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Hampton
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A village of Middlesex, on the Thames, 15 m. SW. of London; in the vicinity is
royal residence down to George II.'s time, and which was built originally by Wolsey, who presented it to Henry VIII.; in William III.'s time considerable alterations were made under the guidance of Wren; there is a fine picture-gallery and gardens; it is now occupied by persons of good family in reduced circumstances; the
o settle ecclesiastical differences took place here in 1604 under the presidency of James I., and the decisions at which proved unsatisfactory to the Puritan members of it; it was here at the suggestion of Dr. Reynolds the authorised version of the Bible was undertaken.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hampton'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hampton.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hampton'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hampton.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
