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Sir John Crosby

The relocation of a great house Richard III knew well….

Sep 27, 2022

buildings

Bishopsgate, Catherine of Aragon, Crosby Hall, East India Company, London, Richard III, River Thames, Sir John Crosby, Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas More

This great house was never built next to the Thames at Chelsea, but now it stands right on the riverbank. It originally stood in Bishopsgate, London, from where it was moved brick by brick at the beginning of the 20th century. It was first erected in 1466 by Sir John Crosby., and is now…
CROSBY PLACE – HOME TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER 1483

Jun 5, 2018

anniversaries, art, buildings, heraldry, sources

Anne Neville, Bastard of Fauconberg, Baynard’s Castle, Bishopsgate, Crosby Hall, East India Company, Edward of Middleham, Henry VII, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Stow, London Bridge, Middleham, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Sir John Crosby, Three Estates, tombs, WE Hampton, windows

UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/18/crosby-place-home-to-the-duke-and-duchess-of-gloucester/ The arms of Richard III in Crosby Hall On June 5th 1483 the Duchess of Gloucester arrived in London and joined her husband at Crosby Place (1). She had left both her small son and and home at Middleham to join her husband, who had been staying…