. London . Clarence—obtained a grant of thehouse, in right of his wife, Isabel, daughter of , Duke of Gloucester, succeeded, and called it theKings Palace during his brief reign. Edward, son of theDuke of Clarence, then obtained it. In the year 1584 theplace, which seems to have fallen into decay, was rebuilt bySir Thomas Pulsdon, Lord Mayor. Its last illustrious occu-pant, according to Stow, was Sir Francis Drake. ; LONDON W t are fortunate in having left one house at least, or afragment of one. ou1 of the many London palaces. The Fireof i spared (rosin Place, and though most o
. London . Clarence—obtained a grant of thehouse, in right of his wife, Isabel, daughter of , Duke of Gloucester, succeeded, and called it theKings Palace during his brief reign. Edward, son of theDuke of Clarence, then obtained it. In the year 1584 theplace, which seems to have fallen into decay, was rebuilt bySir Thomas Pulsdon, Lord Mayor. Its last illustrious occu-pant, according to Stow, was Sir Francis Drake. ; LONDON W t are fortunate in having left one house at least, or afragment of one. ou1 of the many London palaces. The Fireof i spared (rosin Place, and though most of the oldmansion has been pulled down, there yet remains the Hall,the so-called Throne Room, and the so-called Council mansion formerly covered the greater part of what isnow called Crosby Square. It was built by a simple citizen,a grocer and Lord Mayor, Sir John Crosby, in the fifteenthcentury ; a man of great wealth and great position ; a mer-chant, diplomatist, and ambassador. He rode north to. CROSBY HOUSE, B1SHOPSGATE STREET welcome Edward IV. when he landed at Ravenspur; hewas sent by the King on a mission to the Duke of Burgundyand to the Duke of Brittany. Shakespeare makes Richardof Gloucester living in this house as early as 1471, four yearsbefore the death of Sir John Crosby, a thing not likely. Buthe was living here at the death of Edward IV., and here heheld his levees before his usurpation of the crown. In thishall, where now the City clerks snatch a hasty dinner, satthe last and worst of the Plantagenets thinking of the twoboys who stood between him and the crown. Here he PLANTAGENET 137 received the news of their murder. Here he feasted withhis friends. The place is charged with the memory of fVJI- nlL-* -II
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