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Inigo Jones's plan, dated 1638, for a new palace at Whitehall, which was only realised in part. The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire.
The Palace of Whitehall was the creation of Henry VIII, expanding an earlier mansion that had belonged to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, known as York Place.The King was determined that his new palace should be the "biggest palace in Christendom", a place befitting his newly created status as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. [6]
He made masque scenery including the temple and rock for The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses performed in January 1604, [6] and The Masque of Beauty of January 1608. [7] He provided the shelving in Anne of Denmark's silkworm house. [8] In 1607, Portington was involved in the construction of a new Banqueting House for Whitehall Palace.
He is thought to have been involved in the construction of Lyveden New Bield from 1604, and made a drawing for the lantern roof. [5] James VI and I began building a new Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace in 1607, probably designed by Robert Stickells. [6] [7] A model for the roof was made by a Scottish designer, James Acheson. [8]
James stayed for three days at the Charterhouse, then moved first to the Tower of London, and on 13 May to Greenwich Palace. On 23 May the court moved again, to Whitehall Palace. [11] His wife, Anne of Denmark, followed in June, after suffering a miscarriage at Stirling Castle. In London, there were rumours that the royal couple's son Charles ...
These premises, and the workshop of the armourer, Hans Hunter, were mentioned when Mary I made George Brediman Keeper of the Palace. [3] A property deed of 1604, made for Thomas Knyvet, names him as "Everard Everard", a former occupier of a house near the King Street Gate of Whitehall Palace, later the site of Hampden House and present day ...
On 1 January 1604, he danced at Hampton Court in The Masque of Indian and China Knights. [7] In November 1604, Somerset fought with a Scottish aristocrat John Stewart, Master of Orkney in the Baloon or "balowne" Court at Whitehall Palace. Stewart was confined to his chamber but Somerset was sent to the Fleet Prison. [8]
1604 was a leap year ... November 1 – The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, takes place at the Palace of Whitehall in London.