A Tudor Life in the Time of Plague

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Henry had only acquired, or perhaps requisitioned, Hampton Court from Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, his fallen alter rex, in 1525. Three days after Edward’s birth, the infant prince was christened in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court, before a congregation of some 400 people. Henry’s recent acquisition of Hampton Court meant Edward’s birth and christening could take place at the same venue, some distance from the putrid air of London.

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