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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
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thiscentral site, at a bend commanding the view of theriver from London Bridge to the Abbey at AVest-minster—h-e was not likely to be at much loss as 90 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Somerset House. He was, however, pardoned after two years im-prisonment, and restored to the Council; but inthe following year he was again committed to theTower on charges of high treason, and was be-headed on Tower Hill in January, 1552. One ofthe grounds of dissatisfaction at first exhibitedagainst him appears to have been his ambitionand seeking of his own glory, as appeared by hisbuilding of most sumptuous and costly buildings, most probably, however, at the expense of herkinsman. Lord Hunsdon, to whom she had giventhe use of it. Such, at all events, was the opinionof Pennant. Stow tells us that the queen of James L madethis house her palace, and that she entertainedthe king with a feast within its walls on ShroveTuesday, 1616, when the latter was so delightedat her reception of him that he ordered it to be
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SOMERSET HOUSE AND STAIRS.(As they al>peared beJo7-e they were pulled down in 1776.) and specially in the time of the kings wars, andthe kings soldiers unpaid. On the attainder ofthe Duke of Somerset his palace was, of course,forfeited to the Crown, and his nephew. KingEdward, appears to have assigned it to his sister,the Princess Elizabeth, for her use whenever shevisited her sisters court But when she came tothe throne, she preferred tlie regions of Whitehalland St. Jamess, and fashion followed in the wakeof royalty westwards. At this period the buildingis spoken of as Somerset Place, beyond StrandBridge. On Elizabeths succession to the thronesome partial restoration of Somersets property wasprobably made, for Somerset Place became theresidence of the Dowager Duchess. Elizabeth seems to have lived here occasionally. called Denmark House in her honour. The palacewas much improved and beautified by the queen,who added much to it in the way of new build-ings, Inigo Jones being calle

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