02/25/2007 | Hampton Court

Thomas Wolsey, then Archbishop of York and Chief Minister to the King, took over the lease of Hampton Court in 1514 and rebuilt the 14th-century manor house over the next seven years (1515–1521) to form the nucleus of the present palace. Wolsey spent lavishly to build the finest palace in England at Hampton Court, which he was later forced to give to Henry VIII as he began to fall from favour.

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