Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-19
HAMPTON COURT.
An Historic Sketch of the Palace That
Was Recently Threatened with
Destruction
BY Fire-The Incalcuiable Riches in
Works OF Art-The Park and GAR
deRs Open 10 the People.


Works OF Arf-The Park and Gar
deRs Open 40 the People.
The New York World appends to its Sc
count of the recent FIRE at Hampton Court
the following historic sketch of that famous
palace.
The manor and honor of Hampton lie in
fresh, picturesque curve of a reach of the
"silver Thames5 above Middle.ex on The
left bank. Hampton Court Palace, the pal
ace which Woleey SO adrotly presented TO
Henry VIII, and to which the faithful Cav
endish brought the news of the great cardi-
nails death, stands about a mile from the
village. The Thames Is SPAWNED at Hamp-
ton by an ugly iron bridge. 1t is great
meet for bicyclists, and since the revival of
co sehiDg has been a station on the Windsor,
Virginia Water and Thames Ditton routes.
Wosey-his name is spelled "Wulcy" in the
lease--became lessee of the manor of Hsmp-
ton, January II, 1914. II had been vested in
the Knights OF st. John of Jerusalem about
the begi inning of the thirteenth century.
The manorial chase was of vast extent, and
the sumptuous palace which the cardinal
built to house his 'full-blown dignity" was
of commensurate splendor. Only two of its
original five courts remain. Two of them
were pulled down by William III, who met
his death while gallopiDg through Hampton
Park. When Cardinal Wolsey dwelt at
Hampton be had nearly 1000 persons in his
suite, and the palace contained 1900 rooms.
When he entertained the French ambassa-
doris there in 1927 we read that 1880 beds
furnished with all manner of furniture" were
prepared for the guesls-more by token some
OF them had TO be led off to those beds, but
though soda water was unknown, pick-me-
ups in the shape of abundance of wine and
Deere" had been provided in the chambers
OF all to mitigate the torments of the i'day
after"-while "expert cookies and connypg
persona wrought both by day and night" at
the freplaces, each of which was large
enough 10 roast an OK whole. Edward VI
was born at Hampton Court, and Henry
VIII and Catherine Psrr we're married
there. There Philip and Mary kept Christ
mas in 1857, when the great hall was lighted
by 1000 lamps, and there the queen signed
the blank passports which she kept in readi-
ness for The messengers who were 10 announce
the birth of her expected son or daughter,
tha en- Id that never was 10 be born 1t
often the residence of Elizabeth, and James
L held there the conference at which the
Translation of the Bible was resolved upon.
There Charles passed hi. honeymoon. and
there, attended" by the Parlisment commits
sloners, he made some of his latest appear
ances % 4 king. In 1851 the honor and
palace were sold by tue stale, but soon after
ward Hampton Court became one of the
chief residences of Cromwell; there his
daughter Elizabeth was married and there
his favorite child, Mrs. Claypoe, died. On
the restoration OF Charles III Hampton was
given to Monk, Duke of AlbemarIe. who
exchanged ii for a sum of money, and Charles
afterward occupied the palace, of which we
hear good deal in Pepys's diary. James
Ill resided there occasionally, and the canopy
Is shown under which he received the PapaI
Nuncio. Wren and Grinling Gibbons and
Verrio worked on it under William III, who
6uiit the south gallery, In which the
famous cartoons OF Raphael were housed |
until they were removed 10 South Kensing- |
ton, their ultimate destination b ing the new
National Gallery. Under William III. too. |
much idle ingenuity was employed 10 form
ing that intricste labyrinth of verdure which |
has puzzled and amused five successive gen.
.ratIons OF holiday visitors from London
Down to The time of George III Hampton
Court was occasionally inh bited as a royal
residence, but with his son Fred" whom he
hated, ended the succession of British royal
occupants. The palace was assigned at the
lose OF the last century to William ", |
tsdtholder of The United Provinces, when
he French drove him from his dominions,
nd since then has become residence Cor
ladies and gentlemen favored by the CROWN
these being, rule, noble persons of di-
finished fortune. The state apartments
ave long been open to the public free every
ay throughout the year, except on Christ
las day and Fridays, and The visitors num-
er from 100000 to 100000 annually. A
emmy fee admits to the "Maz-," bu; the !
eautiful gardens are opened to the public ,
zee, nor is there even restriction as to ,
alking on the grass, save in the case of the !
orders OF he hower-beds. The park, with :
lie famous avenue of chestnuls and The :
,areely less famous hawthornes, is favor
e place for picniciug after the palace has
cen visited, the great grapevine is another .
TRACTION. 1t is Black Hamburg, planted
1859, and occupying ''grspe-room" sew i
lty feet by fourteen. A single years fruitage =
as been 1000 clusters, each of pounds =
eight. The palace now consists of three u
-incipal courts, the first OF which, VOL
y's-is occupied by the crowns '.favorites."
he second is the Middle, or Clock court,
e third the Fountain court, added by
rem. The great hall which was restored
'out forty years ago, dates from about 1856; a
Is LOG feet by forty, and sixty feet in hight. =
present ii is hung with some remarkable II
pestries. The legend has it that here
akespeare acted in his Henry VII before al
Izsbeth, but the legend is not better au-
than that which makes out "the
rdinal Spiders" which thrive in the palace IT
be the spirits Of WoIsey and his attend !.
rs. The drawing-room, about seventy /.
Il by thirty, is also rich in antique tapes
es, and bears on its carved oaken mantel-
zee fine profile portrait OF the cardinal.
le Kings staircase is fine piece of work,
s osiiie @-s s1d g slsring ing s %0n
enty apartments are filed with pictures,
my OF them valuable, among which are
Peter Lely's beauties of the Court of
aries II" smiling and languishing from
: walls of Dutch Williams royal bed
amber, and Sir Godfrey Kueller's much
8 bewitching and much more demure
eauties of the Court of William ILL.,"
which The fair Cummings, as Walpole
Is US, SLEW into a passion, thinking
.mselves meant when the housekeepsr
led TO a party of visitors, "This way,
iies, here are the beauties.'" "'Women,' +.
y exclaimed, we came 10 see, not to be
NJ Besides The pictures, among which :
works OF Velasquez Van Dyck, Tinto- A
10, Giorgione, Titan, Paul Veronese, Leiy.
lvator, Rosa, Ggido, Holbein, Rembrandt,
lrillo, Van Somer, Greuze, Vanloo, Cana \
to, Zucohero, Snyders, Honiborst, Opie D.
/ West, Hampton Court possesses the tn
md drawings of Andrea Maniegna in
opera on twilled linen. These were part Nc
King Charles rs gallery sold by the st
ritang. and were repurchzsed BY Charles "a
The tapestries injured were those in the 81
GEMS gallery, executed from LIE Brun's e.
ife OF Alexandria" and brought to light +.
of an old repository in 1865. In pane for
the large baywiudow in the hall the ILL sta
ID Earl of Surrey is said 10 have written vi
b a diamond he name OF Inc fair Oeral- Pre-
i. >, - r.5aas ha cefzbrzfed in quaint | Is
= "Aio9o the
sc: - bel
light Is her hue and Ger2ioine hel n1snt, abb
HAMPTON me taught to wish her first for minei jou
license is SAID TO have excited the jeal- me
V of the king and to have been one among
nv canses of SurreT'a end on the scshold, 6
This must be brushed away "a myth 81 on'
b lbe cardinal spiders. plA