassa-
dor lodged in, 206; refurnished
for Mary II., 300; Kneller's
Beauties at, 301; Queen Mary
resides at, 302; mentioned, 338.
Weldon, Sir Anthony, his remarks
about James I.'s love of sport,
188; his satiric description of
him, 199.
Whalley, Colonel, Parliamentary
officer, 221, 222; his interview
with Ashburnham, 225, 226;
shows Cromwell's alarming letter
to Charles I., 228; looks through
the keyhole of Charles I.'s room
door, 230; seeks for Charles I.
by the back way, 231; finds that
he has fled, 231; his full relation
of the manner and circumstances
of Charles I.'s escape, 233.
Whitehall, Wolsey's palace at, 8,45,
56; Henry VIII.'s palace at, 64;
James I. at, 161, 170; Banqueting
House at, 199; Charles I. at,
218, 219; Charles I. executed at,
237; excepted from the sale of
the royal palaces, 239; plot to
seize, 244; Cromwell removes to,
253; Cromwell dies at, 258;
goods at inventoried, 258; Richard
Cromwell ordered out of, 259;
Pepys on the top of the Banquet-
ing House, 284; Charles II.
arrives with his Queen at, 285;
Charles II. and his Queen leave,
on account of the plague, 286;
William III.'s dislike of, 289;
Queen Mary turns up the beds at,
290; Queen Mary at, 306; destroyed
by fire, 321; old custom of the
King dining in public in, 321.
William III., 1, 8; the Long Canal
and Avenues in the House Park
wrongly attributed to, 262, 268;
opens a new era in the history of
Hampton Court, 289; wears his
hat in church, 290; resolves to re-
build the State Apartments, 291;
his new Quadrangle, 291; his
brutality to Princess Anne, 293;
greedily gobbles up a plate of
peas, 293; his life at Hampton
Court in 1689, 294; censured for
residing so much at Hampton
Court, 294; at the Duke of Glou-
cester's birth and baptism, 295;
his additions to Hampton Court,
296; his gardening operations,
298; his arms, 311; responsible
for the lowness of the cloisters,
312; employs Laguerre, and gives
him apartments, 313; carving in
compliment to, 315; his taste in
gardening, 316; his renewed in-
terest in Hampton Court, 320;
his dislike of Whitehall, 321; in-
structs Wren to prepare an esti-
mate for fitting the inside of the
palace, 322; his State Bed-
chamber, 323; his little bed-
chamber, or dressing room, 324;
his Great Staircase, 324; increases
the fountains in the gardens, 326;
his initials on the Flower-pot
Gate, 327; his Guard Chamber,
331; his State Bedchamber,
333; furniture of his rooms, 334;
his dislike of England, 336; his
dining room and his diet, 336;
consultation about his health, 337
drinks the juice of thirty hog-lice,
337; his stomach out of order.
338; his return from Holland,
339; complains of English in-
difference to foreign affairs, 340;
extraordinary doses taken by,
341; arrives in England, 342;
his triumphant reception, 343
swelling of his legs, 344; his fore-
boding of his end, 346; dosed
with extraordinary concoctions,
347; removes to London, 348;
comes down to hunt at Hampton
Court and falls from his horse,.
349; his fatal accident discussed,
350; his death, 351.
William IV., as Duke of Clarence,
389; appointed Ranger of Bushey
Park, 390; his geniality and jovial
dinners at the "Toy Club," 390;
accession of, 392; sends pictures
to Hampton Court, 392; orders
the repainting of the King's
Great Staircase, 392.
William V., Prince of Orange,
Stadtholder of Holland, given
apartments in this palace, 387.
Wise, Henry, gardener to William
and Mary, 298; his style of gar-
dening, 327; lays out avenues in
Bushey Park, 328.
Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, 1, 2;
acquires a lease of the manor
of Hampton Court, 5; consults
physicians, 6; his enormous
revenues and wealth, 7; made
Cardinal, Lord Chancellor, and
Legate à latere, 7; his school at
Ipswich, college at Oxford, and
palace in London, 8; his sanitary
arrangements, 9; his style of
architecture, 10; west front of his
palace, 11; receives Henry VIII.
and Katharine of Arragon, 12
Henry VIII.'s regard for him, 13;
banquets, grand masques, and
masquerades, 14; pestered by
suitors, 15; refuses audience to
various, 16; "not at leisure," 16;
satirized by Skelton, 17; out-
bursts of irritation, 18; his feeble
health, 18; his devotion to Henry
VIII., 19; extent of his palace,
20; exterior of his rooms in the
Clock Court, 21; employs Italian
artists, 22; his arms in terra cotta,
23; decoration of his rooms, 26;
his rooms in the Clock Court, 27;
his furniture, 28; his purchases of
tapestry, 29; his tapestries satir-
ized by Skelton, 30; more superb
furniture, 31; his beds, 32; his
chairs and cushions, 33; his
jewellery and plate, 34; his house-
hold and retinue, 35; officers of
his hall, kitchens, and offices,
36; his retinue as Lord Chan-
cellor, 37; his life at Hampton
Court, 38; portrait of, 39; his
progresses, 40; riding on his
mule, 41; receives visits from the
ambassadors, 43; his genius for
foreign politics, 44; gives Hamp-
ton Court to Henry VIII., 45;
his grand entertainment to the
French embassy, 46; his cellars,
47; banquet to the French em-
bassy, 48; comes in "booted and
spurred," 49; drinks Henry VIII.'s
health, 49; danger of attack from
the sweating sickness, 50; his
fall, 52; his death, 53; estimate
of his work, 54; his death an-
nounced to Henry VIII., 59;
the ordinances of Eltham drawn
up by him, 66; his tapestries
sold by the Commonwealth, 238;
his looking-glass, 238.
Works, Board and Office of, go
ghost-hunting, 98; disclaim control
over the spirit world, 235; their
"tiresome apathy," 236; Wren
dismissed from the, 370; Benson
dismissed from the, 372; juris-
diction over the palace of the,
398.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 1; his colon-
nade, 21; designs the new State
Apartments, 291; ground-plan of
his buildings, 296; decorates the
Water Gallery for Queen Mary,
300; consults Queen Mary in
his designs, 305; general aspect
of his new building, 306; his
East Front, 307; his South Front,
310; his colonnade, 312; em-
ploys Gibbons on the works, 314;
his interesting estimate for fitting
the inside of the State Rooms,
322; his extensive schemes for
Hampton Court, 330; success of
his State Apartments, 332; his
report on Verrio's petition for
cash, 354; dismissed from his
office of surveyor-general, 370;
retires to his house on the Green,
371; his vindication, 372; his
death, 372.
York, Duchess of, pays her respects
to Catherine of Braganza, 263;
receives the Queen Dowager, 283;
her fine white fat hand," 287.
York, James, Duke of, pays his
respects to Catherine of Braganza,
263; receives his mother, 283;
with Charles II., 287; and see
James II.
York Place, Wolsey's palace. See
Whitehall.
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