Gardens of celebrities and celebrated gardens in and around London . ial-groundof the adjoining Parish Church, to which access is given by abridge over the moat, and a postern, both to be described later. Robert de Sigilla, a monk of Reading, said by some to have beenArchdeacon of London, was appointed to the metropolitan See in1148. He had been presented to it by Queen Matilda, but civilwar was raging between Matilda and Stephen, and Geoffrey deMandeville, a partisan of the latter, in spite of the protection ofthe moat, made the unfortunate bishop a prisoner in his ownhouse at Fulham, compell
Gardens of celebrities and celebrated gardens in and around London . ial-groundof the adjoining Parish Church, to which access is given by abridge over the moat, and a postern, both to be described later. Robert de Sigilla, a monk of Reading, said by some to have beenArchdeacon of London, was appointed to the metropolitan See in1148. He had been presented to it by Queen Matilda, but civilwar was raging between Matilda and Stephen, and Geoffrey deMandeville, a partisan of the latter, in spite of the protection ofthe moat, made the unfortunate bishop a prisoner in his ownhouse at Fulham, compelling him to pay a heavy fine in order toregain his liberty. Sixteen years later we find the See occupied by one RalphBaldock, a learned man, writer of the Annals of Ely, who alsofilled the office of Lord Chancellor. The prelate, however, who has most left his mark upon theManor House was Richard Fitzjames, who in 1521 rebuilt thegreat quadrangle. Fitzjames was a native of Somersetshire, and educated atOxford. Attracted by his talents and learning, Henry VII., in 64. [^^A*^/fV!^#>#vV*^^
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