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Hace 2 días · The newly crowned King James convened the Hampton Court Conference in 1604. That gathering proposed a new English version in response to the perceived problems of earlier translations as detected by the Puritan faction of the Church of England.
- 1611
2 de abr. de 2024 · Plymouth: Britain’s ocean city. Marking its 500th anniversary next year, Hampton Court was built by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on the Thames in Richmond, where he converted a barn into a luxury manor house. It was taken over by Henry VIII in the 1520s, who spent around £62,000 (the equivalent of £18 million today), extending and rebuilding it ...
Hace 6 días · Edward was born on 12 October 1537 in his mother's room inside Hampton Court Palace, in Middlesex. He was the son of King Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, and was the only son of Henry VIII to outlive him. Throughout the realm, the people greeted the birth of a male heir, "whom we hungered for so long", with joy and relief.
- 28 January 1547 – 6 July 1553
- Jane Seymour
29 de mar. de 2024 · 15 April 2024. The glorious 300-year-old Tijou Screen marks the southern boundary of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace, next to the River Thames. It was designed for William III and Mary II in 1689 by Jean Tijou – one of the greatest ironworkers who ever lived.
31 de mar. de 2024 · Aug. 3, 1721, London, Eng. (aged 73) Grinling Gibbons (born April 4, 1648, Rotterdam, Neth.—died Aug. 3, 1721, London, Eng.) was a British wood-carver known for his decorative woodwork and for much stone ornamentation at Blenheim and Hampton Court palaces and at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
11 de abr. de 2024 · Architecturally breathtaking and rich in splendid art and decor, the palace has served as the stage for some of the most important events in the country’s history. Henry VIII and his wives, for example, are inextricably linked to Hampton Court.
5 de abr. de 2024 · With more than 200,000 visitors a year, Hampton Court Palace is one of the most popular attractions in Greater London. Formerly a medieval manor, the palace was acquired in 1518 by Thomas Wolsey, cardinal and first minister of the King Henri VIII.
