Hampton Court
I went to Hampton Court the other day! Thought i'd share the four pictures i took....
^ This is a picture of the back entrance of Anne Boleyn's Gateway. (Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife who was executed for trumped up charges of high treason in 1536). At The top you can see an Astronomical clock which shows the sun revolving round the earth (rather than the other way around). The clock was installed in 1540, again, during Henry VIII's reign.
^This sign simply states that i was at Anne Boleyn's gateway - i guess i just took it because i'm obsessed with Anne Boleyn lol
^This is a picture of the design of the ceiling of Anne Boleyn's gateway - i had to take a picture because i thought it was absolutely beautiful - the amount of detail is magnificent.
^ This is the outside of Hampton Court Palace. The first buildings of Hampton Court belonged to the Knights Hospitallers of St John Of Jerulsalem (an order founded in the 12th Century). The Knights aquired the manor of Hampton in 1236. By the 15th Century, the Knights used Hampton Court as a rural retreat and there was some new residential buildings in the area which is now called Clock Court (you can partly see clock court in the first photo). Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York visited in 1503 when she was pregnant with their seventh and last child. In 1505, Henry VII's Lord Chamberlain, Sir Giles Daubeney took a 99-year lease on the property, and often entertained King Henry VII there. Sir Giles died in 1508, a new 99-year lease on the property was given to Thomas Wolsey (Archbishop of York and Cheif Minister to the new King Henry VIII at the time) in 1514.
Wolsey began to build lodgings for King Henry VIII and completed them in 1525, but in 1528 he was forced to surrender Hampton court to the ownership of King Henry VIII. In 1537, Henry VIII's only surviving legitimate son (later to be King Edward VI) was born at Hampton Court and christened in the Chapel Royal. Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, died just days later at Hampton Court.
Henry VIII spent 811 Days at Hampton Court during his 38 year reign and all his six wives visited the palace at one time or another. He also rebuilt his own rooms at the palace several times. Henry VIII's fifth wife Katherine Howard was put under house arrest at Hampton Court before her execution.
Edward VI and Mary I also stayed at Hampton Court during their reigns but neither carried out any significant works. Queen Elizabeth I visited the palace regularly but she too built little.
^ This is a picture of the back entrance of Anne Boleyn's Gateway. (Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife who was executed for trumped up charges of high treason in 1536). At The top you can see an Astronomical clock which shows the sun revolving round the earth (rather than the other way around). The clock was installed in 1540, again, during Henry VIII's reign.
^This sign simply states that i was at Anne Boleyn's gateway - i guess i just took it because i'm obsessed with Anne Boleyn lol
^This is a picture of the design of the ceiling of Anne Boleyn's gateway - i had to take a picture because i thought it was absolutely beautiful - the amount of detail is magnificent.
^ This is the outside of Hampton Court Palace. The first buildings of Hampton Court belonged to the Knights Hospitallers of St John Of Jerulsalem (an order founded in the 12th Century). The Knights aquired the manor of Hampton in 1236. By the 15th Century, the Knights used Hampton Court as a rural retreat and there was some new residential buildings in the area which is now called Clock Court (you can partly see clock court in the first photo). Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York visited in 1503 when she was pregnant with their seventh and last child. In 1505, Henry VII's Lord Chamberlain, Sir Giles Daubeney took a 99-year lease on the property, and often entertained King Henry VII there. Sir Giles died in 1508, a new 99-year lease on the property was given to Thomas Wolsey (Archbishop of York and Cheif Minister to the new King Henry VIII at the time) in 1514.
Wolsey began to build lodgings for King Henry VIII and completed them in 1525, but in 1528 he was forced to surrender Hampton court to the ownership of King Henry VIII. In 1537, Henry VIII's only surviving legitimate son (later to be King Edward VI) was born at Hampton Court and christened in the Chapel Royal. Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, died just days later at Hampton Court.
Henry VIII spent 811 Days at Hampton Court during his 38 year reign and all his six wives visited the palace at one time or another. He also rebuilt his own rooms at the palace several times. Henry VIII's fifth wife Katherine Howard was put under house arrest at Hampton Court before her execution.
Edward VI and Mary I also stayed at Hampton Court during their reigns but neither carried out any significant works. Queen Elizabeth I visited the palace regularly but she too built little.