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Suffolk House

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Suffolk House was located on the west side of Blackman Street near St. George Southwark, just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Walford). Stow claims that Suffolk House was built by the Duke of Suffolk, Charles Brandon, during the reign of Henry VIII (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q5v), while Ida Darlington asserts that a residence owned by the Brandon family, known as Southwark Place, existed at this location prior to Henry VIII’s reign (Darlington).
In 1536, Suffolk House became the property of Henry VIII. Thereafter, the property was occasionally used as a royal residence. In 1545, a Royal Mint was established in the building, but it was closed in 1551 after the discovery of fraud. According to Stow, Mary I granted Suffolk House to the Archbishop of York Nicholas Heath, who sold it soon after and purchased the residence that would then be called York House (Stow 1598, sig. 2B3r). The property continued to be known as Suffolk House and the Mint into the nineteenth century, and was eventually divided to make way for road improvements in the area (Darlington). For more information, see Darlington’s Survey of London.

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    Darlington, Ida, ed. St. George’s Fields (The Parishes of St. George the Martyr Southwark and St. Mary Newington). Vol. 25 of Survey of London. London: London County Council, 1955. Remediated by British History Online.

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    Walford, Edward. Southwark: High Street. Vol. 6 of Old and New London. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1878. 57-75. Remediated by British History Online.

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