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421:, who seems to have largely rebuilt the north wing. It is not known though whether he rebuilt other parts of the palace; a fire had occurred in Henry VIII's time and the palace could have been mostly rebuilt then. Soon after the north range was completed, Thomas installed Elizabeth's coat of arms above the main entrance which is still visible today. Elizabeth I came to New Hall in September 1579. She was greeted by a theatrical entertainment presenting Jupiter and a thunderstorm. The next day there was jousting. A sleeping knight was brought in a chariot led by a maiden, and appeared to be revived by the Queen. Elizabeth was given a horse, a cloak, and a riding 205: 139: 506: 249: 47: 146: 166: 393:, Mary, Henry's eldest daughter was made godmother to her half-brother Edward and acted as chief mourner at the Queen's funeral. Henry granted her a household and Mary was permitted to reside in royal palaces. Her privy purse expenses for nearly the whole of this period have been published and show that 436:. A crimson velvet "sparver" canopy was embroidered with hands, dragons, and porcupines (recorded as "porpentines"). Another inventory notes tapestry with subjects including Alexander, Esther, and the Planets. Some tapestry remaining at Newhall in 1583 had been left by Mary I. 290:
A royal wardrobe official, James Chapell, took measurements of the new apartments and travelled to Flanders to buy tapestries. He bought eleven different qualities of material, to cover an area of 3,238 Flemish ells (1,818 square yards). The chronicle writer
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On 23 July 1527 Henry's court arrived at Beaulieu on his summer progress, staying, unusually, for over a month in the company of a large number of nobles and their wives, including Anne Boleyn's father who had been created
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in 1762, who demolished and rebuilt much of the former palace. The north wing was left largely untouched and forms the present house. John was succeeded in 1762 by his son
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who died childless in 1787, aged 40, when New Hall devolved on his sister, the Honourable Elizabeth. However, she died the same year and her husband
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for £1,000. The king rebuilt the house in brick at a cost of £17,000. He gave his new palace the name Beaulieu, meaning "beautiful place" in
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The 3rd Earl's will details his furnishings, mentioning rooms at New Hall including the royal presence chamber hanged with tapestry of the "
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at "Newhall, otherwyse called Beaulieu" in September 1519. Eight disguised courtiers entered after the feast and danced with the ladies.
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were among her principal places of residence. Some of the furnishings at Newhall were taken away for Edward's lodgings and wardrobe.
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removed their visors or masks, revealing them to be all men aged over fifty. Another group of six younger men, including
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noted 29 great beds, four bathing rooms with wooden floors and beds set in the wall, and a library with 37 titles.
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Neil Younger, 'Drama, Politics, and News in the Earl of Sussex's Entertainment of Elizabeth I at New Hall, 1579',
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was broadcast on 13 April 2009. In the excavations, the team uncovered the chapel, west wing and the gatehouse.
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and a carpenter made an architectural model for the house. Buckingham improved the gardens with the help of
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remains a school to this day. The Royal Arms of Henry VIII are in the school chapel. In 2006 a book,
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visited in September 1622. It was said that Buckingham's improvements to the house were directed by
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Benjamin Hoare acquired the property in 1713, but it was in a poor state when purchased in 1737 by
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The Beaulieu name is now remembered in the name of the nearby housing estate, Beaulieu Park,
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by claiming he was technically unmarried in the first place. This plan was dropped when
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that declared Henry's marriage to Catherine invalid, effectively allowing him to commit
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in 1062. After various changes of possession, it was granted by the Crown to
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New Hall and its School: A True School of Virtuous Demeanour, Hardcover
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in 2012 money or £102,000,000 on the basis of average earnings
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did, in fact, issue a bull to the same effect that December.
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in 2012 money or £5,440,000 on the basis of average earnings
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visited and excavated the grounds of the former palace. The
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in 1491. By this time, it had a house called New Hall.
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New Hall, Essex
Beaulieu Palace House

Boreham
51°45′51.84″N 0°30′42.84″E / 51.7644000°N 0.5119000°E / 51.7644000; 0.5119000
OS grid reference
TL7346010284
Listed Building
Palace of Beaulieu is located in Essex

/ˈbjuːli/

BEW-lee
Boreham
Essex
Chelmsford
New Hall School

Waltham Abbey
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond
Thomas Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
French
Edward Hall
masque
Catherine of Aragon
four hostages for the French treaty
Viscount Rochford
Dukes of Norfolk

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