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Description: | Bishop William of Wykeham (1367-1404) rebuilt Henry de Blois' existing buildings and it is the remains of his Great Hall which can be seen today. He used craftsmen who were also involved in other major building works of the time such as his carpenter Hugh Herland who also had charge of the massive roof of Westminster Hall. Most of the building material was local, with flints collected from the fields, stone was brought from quarries at Langrish, near Petersfield and by sea from the Isle of Wight and Devon, probably up the River Hamble. Timber came from the park and nearby Marwell and Farnham. He spent the last 4 years of his life here and he ordered that at least one penny was to be given to every poor tenant who lined his burial route from Bishops Waltham to Winchester and 4 pence to those who prayed for his soul.
Cardinal Beaufort (1404-1447) enlarged the Palace, adding a further storey to the south-west tower to add to his private accommodation.
Reference:
Biddell, B. (2002) Bishop's Waltham: a history. p.9 - 12 | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | tower hall Bishop William of Wykeham Bishop Beaufort, Henry, Cardinal ruin Bishops Waltham Palace Bishop Henri de Blois palace | Temporal: | start=1977-10-01; end=1977-10-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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