Palace of Westminster (The Gatehouse Record)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1003579, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number lo11
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1225529
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 404438; 1102544.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 081245/00/00 and others.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- English Heritage official site
  World Heritage Site 426bis
  Wikipedia entry
  www.parliament.uk
  Michael Cook's Castles Abbeys and Medieval Buildings
  Norman Connections
Books
- Osbourne, Mike, 2012, Defending London (Stroud: The History Press) p. 34-5
  Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) passim
  Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 252-9
  Thomas, Christopher, Cowie, Robert and Sidell, Jane, 2005, The Royal Palace, Abbey and Town of Westminster on Thorney Island (London; Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 22)
  Fernie, E., 2000, 'Castles, Halls, and Chamber Blocks' in The Architecture of Norman England (Oxford University Press) p. 49-88 esp 84-87
  Goodall, J.A.A., 2000, 'The medieval Palace of Westminster' in C. and J. Ridding (eds) The Houses of Parliament: History, Art, and Architecture p. 49-68
  Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p. 14, 19-20, 22-3, 25-8, 54, 56, 62, 64, 72, 77, 83, 86, 99-103, 115, 127, 157 (plans)
  Thurley, Simon, 1997, 'Whitehall Palace and Westminster 1400-1600 : a royal seat in transition' in Gaimster, David R. M. and Stamper, Paul, The age of transition : the archaeology of English culture 1400-1600 (Oxbow monograph, 98; The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph, 15) p. 93-104
  Cherry, John and Stratford, Neil, 1995, Westminster Kings and the Palace of Westminster (British Museum Occasional Paper 115)
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 150-1
  Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press)
  James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby)
  Cooke, R., 1987, The Palace of Westminster
  Binski, P., 1986, The Painted Chamber at Westminster (London)
  Colvin, H.M., 1986, 'Royal Gardens in Medieval England' in Elisabeth MacDougall (ed) Medieval Gardens (Washington D.C.) p. 11, 13, 15, 16
  Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p. 286-300
  Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1975, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 3: 1485-1660 (part 1) (London)
  Pevsner, N. (Revised by Cherry, Bridget), 1973, Buildings of England: London: the Cities of London and Westminster (London, Penguin) p. 520-33
  Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol. 2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p. 491-552
  Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 1: the Middle Ages (London) p. 45-7
  RCHME, 1925, Inventory of Historic Monuments in London Vol. 2: West London (HMSO) p. 121-24 online transcription
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 282 online copy
  Brayley, E.W. and Britton, E., 1836, The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster (London)
  Smith, J.T., 1807, Antiquities of Westminster online copy
Periodical Articles
- Collins, M., Emery, P., Phillpots, C. Samuel, M. and Thomas C., 2012, 'The king's high table at the Palace of Westminster' The Antiquaries Journal Vol. 92 p. 197-243
  Emery, Philip and Heath, Jacqueline, 2008, 'Conservation and Archaeology in Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster, London' Transactions of the Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings Vol. 31
  Speight, Sarah, 2004, ''Religion in the Bailey: Charters, Chapels and the Clergy' Château Gaillard Vol. 21 p. 271-80
  Crook, John and Harris, Roland B., 2002, 'Reconstructing the Lesser Hall : an interim report from the Medieval Palace of Westminster Research Project' Parliamentary History Vol. 21:1 p. 22-61
  Hayward, Maria Anne, 2002, 'The 1542 inventory of the Palace of Westminster' History Today Vol. 52:11 p. 7-8
  Courtenay, L.T., 1990, 'The Westminster Hall roof : a new archaeological source' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 143 p. 95-111
  Horsman, Valerie and Davison, Brian, 1989, 'The New Palace Yard and its Fountains: Excavations in the Palace of Westminster, 1972-4' Antiquaries Journal Vol. 69 p. 279-97
  Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 143 p. 320
  Green, H.J.M., 1976, 'Excavation of the palace defences and abbey precinct wall at Abingdon Street, Westminster, 1963' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 129
  Sturdy, D., 1976, 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces: Archaeological Work at the Royal Sites of London' London Archaeologist Vol. 2.16 p. 417-22 online copy
  Colvin, H.M. (ed), 1966, 'Views of the Old Palace of Westminster' Architectural History Vol. 9 p. 23-184
  Cooper, I.M., 1937, 'Westminster Hall' Journal of the British Archaeological Association 3rd ser., Vol. 1 p. 168-228
  Lethaby, W.R., 1906, 'The palace of Westminster in the eleventh and twelfth centuries' Archaeologia Vol. 40
Guidebooks
- Ashbee, J., 2013, The Jewel Tower (London: English Heritage)
  Gerhold, Dorian, 1999, Westminster Hall: nine hundred years of history (London: James & James)
  Taylor, A.J., 1996, The Jewel Tower, Westminster (London: English Heritage)
  Taylor, A.J., 1956, The Jewel Tower (London; HMSO)
  Baines, F., 1914, Westminster Hall (London; HMSO)
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- William FitzStephen, c. 1180, 'A description of London' translated in Henry Thomas Riley (ed), 1860, Liber Custumarum (Rolls Series 12) Vol. 2 p. 2-15 online copy
  C145/280(23) (Survey of 1401) The National Archives reference
  E178/1378 (Survey of 37 Elizabeth) The National Archives reference
  E317 Middlesex/63 (Survey of Commonwealth) The National Archives reference
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain online copy
  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. 97-124 online copy
  Anthony van den Wyngaerde, c. 1543, Panorama of London online copy
  Celia Fiennes, 1888, Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press) Vision of Britain online transcription
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Bridge, M.C., 2011, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London (English Heritage Research Department Reports series 109-2011) online copy

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