London Inn of the Bishop of Lincoln (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Southampton House; Old Temple

In the civil parish of Camden.
In the historic county of London and Middlesex.
Modern Authority of London Borough of Camden.
1974 county of Greater London.
Medieval County of Middlesex.

OS Map Grid Reference: TQ31008157
Latitude 51.51776° Longitude -0.11301°

London Inn of the Bishop of Lincoln has been described as a certain Palace.

There are no visible remains.

Description

London Inn of the bishop of Lincoln. Purchased from Templers by Bishop Robert de Chesney (1148-68).

Beyond the barres had ye in old time a Temple builded by the Templars, whose order first began in the yeare of Christ 1118. in the 19. of Henry the first. This Temple was left and fell to ruine since the yeare 1184. when the Templars had builded them a new Temple in Fleet streete, neare to the Riuer of Thames. A great part of this old Temple was pulled downe but of late in the yeare 1595. Adioyning to this old Temple, was sometime the Bishop of Lincolnes Inne, wherein he lodged when he repayred to this City. Robert de Curars Bishop of Lincolne, builded it about the yeare 1147. Iohn Russell Bishop of Lincolne, Chauncellor of England in the raigne of Richard the third, was lodged there. It hath of late yeares belonged to the Earles of Southampton, and therefore called Southampton house. Master Ropar hath of late builded much there, by meanes whereof part of the ruines of the old Temple were seene to remaine builded of Cane stone, round in forme as the new Temple by Temple barre and other Temples in England. Beyond this old Temple, and the Bishoppe of Lincolnes house, is New streete, so called in the raigne of H. the 3. when he of a lewes house founded the house of Conuerts, betwixt the old Temple and the new. (Stow)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 404958; 404869.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 082007/00/00.

Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 270
  Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 172
  Schofield, J., 1995, Medieval London Houses (Yale University Press) p. 189 No. 102
  Lobel, M.D. (ed), 1989, The City of London from prehistoric times to c.1520 British Atlas of Historic Towns Vol. 3 (Oxford University Press) online copy
  Jenkinson, W., 1921, The Royal and Bishop's Palaces in Old London (London: S.P.C.K.) p. 65
  Thornbury, W., 1878, Old and New London Vol. 2 p. 532-53 online transcription
Periodical Articles
- Kingsford, C.L., 1917, 'Historical Notes on Medieval London Houses (Part 2)' London Topographical Record Vol. 11 p. 63-4
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
  Kingsford, C.L. (ed), 1908, A Survey of London, by John Stow: Reprinted from the text of 1603 Vol. 2 p. 87 online copy
  Anthony van den Wyngaerde, c. 1543, Panorama of London online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)

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