London Inn of the Bishop of St Asaph (The Gatehouse Record)

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.

London Inn of the Bishop of St Asaph has been described as a Palace although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

Comments

Payne lists this and writes location unknown, but Emery writes the see did not have a London house. The records for London are good and it does seem unlikely that an Inn of the bishop would be unidentified. St Asaph was an impoverished see and possibly could not afford even a modest London house. Presumably when the bishop was in London he either rented or lodged with a fellow cleric.

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. 231
  Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 183
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.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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