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Where in London is this?
« on: Thursday 12 June 25 05:43 BST (UK) »
Where in the City of London did Philip Foote reside in 1625?
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Re: Where in London is this?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 12 June 25 05:57 BST (UK) »
Duke Square ??

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Re: Where in London is this?
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: Where in London is this?
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: Where in London is this?
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Where in London is this?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 12 June 25 07:28 BST (UK) »
From a 1677 Ogilvy map
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Re: Where in London is this?
« Reply #6 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
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)
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