London Inn of the bishop of Salisbury

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Salisbury Court; Salisbury House; Dorset House

In the civil parish of City Of London. In the historic county of London, City of (Modern Authority of London, City of, 1974 county of Greater London).

London Inn of the Bishop of Salisbury. 'The next is Salisbury Court, a place so called, for that it belonged to the Bishops of Salisbury, and was their Inne or London house at such time as they were summoned to come to Parliament (Stow). On Fleet Street between St Brides and Whitefriars with a river frontage. Licence to crenellate granted for house Fleet Street 1337, repeated 1377. Site acquired 1194. The house was often used by visiting royalty. In 1564 it was purchased by Richard Sackville, the Sackvilles being created Earls of Dorset in 1603, and renamed Dorset House. Burnt in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. Some possibly brick foundations found in 1983.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ31508107

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 404991
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 043988 to 043994 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p439, 627-9
    Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p167, 168, 184
    Schofield, J., 1994, Medieval London House (Yale University Press) p183 No79
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p412
• Journal Articles
  • Honeybourne, M.B., 1947, 'The Fleet and Its Neighbourhood in Early and Medieval Times' London Topographical Record Vol19 p70, 72
    Kingsford, C.L., 1920, 'Historical Notes of Medieval London Houses. (Part 3)' London Topographical Record Vol12 p15
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p498
    Calendar of Patent Rolls (1377-81) p9, 10
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/midlesexeng.html#mids13]
    Stow, John, 1633 [3edn], Survey of London p437
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) p164-5 [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]
    Honeybourne, M.B., 1929, The extent and value of the property in London and Southwark occupied by the religious houses (including the prebends of St Paul's and St Martin's le Grand), the inns of the bishops and abbots and the churches and churchyards, before the dissolution of the monasteries (University of London: MA Thesis) p334-8