How valuable is a field trip to the Tudor part of the Palace for finding out about how henry V111 used Hampton Court.
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... How valuable is a field trip to the Tudor part of the Palace for finding out about how henry V111 used Hampton Court. There are three ways in which we can find out how Henry V111 would have used Hampton Court: * Written sources both primary and secondary * Remaining Tudor palaces other than Hampton Court * Hampton Court itself. How was the Palace used? Hampton Court was like a small town. There was enough room for more than 1,000 people to eat, sleep and worship. A Tudor palace was not just the King's home. It was the centre of the government of the country when the king stayed there. It had to impress people by its size and splendour. Source 20 tells us that Hampton Court was one of the greater houses, one of the buildings where the King and hid court kept full estate, where he was seen in all his magnificence. Sources













