. London . LDINGS OF KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS called Montfichet. On the oppositebank of the Fleet stood a stronghold,which afterward became BridewellPalace, and covered the whole site ofthe broad street which now follows the approach to Black-friars Bridge. The site of Tower Royal is preserved in thestreet of that name. King Stephen lodged there. It wasafterward given to the Crown, and called the QueensWardrobe. And there was another tower in Bucklersburycalled Serncs Tower, of which no trace remains. Of great houses there were as yet but few—Blackwell Hall,if it then stood, would be called Bassin
. London . LDINGS OF KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS called Montfichet. On the oppositebank of the Fleet stood a stronghold,which afterward became BridewellPalace, and covered the whole site ofthe broad street which now follows the approach to Black-friars Bridge. The site of Tower Royal is preserved in thestreet of that name. King Stephen lodged there. It wasafterward given to the Crown, and called the QueensWardrobe. And there was another tower in Bucklersburycalled Serncs Tower, of which no trace remains. Of great houses there were as yet but few—Blackwell Hall,if it then stood, would be called Bassing Hall—Aldermanbury,the predecessor of Guildhall, was built by this time; and wehear of certain great men having houses in the City—Earl t SAXON AND NORMAN 69 Ferrars in Lombard Street next to Allhallows and Pont delArche in Elbow Lane, Dowgatc Ward, what time Henry theFirst was king. The water supply of the City until the later years of thethirteenth century was furnished by the Walbrook, the Wellsor
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