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32 HAMPTON COURT
October, the great officers of State, Lords of the
Council, ambassadors, and both the King’s daughters
taking part in the procession. At the close of the
service the infant prince was carried in to the
Queen’s bedside, and received the blessing of its
royal parents. Ten days afterwards the Queen died,
and Henry rode away “ to hide his grief in a soli-
tary place,” leaving Princess Mary to attend the
funeral and follow the corpse to Windsor.
Henry’s fourth Queen, that “ very plain and com-
plaisant lady,” as Anne of Cleves has been aptly
termed, was never at Hampton Court with her lord,
but spent a few days there in July 1540, waiting
for her divorce to be proclaimed. A few weeks
later the King was privately married to Katharine
Howard at Hampton Court, and gave a State
banquet there in honour of the event. A year
afterwards he returned to the palace with his wife,
and gave hearty thanks to God at mass for the
good life that he was leading with his consort. But
the next day he received a letter from Cranmer
informing him of certain grave charges which had
been brought against the Queen. At first Henry
refused to believe these accusations, but once con-
vinced of his wife’s guilt, he had no mercy. On
the following morning he left the palace, and the
unhappy Queen was taken to die at the Tower, as
Anne Boleyn had died.
Once more, in July 1543, Hampton Court was
the scene of a royal marriage, when Henry wedded
his sixth wife, Katharine Parr, in the presence of
1 A. D. Innes, “ England under the Tudors,” 155.
October, the great officers of State, Lords of the
Council, ambassadors, and both the King’s daughters
taking part in the procession. At the close of the
service the infant prince was carried in to the
Queen’s bedside, and received the blessing of its
royal parents. Ten days afterwards the Queen died,
and Henry rode away “ to hide his grief in a soli-
tary place,” leaving Princess Mary to attend the
funeral and follow the corpse to Windsor.
Henry’s fourth Queen, that “ very plain and com-
plaisant lady,” as Anne of Cleves has been aptly
termed, was never at Hampton Court with her lord,
but spent a few days there in July 1540, waiting
for her divorce to be proclaimed. A few weeks
later the King was privately married to Katharine
Howard at Hampton Court, and gave a State
banquet there in honour of the event. A year
afterwards he returned to the palace with his wife,
and gave hearty thanks to God at mass for the
good life that he was leading with his consort. But
the next day he received a letter from Cranmer
informing him of certain grave charges which had
been brought against the Queen. At first Henry
refused to believe these accusations, but once con-
vinced of his wife’s guilt, he had no mercy. On
the following morning he left the palace, and the
unhappy Queen was taken to die at the Tower, as
Anne Boleyn had died.
Once more, in July 1543, Hampton Court was
the scene of a royal marriage, when Henry wedded
his sixth wife, Katharine Parr, in the presence of
1 A. D. Innes, “ England under the Tudors,” 155.