Inn and Garden of the Bishop of Chichester

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Inn and Garden of the Bishop of Chichester

The Inn and Garden of the Bishop of Chichester is located on both sides of Chancery Lane. During Henry III’s reign, Ralph de Neville acquired a plot on the west side of the lane where Gap in transcription. Reason: Editorial omission for reasons of length or relevance. Use only in quotations in born-digital documents. (CT)[…] he built a noble palace (Williams 1520). This land was given to him by the Templars, and was likely granted soon after [Neville’s] appointment in 1226 to the Chancellorship, however, its date cannot be accurately determined because in Richard II’s reign the records of the Templars were destroyed by the incendiary mob that gutted the palace of John of Gaunt (Williams 1521). The land on the east side of Chancery Lane, where the garden resides, was [granted] to [Neville] by the King in May 1226 (Williams 1521). On the west side of the lane, Neville provided for the clerks of his office other houses which were Gap in transcription. Reason: Editorial omission for reasons of length or relevance. Use only in quotations in born-digital documents. (CT)[…] the original foundation of the Inn of Court now occupying that site. The yearly rent paid by him and his successors to the Knights Templars was 30s (Williams 1520). The apprentices of Common Law at Lincoln’s Inn, the aforementioned Inn of Court, were let the land in 1422 (Carlin and Belcher 69). Carlin and Belcher explain how, after this change, the bishops seem to have used various houses in London and Westminster, of which at least 6 are recorded. In 1508 the bishop’s house was in ‘Totehill Strete by Westminster’; [and] in 1553 it was in the parish of St Andrew by Paul’s Wharf (Carlin and Belcher 69).
The original site of the Inn and Garden of the Bishop of Chichester is memorialized at Chichester Rents, which is located on the modern map.

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