The More

For the 17th- and 18th-century house located a mile away, see Moor Park (house).

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The More (also known as the Manor of the More) was a 16th-century palace in the parish of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, where Catherine of Aragon lived after the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII. It had been owned by Cardinal Wolsey. It lay at the northeast corner of the later More Park estate on the edge of the Colne flood plain.[1] The Treaty of the More was celebrated here by Henry VIII and the French ambassadors.[2] In 1527, the French ambassador, Jean du Bellay, thought the house more splendid than Hampton Court.[3] Nothing now remains above ground. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.[4][5]

  1. ^ p.77, Robert Hutchinson, The Last Days of Henry VIII
  2. ^ Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and Lord Chancellor Luminarium Encyclopedia. Accessed 9 February 2015
  3. ^ Pollard, A. F., Wolsey, (1929), 325; or Guillaume du Bellay
  4. ^ Historic England. "Manor of the More (1015595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ^ Manor of the More, Moor Park Archived 19 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Three Rivers Museum, Accessed 7 February 2014