Bath Place, London

Bath Place was a prominent London residence[1] that had belonged to the Bishops of Bath. It was in the parish of "St Clement without Temple Bar" near Temple Bar[2] and relatively close to the King's residence[3]

On 27 June 1539,[4] it was 'assured in Parliament to William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, who was living there in April of that year. After that, it was known for a time as Hampton Place'.[5] In return an Act of Parliament forced the Earl to give the Bishop the Minories as his palace.[6][2] Bath Place was owned by the Earl until his death in 1543.[7]

References

  1. ^ Lockie's Topography of London. G. and W. Nicol ... W. Miller ... J. Hatchard ... J. White and Company ... J. Mawman ... [and 2 others]. 1810.
  2. ^ a b Edward Murray Tomlinson, A History of the Minories (Smith, Elder and Co.: London, 1907), pages 80-84
  3. ^ Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. 1922.
  4. ^ The Bishops of Bath and Wells, 1540-1640: Social and Economic Problems. Athlone P. 1967.
  5. ^ London Topographical Record, Illustrated. 1916.
  6. ^ Parliament Roll, 31 Hen. VIII, R.O. no. 47
  7. ^ p.114, Robert Hutchinson, Henry VIII: the Decline and Fall of a Tyrant


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