The large size of the Tudor court, including servants, made food supply a constant problem and required kings to be almost nomadic for parts of their reigns, I think. Why was it then so essential for eg Henry the Eighth to have his court in close physical proximity?
I think I must be missing something. The 'court' as in the monarch's court was wherever the monarch happened to be unless s/he was slipping away for private hunting mini-break.
ReplyDeleteIf you are referring to specific courts like Chancery or Court of Wards, then that is something else. But to my way of thinking, the court is where the monarch is.