Hampton Court Palace (The Gatehouse Record)

Description

The Royal Palace of Hampton Court was originally built as the residence of Cardinal Wolsey in 1514. The site was first owned by The Knights Hospitallers of St John Jerusalem in 1236 who built a grange. In 1494 the lands were leased to the royal courtier Giles Daubeney who built a private house. This house was transformed in 1514 by Wolsey into a grand palace and his official residence. However after his downfall the palace was acquired by Henry VIII in 1529. Between 1529 and 1540 Henry VIII made extensive alterations to the palace including rebuilding the great hall, remodelling the chapel and building the chapel court, adding side wings to the west façade and extending the kitchens. He also built tennis courts, a bowling alley and a tiltyard. The privy kitchens were added by Queen Elizabeth I, but it was not until the reign of William III in 1689 when a large scale rebuilding programme was carried out (1689-94). Following designs by Christopher Wren the Fountain Court (replacing the earlier Tudor Cloister Court), the Green Court and the Colonnade in Clock Court were all built. Various alterations were carried out in the early 18th century including the redecoration of the old Tudor range between the Clock and Fountain Court and the completion of the King's and Queen's Apartments with the redecoration of the Queen's Staircase. Hampton Court and its gardens are open to the public and it remains one of the most iconic buildings of the Tudor period. (PastScape)

Hampton Court, Greater London was leased to Thomas Wolsey (c. 1475-1530), the Archbishop of York, in 1514 but was otherwise unconnected to the archdiocese. (Payne)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1002009, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number lo83
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1193127
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 397595.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 201055; MLO97965.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Historic Royal Palaces
  CastleUK.net
Books
- Brears, Peter, 2011, 'The Administrative Role of Gatehouses in Fourteenth-Century North-Country Castles' in Airs, M. and Barnwell, P.S. (eds), The Medieval Great House (Donington: Shaun Tyas) p. 200-213
  Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) passim
  Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd, 2005, The gardens and parks at Hampton Court Palace (London: Francis Lincoln)
  Thurley, Simon, 2003, Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History (Yale University Press)
  Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p. 30, 34, 40, 12-3, 45-6, 70, 72, 77, 81, 112-3, 115-7, 124, 137, 141, 150, 155-7, 165
  Cooper, Nicholas, 1999, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (Yale University Press) p. 64, 83, 93, 115, 308, 325
  Sturgis, Matthew, 1998, Hampton Court Palace (London: Channel 4 Books)
  Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 112, 143, 149, 162, 188
  Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press)
  Thurley, S., 1991, 'The domestic building works of Cardinal Wolsey' in Gunn, S. and Lindley, P. (eds), Cardinal Wolsey: Chirch State and Art (Cambridge)
  James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby)
  Pevsner, N. (Revised by Cherry, Bridget), 1983, Buildings of England: London: South (London, Penguin) p. 484-6
  Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p. 126-147
  Minney, Rubeigh James, 1972, Hampton Court (London: Cassell)
  RCHME, 1937, An inventory of the historical monuments in Middlesex (HMSO) p. 30-2 no. 2 (plan) online transcription
  Page, Wm, 1911, VCH Middlesex Vol. 2 p. 358, 374
  Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol. 1 (London) p. 139-44 online copy
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 282-3 online copy
  Grose, Francis, 1785 (new edn orig 1756), Antiquities of England and Wales (London) Vol. 3 p. 143-6 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Harris, Andrew, 2014, 'Work to the Great Hall and New Understanding at Hampton Court Palace' Transactions of the Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings Vol. 37
  Bold, John, 2004, 'Hampton Court : A Definitive Architectural History?' London Journal Vol. 29:2 p. 46-53 (Review essay)
  Ford, Daphne and Turner, Michael, 2004, 'The Kynges New Haull: A response to Jonathan Foyle's "Reconstruction of Thomas Wolsey's Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace"' Architectural History Vol. 47 p. 53-76
  Foyle, Jonathan, 2002, 'A reconstruction of Thomas Wolsey's great hall at Hampton Court Palace' Architectural History Vol. 45 p. 128-58
  Sanderson, R. and Garner, K., 2001, 'Conservation of Reigate stone at Hampton Court Palace and HM Tower of London' Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol. 7.3 p. 7-23
  Thurley, Simon, 1998, 'Henry VIII and the Building of Hampton Court: A Reconstruction of the Tudor Palace' Architectural History Vol. 31 p. 1-57
  Keevill, G. and Bell, C., 1996, 'Archaeological investigation of the moat at Hampton Court Palace' Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Vol. 47 p. 145-56 download copy
  Streitberger, W.R., 1994, 'Records of royal banqueting houses and Henry VIII's timber lodging, 1543-1559' Journal of the Society of Archivists Vol. 15 p. 187-202
  Musty, J., 1990, 'Brick kilns and brick and tile suppliers to Hampton Court Palace' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 147 p. 411-19
  Thurley, Simon, 1990, 'The Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 143 p. 1-28
  Thurley, Simon, 1988, 'Henry VIII and the building of Hampton Court : a reconstruction of the Tudor palace' Architectural History Vol. 31 p. 1-57
  Batchelor, D., 1977, 'Excavations at Hampton Court Palace'. Post-Medieval Archaeology Vol. 11 p. 36-49
Guidebooks
- Murphy, C. (ed), 2007, The taste of the fire: the story of the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace (Historic Royal Palaces)
  Chettle, G.H., 1955, Hampton Court Palace (HMSO)
  Lindsay, Philip, 1948, Hampton Court: a history. With illustrations by Denis Duffield
  Yates, Edward, 1935, Hampton Court
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- E178/283 (Survey of stables, 5 James I) The National Archives reference
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
  Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 311
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1907, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 1 p. 106 online copy
  Celia Fiennes, 1888, Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press) Vision of Britain online transcription Vision of Britain online transcription
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)
  Foyle, Jonathan, 2002, An archaeological reconstruction of Thomas Wolsey's Hampton Court Palace (Phd Thesis University of Reading) (available via EThOS)

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