Ko te Palace o Westminster taketake mai i te tīmatanga o te rau tau tekau ma tahi i te wa i hanga e Canute te Great tona noho kingi i runga i te taha raki o te awa o Thames. Kingi whai ake tāpiri ki te matatini: Edward te Confessor hanga Westminster Abbey; William te Conqueror, ka timata te hanga i te whare kingi hou; tona tama, William Rufus, tonu te tukanga, i roto i nei Westminster Hall, tīmata i roto i 1097; Henry III hanga whare hou mo te Exchequer<unk>te tāke me te moni kohikohi tari o te whenua<unk> i roto i 1270 me te Kooti o Common Pleas, me te Kooti o King Bench me Kooti o Chancery. Na 1245 te torona o te Kingi i roto i te whare kingi, e tohu i te whare i te pokapū o te whakahaere Ingarihi. I 1295 ko te Model mo te paremata Ingarihi tuatahi, e tohu ana i te whare kingi i runga i te taha raki o te awa o Westminster, i whakauruhia e Edward ahau; ko tana tama, ko Sir Christopher te Kaiwhakahaere, i timata ki te hanga
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