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| | channel4.com - Time Team - Tudor 'prodigy houses' |
 | | Compton Wynyates, in Warwickshire, with its great crenellated towers; Sutton Place, in Surrey, for which Henry brought in Italian craftsmen; East Barsham Manor, in Norfolk, with its magnificent terracotta decoration; and Layer Marney Hall, in Essex, with its immense, eight-storey gatehouse towers all these, and many more, were contemporary with Rycote. |
 | | As well as Wolsey's Hampton Court, Sutton Place was built by the Cardinal's assistant, Sir Richard Weston; Compton Wynyates was built by a man who became Esquire of the King's Body; and Layer Marney Hall was the work of the Captain of the King's Bodyguard. |
 | | Large enough to accommodate the entire king's court on its travels, the great houses acted as super-hotels for monarchs and their vast entourages, as well as for other aristocratic travellers of the time. |
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