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Title: Where in London is this?
Post by: bristolloggerheads on Thursday 12 June 25 05:43 BST (UK)

Where in the City of London did Philip Foote reside in 1625?

Title: Re: Where in London is this?
Post by: amondg on Thursday 12 June 25 05:57 BST (UK)

Duke Square ??

Title: Re: Where in London is this?
Post by: horselydown86 on Thursday 12 June 25 05:57 BST (UK)

...of duke humphries in the Cittye...

A deluge of information concerning the library at the Bodleian and Harry Potter make it difficult to find anything about what this means in relation to London.

Title: Re: Where in London is this?
Post by: horselydown86 on Thursday 12 June 25 06:05 BST (UK)

There may be useful information here regarding Duke Humphrey's residence in London:

https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781408613078/page/444/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Plesaunce

Obviously I am making assumptions which may or may not be valid.

Title: Re: Where in London is this?
Post by: bristolloggerheads on Thursday 12 June 25 07:23 BST (UK)

Thank you for this link. It would appear that the area around Baynards Castle is likely to be what is being referred to here.

Title: Re: Where in London is this?
Post by: bristolloggerheads on Thursday 12 June 25 07:28 BST (UK)

From a 1677 Ogilvy map

Title: Re: Where in London is this?
Post by: KGarrad on Thursday 12 June 25 07:34 BST (UK)

The church of St Andrew By The Wardrobe is on St Andrews Hill, Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 5DE