Seventeenth Century Trinity Hospital Greenwich overshadowed by Greenwich Power station, 4 chimneys tower above the building.
Henry Howard, first Earl of Northampton, was the second son of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, the poet and of his wife the former Lady Frances de Vere, daughter of the fifteenth Earl of Oxford and was the younger brother of the fourth Duke of Norfolk. He was an adroit political schemer. He was also distinguished for his learning, artistic culture and his public charities. He was one of the judges at the trials of Raleigh and of Guy Fawkes, in each case pressing for a conviction. In 1604 he wone of the commissioners who composed the Treaty of Peacewith Spain. His family suffered for its Catholic faith and politics - his father and brother were executed and his grandfather imprisoned. Howard became a great favourite of James I and, as his Privy Councillor, became a very powerful man. as Howard purchased the site of Trinity Hospital in 1611, laid the foundation stone in February 1614 and entrusted it to the Mercers’ Company in his will just before his death in June 1614. It was completed in 1616. He died unmarried and was buried in the chapel of Dover Castle. Trinity Hospital Greenwich is a two-storey Grade II* listed building, built between 1614 and 1616. Of quadrangular design, the building reflects the almost monastic style of life originally lived within its walls with a cloister layout and central courtyard. The clock tower is inscribed with the words SANCTAE INDIVIDUAE TRINITATIS SIT GLORIA, and the arms of the Earl of Northampton.
Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Isle of Dogs and Greenwich, London, River Thames, England, UK
Photo credit: © Christopher Woodhouse / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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