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Sir Paul Pyndar

SIR PAUL PINDAR c.1565-1650. AND HIS HOUSE IN BISHOPSGATE

Jun 24, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, religion, travel

ambassadors, Bishopsgate, Constantinople, Half Moon Street, Italian banking system, James VI, John Strype, Liverpool Street Station, London, Northamptonshire, Old St. Paul’s, Ottoman Empire, Sir Paul Pyndar, taverns, Victoria and Albert Museum, Wellingborough

Reposted from A Medieval Potpourri@sparkypus.com The façade of Sir Paul Pindar’s house in Bishopgate. Now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Photo Victoria and Albert Museum Collection Sir Paul Pindar acquired the site in what was then known as Bishopsgate Street Without in 1597 and begun building the house, later known as Pindar’s House, shortly afterward…
How many wives did Sir Simon Burley have….?

May 5, 2020

anniversaries, buildings

Anne of Bohemia, Aquitaine, army service, Beatrice Stafford, Charles V, Dugdale, Edward the Black Prince, executions, Herefordshire, John of Gaunt, Lords Appellant, Marguerite de Beausse, marriages, Nigel Saul, Old St. Paul’s, Order of the Garter, Richard II, Sir Paul Pyndar, Sir Richard Burley, St. Mary Grace’s, tombs, Tower Hill

Sir Simon Burley, childhood friend, tutor and magister of Richard II, was executed today, 5th May, in 1388. He was the son of a Herefordshire knight, was brought up with the Black Prince, and rose to be one of the most powerful men in the land when he ruled the king’s household. Richard adored and…