London Inn of the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield

Has been described as a Certain Palace (Bishop)

There are no visible remains

NameLondon Inn of the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
Alternative NamesBishop of Chesters Inn; House in Parish of St. Mary atte Stronde
Historic CountryLondon and Middlesex
Modern AuthorityLondon Borough of Westminster
1974 AuthorityGreater London
Civil ParishCity Of Westminster

London Inn of the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in Strand by Strand bridge and Temple Bar. Built by Bishop Langton on licence of 1305. Site later occupied by Somerset Place /p>

Licence for W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield to crenellate his houses in his dwelling-place in the parish of St. Mary atte Stronde without the bar of the New Temple, London, as well those that are in his bishopric as those built of stone and lime by him in a plot acquired by him in fee simple, and to build of stone and lime a turret in the angle of his dwelling place towards the east on the river Thames and to crenellate it. By K. on the information of R. de Cotingham (CPR)

Gatehouse Comments

An unusual detailed licence to crenellate on a clearly new site (at least in terms on ownership by the see).

- Philip Davis

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County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTQ311811
Latitude51.5110511779785
Longitude-0.116879999637604
Eastings531100
Northings181100
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 409-11
  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 167, 172-3
  • Lobel, M.D. (ed), 1989, The City of London from prehistoric times to c.1520 British Atlas of Historic Towns Vol. 3 (Oxford University Press) p. 69 online copy
  • Weinreb, Ben and Hibbert, Christopher (eds), 1983 (rev edn 1993), The London Encyclopeadia (Macmillian) p. 818
  • Williams, E., 1927, Early Holborn and the Legal Quarter of London (Sweet and Maxwell) p. 1450
  • Jenkinson, W., 1921, The Royal and Bishop's Palaces in Old London (London: S.P.C.K.) p. 70
  • Chancellor, E. Beresford, 1912, The annals of the Strand (Chapman & Hall) p. 286
  • Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 405 online copy

Antiquarian

  • Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain online copy)
  • Kingsford, C.L. (ed), 1908, A Survey of London, by John Stow: Reprinted from the text of 1603 Vol. 2 p. 93 online copy

Journals

  • Kingsford, C.L., 1916, 'Historical Notes on Medieval London Houses (Part 1)' London Topographical Record Vol. 10 p. 87

Primary Sources

  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1898, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward I (1301-1307) Vol. 4 p. 367 online copy

Other

  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)