Bath Place, London

Bath Place was a prominent London residence[1] that had belonged to the Bishops of Bath and was near the King's residence.[2]

On 27 June 1539,[3] 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.'[4] It was owned by William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton until his death in 1543.[5]

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. Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. 1922.
  3. The Bishops of Bath and Wells, 1540-1640: Social and Economic Problems. Athlone P. 1967.
  4. London Topographical Record, Illustrated. 1916.
  5. p.114, Robert Hutchinson, Henry VIII: the Decline and Fall of a Tyrant


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