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    Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years. Given to the City of...
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    during the 1540s, half as much again as the construction of the entire Bridewell Palace. Henry VIII decorated his gardens with carved heraldic beasts, including...
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  • Apethorpe Palace Holdenby Palace – largely demolished Richmond Palace – a royal residence from 1497 until 1649, now ruined Bridewell Palace – a royal...
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    of central London between 1618 and 1884. It was named "Bridewell" after the Bridewell Palace, which during the 16th century had become one of the City...
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    Bridge Street is called Watergate because it was the river entrance to Bridewell Palace. As London grew, the river became increasingly a sewer. The area came...
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  • especially Bridewell Palace, London; later a prison, the original "bridewell". a village lock-up Central Police Station, Bristol, originally a bridewell Bridewell...
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    Bridewell is a common name in Britain and Ireland for a prison (see Bridewell Palace). It has since been refurbished and now houses the town's library and...
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    to the court. The boy's upbringing until the moment when he entered Bridewell Palace in June 1525 (six years following his birth) remains shrouded in confusion...
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  • Henry VIII of England, Joan became his mistress, living with him at Bridewell Palace. They had two children: Thomas Wynter (1510 – 1542), dean of Wells...
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    River Thames. The site of Unilever House was previously occupied by Bridewell Palace, a residence of Henry VIII, which later became a poorhouse and prison...
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  • VI and Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London and Westminster, in The Palace of Bridewell near Fleet St in the City of London. The School is located in the...
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    Halls, the Royal Exchange, the Custom House, St Paul's Cathedral, the Bridewell Palace and other City prisons, the General Letter Office, and the three western...
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    an important innovation at the time was the Bridewell House of Corrections, located at Bridewell Palace in London, which resulted in the building of...
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  • Clarence House St. James Palace Kensington Palace Buckingham Palace, the official residence of Charles III in London Holyrood Palace, the official residence...
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  • Armouries and fortified places with royal cannon listed included; Bridewell Palace; quantity of horsemen's and foot armour in the charge of Thomas Wolner...
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  • of Lords, Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Lord Chancellor) Bridewell Palace (King, formerly; demolished) Carlton House, London (Prince, formerly;...
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    back to the 16th century; the present ceremony dates from 1852, when the Palace of Westminster was rebuilt after the 1834 fire. The ceremony now usually...
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  • (Imperial War Museum)" British History Online. Retrieved May 3, 2012. "Bridewell Palace" Pastscape. Retrieved March 31, 2012. "Carpenters' Hall" The Carpenters'...
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    Opening took place at Bridewell Palace, and the Mass beforehand at Blackfriars Priory). When (in 1530) the King moved into the Palace at Whitehall, however...
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    favour after the Stuart Dynasty. Henry VIII, Bridewell Palace, London (1515–23, b. 1666) Henry VIII, Palace of Beaulieu, Essex (1516–27, partially d.) Henry...
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  • of Islington), between c. 1615 and 1794. It was named 'Bridewell' after the Bridewell Palace, which during the 16th century had become one of the City...
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  • located here in the early Middle Ages; the name was later given to Bridewell Palace (demolished in the 1860s) Bridgewater Highwalk, Bridgewater Square...
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  • conduct, had them and Hacket arrested, and they were imprisoned in Bridewell Palace. Hacket was brought to a trial for treason on 26 July at the Sessions...
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    granted Bridewell Palace, his lands at the Savoy, and rents and other chattels to create three Royal Hospitals – Christ's Hospital, Bridewell Hospital...
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    in his hunting grounds at Epping Forest. From 1515, Henry VIII had Bridewell Palace built outside the City walls; in 1553, Edward VI gave it to the City...
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  • Company Halls, the Royal Exchange, the Custom House, and the Bridewell Palace. The Palace of Whitehall, the main residence of the English and later British...
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    threatened to fail. In April 1553 Edward granted his Charter for the Bridewell Palace, presenting it to the City Corporation as a Hospital for poor children...
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  • 1557 Bethlem was administered by the governors of Bridewell. In 1553, Edward VI gave Bridewell Palace to the City of London for the housing of homeless...
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    the 1860s by Polydore de Keyser, that occupied the former site of Bridewell Palace. Officers of the Crown had taken possession of the hotel in 1916, purporting...
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    the Royal Exchange, the Custom House, Old St Paul's Cathedral, the Bridewell Palace and other City prisons, the General Letter Office, and three city gates;...
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