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conducted the party to every part of the palace where anything was to be seen worthy of notice .
The Manor of Coombe ( Hampton Court ) is mentioned in Doomsday Book , or C ( Liber Judiciariusvel Oensualis Anglia 3 , ,, and its first holder was Walther de Walaric ; later , in King ; Edward the Confessor ' s time ( a * d . 1042 to 1066 ) , it was held by Earl Algar , and was estimated for taxing at £ & 0 per annum—equal to £ 120 of our present currency . In the year 1211 , Joan , Lady Grey , relic t of Sir Robert Grey , of Hampton , by her will left the entire manor and manor-house of
Hampton to the Knights Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem , whose Priory was situated in or about St . John ' s Square , Clerkenweli ; and they appear to have enjoyed the revenues derivable therefrom until the 21 st day of January , 1514 , when Sir Knight Thomas Bocura , the Prior of the Order in England , leased the estate on behalf of himself and the Brethren Sir Knights , to T ^ Archbishop of Vori , Primate of England , who at that time had not been elevated to the rank of cardinal . In the British Museum , amongst the Cotton MSS . is the original lease , letting it to Wolsey for a term of ninety-nine years , at a rental
of £ 50 per annum , out of which Wolsey is allowed to deduct the sum of £ & , IBs . id . for the exhibition or allowance to a priest to minister divine service within the chapel ; and the prior is to furnish wood from the Hospitallers' estate called St . John's Wood , near Marylebone , at Wolsey's expense of carriage , to repair the weir in the Thames called Hampton Weir .
Permission is granted to Wolsey to make any alterations he may think proper , but at the expiration of the lease the whole of the property is to return to the order . But if the rent be unpaid for two whole years , then the prior and knights have the power to claim the property again . And upon these terms Wolsey became possessor of Hampton Court , where he built a palace so grand and so extensive that 3 , 000 persons were regaled therein by his desire and hospitality .
Of this superb mansion , on which all the talent of Europe was employed to perfect it , little now remains except the outer and inner large courts , and some smaller kitchen and office courts backing on a yard then and now called Tennis Court Lane . We may here draw attention to the extremely large and rare terra cotta alto relievo busts of the Roman emperors which are let into the brickwork of the gate-towers . They are the reputed work of Delia Robbia ; but , be that as it may , they are very fine specimens of clay-work , and , what is certain , were sent as a present to the lord cardinal by Pope Leo X . for the adornment of his house .
The Great Hall , which has long been ascribed to Wolsey , was built by Henry VIII ., about five or six years after the king had exchanged his palace at Sheen with the cardinal , for Hampton Court—Henry having pulled down the Hall previously built and commenced the one now existing . To assist him in his work he employed Freemasons ; and the record of the expenses in the Public Record Office has rescued his Master's and Warden ' s names from being lost to posterity
and the present members of the Craft , and , in our opinion , adds additional lustre to Masonry , and shows how skilful the Brethren were at that time . The Master ' s name was John Molton , and his wages were 12 d . a day ; the Warden ' s name was William Reynolds , he was paid Wd . the week ; they also having fifty-six Lodgemen , at & 0 d . the week each .
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London And Middlesex Abchjsologrlcal Soc...
conducted the party to every part of the palace where anything was to be seen worthy of notice .
The Manor of Coombe ( Hampton Court ) is mentioned in Doomsday Book , or C ( Liber Judiciariusvel Oensualis Anglia 3 , ,, and its first holder was Walther de Walaric ; later , in King ; Edward the Confessor ' s time ( a * d . 1042 to 1066 ) , it was held by Earl Algar , and was estimated for taxing at £ & 0 per annum—equal to £ 120 of our present currency . In the year 1211 , Joan , Lady Grey , relic t of Sir Robert Grey , of Hampton , by her will left the entire manor and manor-house of
Hampton to the Knights Hospitallers of St . John of Jerusalem , whose Priory was situated in or about St . John ' s Square , Clerkenweli ; and they appear to have enjoyed the revenues derivable therefrom until the 21 st day of January , 1514 , when Sir Knight Thomas Bocura , the Prior of the Order in England , leased the estate on behalf of himself and the Brethren Sir Knights , to T ^ Archbishop of Vori , Primate of England , who at that time had not been elevated to the rank of cardinal . In the British Museum , amongst the Cotton MSS . is the original lease , letting it to Wolsey for a term of ninety-nine years , at a rental
of £ 50 per annum , out of which Wolsey is allowed to deduct the sum of £ & , IBs . id . for the exhibition or allowance to a priest to minister divine service within the chapel ; and the prior is to furnish wood from the Hospitallers' estate called St . John's Wood , near Marylebone , at Wolsey's expense of carriage , to repair the weir in the Thames called Hampton Weir .
Permission is granted to Wolsey to make any alterations he may think proper , but at the expiration of the lease the whole of the property is to return to the order . But if the rent be unpaid for two whole years , then the prior and knights have the power to claim the property again . And upon these terms Wolsey became possessor of Hampton Court , where he built a palace so grand and so extensive that 3 , 000 persons were regaled therein by his desire and hospitality .
Of this superb mansion , on which all the talent of Europe was employed to perfect it , little now remains except the outer and inner large courts , and some smaller kitchen and office courts backing on a yard then and now called Tennis Court Lane . We may here draw attention to the extremely large and rare terra cotta alto relievo busts of the Roman emperors which are let into the brickwork of the gate-towers . They are the reputed work of Delia Robbia ; but , be that as it may , they are very fine specimens of clay-work , and , what is certain , were sent as a present to the lord cardinal by Pope Leo X . for the adornment of his house .
The Great Hall , which has long been ascribed to Wolsey , was built by Henry VIII ., about five or six years after the king had exchanged his palace at Sheen with the cardinal , for Hampton Court—Henry having pulled down the Hall previously built and commenced the one now existing . To assist him in his work he employed Freemasons ; and the record of the expenses in the Public Record Office has rescued his Master's and Warden ' s names from being lost to posterity
and the present members of the Craft , and , in our opinion , adds additional lustre to Masonry , and shows how skilful the Brethren were at that time . The Master ' s name was John Molton , and his wages were 12 d . a day ; the Warden ' s name was William Reynolds , he was paid Wd . the week ; they also having fifty-six Lodgemen , at & 0 d . the week each .