Ely Place
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Ely Place /ˈiːli/ ⓘ is a gated road of multi-storey terraces at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden in London, England. It hosts a 1773-rebuilt public house, Ye Olde Mitre, of Tudor origin and is adjacent to Hatton Garden.
It is privately managed by its own body of commissioners and beadles.
Ely Place sits on the site of the London residence of the
History
Origins
Ely Place stands on land that had been the site of Ely Palace or Ely House, the London
References to Ely Palace grounds occur in
On 17 October 1546, James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond, was visiting London with his household. Butler, a powerful Munster landowner who had served in the household of Cardinal Wolsey in his youth, had crossed Sir Anthony St Leger, the quarrelsome Lord Deputy of Ireland. Butler and his entourage were invited to dine at Ely Palace as guests of the Bishop of Ely. Ormond was poisoned along with his steward and 16 of his household, it was widely assumed, at the instructions of St Leger.
The estate was granted to Sir Christopher Hatton in 1577 after a commission was set up by Queen Elizabeth I, headed by John Aylmer (Bishop of London) to investigate the claims that Sir Christopher Hatton should be granted the freehold of the land after he acquired a 21 years lease on the estate and spent a sum of the £1,887 5s 8d (equivalent to £572,072 in 2021) on renovations and repairs. The commission declared in June 1577 that Ely Place should stay with Bishop Cox if he could reimburse Sir Christopher Hatton in whole for the outlay but he could not. A new lease was drawn up giving Sir Christopher Hatton control of the property freehold. He gave his name to Hatton Garden which occupies part of the site.
The house passed to Elizabeth Hatton, who disputed her property with her second husband Edward Coke. In 1622, the Spanish ambassador Gondomar told King James that she refused him and Coke access to the house.[3][4]
The estate was sold to the Crown in 1772. The
St Etheldreda's Church
St Etheldreda's Church in Ely Place is the former private chapel of the Bishops of Ely. It is one of two surviving buildings in London from the reign of Edward I (1272–1307) although it was badly damaged during World War II. The 13th-century crypt survived remarkably unscathed and is occasionally used for private functions. St Etheldreda, a seventh-century queen and founding abbess of the monastery at Ely, was the saint in whose name Ely Cathedral was dedicated.
The gardens of St Etheldreda were said to produce the finest
Commissioners
In 1842 a local
Transport
To the east is
References
- ^ a b c d Richardson, J., The Annals of London, (2000)
- ^ King Richard II Act 2, Scene 1
- ^ Peter Cunningham, Hand-book of London: Past and Present (London, 1850), p. 174, citing Howell's letters.
- ^ Walter Scott, Secret History of the Court of James the First, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1811), p. 346.
- ^ 5 & 6 Vict. c.xlviii