HAMPTON COURT PALACE Past Paper Out Of London Flashcards
(34 cards)
Which military order owned the
land on which Hampton Court
stands in the 13th century?
The site of the Palace was occupied from 1236 by the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem under the direction of Clerkenwell Priory, the headquarters of the Order in England. The premises at Hampton included some residential buildings, farm buildings, and a chapel. Hampton Court had been a manor in the possession of Sir Walter de St Valery, according to the entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. He went on the First Crusade, and his grandson Reginald de St Valery donated the estate to the Military Order of the Knights Hospitaller.
Who designed the 8 (now 11 in total) terracotta roundels on the Great Gatehouse, exterior and interior in the 1510s?
In the late 1510s, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey commissioned the Italian sculptor Giovanni da Majano(Giovanni da Maiano).
A letter, dated 18 June 1521, from Giovanni da Maiano to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, states that he had recently delivered and installed eight gilded and painted terracotta roundels (‘octo rotundas imagines, exterra depictas et deauratas’) at Hampton Court Palace…
Petrographic analysis of this terracotta suggests it was manufactured from an English clay. Such ‘brick earth’ is common to a London ‘basin’ (associated with the Thames river), but the precise deposit employed must have been specially selected to avoid the high shrinkage rates often associated with this type of clay.
Who made the 1540 astronomical clock?
The clock was designed by Henry VIII’s astrologer Nicolaus Kratzer and built in 1540 by Nicholas Oursian, the keeper of the King’s clocks.
What happened at the Hampton
Court Conference in 1604?
The conference was presided over by King James I and attended by the bishops and the Puritan leaders. Among the reforms discussed were;
changes in church government,
changes in The Book of Common Prayer,
and a new translation of the Bible.
The conference resulted in the;
1604 Book of Common Prayer
and,
in 1611, the King James Version of the Bible.
In which month is the Hampton
Court Garden Festival (Flower Show)?
July
Name the artist who painted the
Hampton Court Beauties in the 1690s.
SirGodfrey Kneller
Name the tapestries displayed in
the Great Hall.
TheAbraham Tapestries showing scenes from the life of the patriarch Abraham from the Book of Genesis. These tapestries were probably commissioned by Henry VIII and were certainly first hung in the Great Hall in 1546.
Over2,450 tapestry wall hangings were listed in the inventory taken after Henry VIII’s death in 1547.
Which sport, dating from Tudor
times, is still played at Hampton
Court Palace?
Tennis
Now sometimes called Real Tennis to differentiate it from Lawn Tennis
What type of grapes does the Great
Vine produce?
Vitis vinifera ‘Schiava Grossa’, also known as ‘Black Hamburg’
The variety of grape grown on the Great Vine isVitis vinifera ‘Schiava Grossa’, also known as ‘Black Hamburg’. This variety is known for being a delicious eating grape. The grapes are grown organically.
In which year of the 20th century did the last major fire at Hampton Court break out?
Monday March 31 1986.
Also; 1952, 1886 and 1882.
In which gallery in Hampton Court
Palace are works from the Royal
Collection displayed?
The Cumberland Art Gallery
The Cumberland Art Galleryhouses a changing display of artworks, principally from the Royal Collection, reflecting Hampton Court Palace’s long history as a place to see great art.
How many people could be
seated in the Great House of
Easement?
28-seater ‘Common Jakes’ in the Great House of Easement.
Name the painter of the Queen’s
staircase.
The ceiling in the Queen’s Staircase was painted in 1734 byWilliam Kent.
Kent’s Roman-inspired setting includes an homage to the Queen, whom he compares to the ancient goddess Britannia.
He painted the walls with a series of trompe l’oeil (trick of the eye) niches and half-domed spaces with classical sculptures, and the Garter star and royal ciphers within the ceiling.
What name is given to the diamond pattern on the Tudor brickwork?
Brickwork formed into a diamond pattern is calleddiapering.
Which event takes place biennially
in July at Hampton Court Palace?
The Hampton Court Garden Festival(formerly The Hampton CourtFlower Show).
From where was clean water piped to Hampton Court?
Coombe Hill
The Hampton Court conduit system was fed from three conduit heads, which were known as Coombe Conduit, Gallows Conduit and Ivy Conduit.
The system has traditionally been attributed to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who began work to the great palace at Hampton Court between 1514 and 1529.
More recent research has suggested that the system was installed during Henry VIII’s residence, from 1529 onwards.
The Coombe Conduit system supplied the palace with water until 1876.
Coombe Conduit originally consisted of an upper and a lower chamber, 20 metres (65.5 feet) apart, connected by an underground vaulted passage.
The total length of piping was about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles). The lead pipes were 7.5 centimetres (3 inches) in diameter and 1.2 centimetres (0.5 inches) thick. The system was engineered with a fall of 39.3 metres (129 feet) over a length of about 4.8 kilometres (3 miles), creating a water pressure adequate to supply running water to rooms on the second floor of the palace.
How many meals a day
(approximately) did the Hampton
Court kitchens produce for Henry
VIII’s household?
HRP website currently reads 800:
“Henry VIII’s Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace were the largest of Tudor England. 200 cooks, sergeants, grooms and pages worked to produce over 800 meals a day for the hungry household of Henry VIII.”
Name the king who commissioned
the Hampton Court Maze.
The Hampton Court Palace Maze is the UK’s oldest surviving hedge maze.Commissioned around 1700 by William III, it covers a third of an acre.
The Maze was designed by George London and Henry Wise and is trapezoid in shape. Originally planted using hornbeam, it was later replanted using yew. It is referred to as a multicursal or puzzle maze.
Name TWO master craftsmen employed by Christopher Wren?
Wren often worked with the same team of craftsmen, including;
master of works William Talman
wood carver Grinling Gibbons
master plasterer John and James Groves
frescos artist Antonio Verrio
ironwork by Jean Tijou
artists Sir James Thornhill
furnishings designer Daniel Marot
a) Who painted the Windsor Beauties and
b) for whom?
a) Sir Peter Lely and his workshop, produced in the early to mid-1660s, that depict ladies of the court of King Charles II
b) Originally commissioned by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York.
Name the artist who painted the ‘Satire of the Caesars’ on the King’s Staircase.
Antonio Verrio
What are the gates opposite Bushy Park called?
Lion Gate
Also; Adam Gate and Paddock Gate
What was the name of the gunsmith who had the King’s Guardroom decorated with a display of 2850 arms?
John Harris
Which famous landscape gardener was accommodated in Wilderness House?
Lancelot ‘Capability’ BROWN 1716-1783 Landscape Architect lived here 1764-1783
