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Significant residences in early modern London (usually great houses) or remembered by early modern Londoners and represented in MoEML’s sources.
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Arundel House (c.
Barbican Manor was a manor on Barbican Street.
There is a Barbican
label on the Agas map, but it is unclear whether it refers to the street or
the manor. The position of the feature on the Agas map near the Barbican
label corresponds to the manor’s
position on the
According to
Blanch Appleton was a manor on Fenchurch Street
next to St. Katherine Coleman in Aldgate Ward.
It is marked on the Agas map as Blanch chapelton
. discontinued,
and therefore forgotten, so as no-thing
remaineth for memorie, but the name of Mart Lane
(Stow 1598, sig. I1r).
The site was claimed by the Mayor and Commonality of the City in Blanch Appleton Court
(Harben).
Bridewell Palace was a royal palace acquired by the crown in
The Bridge House was located on the south bank of the Thames, near St. Olave, Southwark and is labelled on the Agas map (Noorthouck).
Established in held by [the]
(Carlin and Belcher 67-8). Lastly, in
(Carlin and Belcher 68).
The London Charterhouse refers to a series of buildings located at the north-east end of Charterhouse Lane to the west of Aldersgate Street near Smithfield. Throughout the early modern period, the Charterhouse served many functions: prior to the Reformation, it was a Carthusian monastery; however, after the execution of
Coldharbour was a mansion dating back to at least the
According to
Durham House was located in the Strand, west of Ivy Bridge Lane. It stood at the border between the Duchy of Lancaster and Westminster.
Greenwich Palace was a popular royal residence among the Tudors, specifically during the pleasant place
. The name
Previously called the New Inn or Beaumontes Inn, this house once belonged to the Earls of Huntington. The Huntington house marks the eastern corner of Castle Baynard Ward.
Kennington was a region, originally a manor, south of Lambeth. In general impression
was of an area of meadow and pasture chequered by drainage
channels
(Sheppard, F.H.W.).
a mansion house of the
kings
called King’s Artice
on Lime
Street (Stow 1598, sig. I1v). The record grown out of knowledge
(Stow 1598, sig. I1v).
Lumley House was a large house on the west side of Woodroffe Lane, north of Tower
Hill. It was built by
during the
Located on the former site of St. Mary Overies Priory Close, Montague House was just north of St. Saviour (Southwark), on the southern bank of the Thames (Questier 1). In
Standing at London Stone, the site of Oxford House was associated with the temporal governance of the city and the livery from the Oxford House
or Oxford place by London Stone
, after the Earls of Oxford who dwelt there. The site subsequently housed lord mayors
Rochester House was a manor in Southwark that was given to the Bishop of Rochester in the eighth century (Lysons). Rochester House is not to be confused with Bromley Palace or Rochester Palace in the town of Bromley.
Located along the Strand in Westminster,
Savoy Manor was initially the residence of
Sheen’s House, or Richmond Palace, was a royal residence in Richmond since the time of
Located between St. Olave (Southwark) and the Bridge House, St. Augustine Inn was the London residence for the Abbot of St. Augustine from the thirteenth century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Malden). St. Augustine Inn became the property of the St. Leger family and was divided into multiple tenements. Thereafter, the property came to be known as Sentlegar House or St. Legar House (Rendle 267). St. Augustine Inn is located within the boundaries of the Agas map, though it is not labelled.
According to
a stone House, called Stoda de Winton, juxta Stodum bridge which in that Lane was over Walbrooke water
(Stow 1633, sig. Z2v).
Suffolk House was located on the west side of Blackman Street near St. George Southwark and was just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Walford).
The Herber was a mansion on the east side of Dowgate Street, near to the church of St. Mary Bothaw
(Harben). The derivation of the name is uncertain but Prideaux suggests it is derived from Arbour
while Lappenburg suggests the French erbois
or Grasplatz
which means garden (qtd. in Harben).
Located directly to the west of St. Saviour (Southwark) on the southern bank of the Thames, Winchester House, also known as Winchester Palace, was the London residence for the Bishops of Winchester from the twelfth century until
Worcester House was located along the Thames between Queenhithe in the west and the Vintry in the east. According to Earles of Worcester
before it was divided into tenements (Stow 1633, sig. Z2v). The house was eventually used by the
Located on the northern bank of the Thames, York House was just west of Durham House, on the south side of the Strand. Records of York House date back to the thirteenth century, when the location was owned by the Bishops of Norwich and was referred to as Norwich Place (Gater and Wheeler). In
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Significant residences in early modern London (usually great houses) or remembered by early modern Londoners and represented in MoEML’s sources.