Hampton Court

The origins of Hampton Court lie in the amalgamation of the knightly estates of Hampton Richard and Hampton Mappenor. King Henry IV granted the estate to Sir Rowland Lenthall on the occasion of his marriage to Margaret Fitzalan, a cousin of the king and daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel. After being knighted for his services in the Battle of Agincourt, Lenthall had the originally quadrangular manor house built in 1427. Seven years later, in 1434, he received permission from Henry IV to fortify the building with battlements. The estate later passed into the possession of the Coningsby family before being sold to Richard Arkwright, son of the inventor. His son, also named John, commissioned alterations between 1830 and 1840 by Charles Hanbury Tracy, later Lord Sudeley. The Arkwright family resided at Hampton Court until 1912. In 1924, the wife of the 17th Viscount Hereford acquired the property, and her family lived there until 1973. Finally, Hampton Court was purchased by the van Kampen family and transferred to the Sola Scriptura Foundation.