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

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Montalt

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

OS Map Grid Reference: TQ328810
Latitude 51.51174° Longitude -0.08556°

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

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

Description

London Inn of the Bishop of Hereford. In City on West side of Old Fish Street at junction with Lombard Street in Queenhithe Ward, built of stone and timber. Site brought 1234 and chapel converted to St Mary Mounthalt 1346. Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666.

On the west side of this old Fishstreete hill, is the Bishoppe of Herefordes Inne or lodging, and auncient house and large roomes builded of stone and timber which sometime belonged to the Mounthauntes in Norfolke. Radulphus de Maydenstone Bishoppe of Hereford, about 1234. bought it of the Mounthauntes, and gaue it to the Bishoppes of Hereford, his successors. Charles Booth, Bishoppes of Hereforde and Chauncellour of the Marches, about the yeare 1517. repayred it, since the which time, the same is greatly ruinated, and is now diuided into many small tenementes: the Hall and principall rooms are an house to make Suger loaues, &c. (Stow)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 513
  Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 177
  Schofield, J., 1995, Medieval London Houses (Yale University Press) p. 193 No. 111
  James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p. 103
  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) p. 76 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Tonkin, J.W., 1976, 'The palaces of the bishop of Hereford' Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club Vol. 42.1 p. 53-64
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Webb, J. (ed), 1853-5, A roll of the Household Expenses of Richard de Swinfield, Bishop Hereford during Parts of the Years 1289, 1290 (2 Vols) (Camden Society) pxxiv-vii
  Parry, J.H. (ed), 1912, Registrum Johannis de Trillek (Hereford) p. 90
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Kingsford, C.L. (ed), 1908, A Survey of London, by John Stow: Reprinted from the text of 1603 Vol. 2 p. 4 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)
  Honeybourne, M.B., 1929, The extent and value of the property in London and Southwark occupied by the religious houses (including the prebends of St Paul's and St Martin's le Grand), the inns of the bishops and abbots and the churches and churchyards, before the dissolution of the monasteries (University of London: MA Thesis) p. 324-8

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