Essex House, fronting the Strand in London was originally called Leicester House. Backing on to the River Thames, it was built around 1575 for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and was renamed Essex House by his stepson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, (1565-1601), an English nobleman, general and a favourite of Elizabeth I. In 1601 he marched with a party of nobles (some later involved in the Gunpowder Plot) and made an unsuccessful attempt to force an audience with the Queen. He surrendered after Crown forces besieged Essex House and was executed for treason in 1601.
Essex House that fronted the Strand in London was originally called Leicester House. It was built around 1575 for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and was renamed Essex House by his stepson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. The 2nd Earl of Essex, (1565-1601), was an English nobleman and general, a favourite of Elizabeth I. On the morning of 8 February, 1601 he marched out of Essex House with a party of nobles and gentlemen (some later involved in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot) and entered the city of London in an attempt to force an audience with the Queen. When Essex's men tried to force their way through, Essex's stepfather, Sir Christopher Blount, was injured in the resulting skirmish, and Essex withdrew with his men to Essex House. He surrendered after Crown forces besieged Essex House and was executed for treason in 1601.
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