. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Ivy Bridge Lane on the west wasDurham House, the Inn of the Bishops ofDurham, one of the most interesting of the oldStrand palaces. According to Pennant, its originalfounder was Anthony de Beck, Patriarch of Jeru-salem and Bishop of Durham in the reign ofEdward I. It was rebuilt by Thomas Hatfield,soon after his nomination to that see, in 1345 ; hewas Secretary of State to Edward III., and livedhere till he was old. Even from the rough sketchof it in Aggass map, Durham House would seemto have been an Inn of some imp
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Ivy Bridge Lane on the west wasDurham House, the Inn of the Bishops ofDurham, one of the most interesting of the oldStrand palaces. According to Pennant, its originalfounder was Anthony de Beck, Patriarch of Jeru-salem and Bishop of Durham in the reign ofEdward I. It was rebuilt by Thomas Hatfield,soon after his nomination to that see, in 1345 ; hewas Secretary of State to Edward III., and livedhere till he was old. Even from the rough sketchof it in Aggass map, Durham House would seemto have been an Inn of some importance ; butfrom Hollar we gather a more correct idea of its I02 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [The Strand appearance, when viewed from the river. It isdescribed by Norden as high and stately, sup-ported with lofty marble pillars; but it wouldappear to have been dull and heavy, as well as It had been proclaimed in France, Flanders, Scot-land, and Spain, for all comers that would under-take the challenge of P^ngland, which were Sir JohnDudley, Sir Thomas Seymour, Sir Thomas Poynings,. IVV LANK. (Sec /i7^V lOI.) grand, like many of its neighbours on the banks ofthe river. Henry VIII. obtained this house byway of exchange from Cuthbert Tonstall, the bishopwhose name is so well known in English is to be hoped that in this case the exchange was really not a robbery. Durham House, afterit passed out of the hands of the Church into thoseof royalty, became celebrated as a gay scene ofchivalric entertainment on many occasions. Inthe year 1540, for example, as Stow informs us, amagnificent tournament was held at Westminster. and Sir George Carew, Knights, and AnthonyKingston and Richard Cromwell, Esquires. Theold chronicler then gives a vivid picture of thetournament in detail, and adds, That day, afterthe jousts performed, the challengers rode intoDurham House, where they kept open household,and feasted the king and queen, with their ladiesand all the court. On one day the Lor
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