Westminster remained the monarch's chief London residence until a fire Room for Rent London destroyed part of the structure in 1512.[citation needed] In 1530 King Henry VIII acquired York Palace from Thomas Cardinal Wolsey,[3] a powerful minister who had lost the King's favour.

Renaming it the Palace of Whitehall, Henry used it as his principal Room for Rent London residence. Although Westminster officially remained a royal palace,as it was used by the two Houses of Parliament and as a law court.

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The Palace of Westminster was the monarch's principal residence in the late Medieval period. The predecessor of Parliament, Room for Rent London the Curia Regis (Royal Council), met in Westminster Hall (although it followed the King when he moved to other palaces).

The Model Parliament, the first official Parliament of England, met in the Palace in 1295;[1] Room for Rent London almost all subsequent Parliaments have met there.

The Jewel Tower was built in approximately 1365 to Room for Rent London house the treasures of Edward III.[2]

Room for Rent London - Thorney Island and the surrounding area soon became known as Westminster (a contraction of the words West Minster). After the Norman Conquest in 1066, King William I established himself at the Tower of London, but later moved to Westminster.[citation needed]

Neither the buildings used by the Saxons nor those used by William I survive. The oldest Room for Rent London existing part of the Palace (Westminster Hall) dates from the reign of William I's successor, King William II.
A detail from John Rocque's 1746 map of London