European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Travel sprawling Hampton court As viewed from the River 8 stripes Magazine june Ampton court the Home of Kings and Many Queens by King Cruger Bureau chief this summer is the 500th anniversary of the Battle which marked the Rise to Power of the tudors and the fall of one of Britain most controversial it was at the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire on that welshman Henry Tudor Ham Tudur in the ancient Welsh language ended the 30year War of the roses by fighting with King Richard Henry literally seized the Crown when it fell from Richards head into a Hawthorn Bush during the this astute welshman Laid the foundations of a dynasty which produced such remarkable figures As his King Henry and Queen Elizabeth the tudors ruled Over an age which witnessed great notably the religious persecution which followed the break with the roman but also great achievements in such Fields As architecture and the the year of the makes a fitting time to visit Hampton court the residence of King Henry Hampton court Palace lies on the North Bank of the thames about 12 Miles upstream from the heart of this must on every tourists hit list was begun in 1514 during the reign of Henry Viii by Thomas archbishop of in the following Wolsey became a Cardinal and lord Chancellor of he was already the most and was rapidly becoming the subject in the his country House was planned and furnished with magnificence if not that of a Royal the cardinals household is said to have numbered nearly but Wolsey fall was at in an Effort to retain the Kings he presented to Henry Viii the Manor at Hampton Complete with All its tapestries and that want and Henry ordered All Wolsey remaining lands and goods to be Henry at once began to enlarge the making it one of the most splendid palaces in the each of his six wives had her for some a very Brief time at Hampton his King Edward Queen Mary i and Queen Elizabeth each held court there and it was there that King James i he of revised Bible Fame presided Over the Hampton court conference for the determining of things said to be amiss in the its deliberations didst much affect the but from it sprang the King James authorized version of the Hampton court appears like a Tablet of two halves of English Wolsey and Henry vips Western end is a mass of craftsmen detail