Windsor

nd in the reign of George IV. all previous work was destroyed or altered. No other building was erected in this reign, nor did any other event of importance occur till the advent of Henry VIII., who in his first year transformed the great gate of the Lower Ward, originally built by Henry III., to its present form. The royal badges of the House of Tudor are carved over the archway. The interior was designed as a court kept' by the Clerk of the Honour and Castle, for the pleas of the forest and honours.' Local tradition perpetuates a rumour that in this court Anne Boleyn was tried and sentenced to death, and many other legends concerning the unfortunate Queen are still current. An oriel window in the Dean's Cloister is pointed out as her ' bower,' and beneath it her ghost has been said to wander, to the dismay of the sentry who till recent times was there posted nightly. Besides this gate, an]excellent view of which is obtained from the old street opposite, no new building was erected in this reign, the only work of importance being the completion of the vaulting of St. George's Chapel already mentioned. Henry was frequently at Windsor, which seems to have been his favourite palace till Hampton Court came into his possession. Here he entertained many visitors, notably the Emperor Charles V., whose parents had been the involuntary guests of his father. Here his son, the Duke of Richmond, grew up in company with the Earl of Surrey, whose poems constantly ref... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.