Pulteneys Inn

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Pulteney House; Pountney's Inn; Manor of the Rose

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).

Licence to crenellate issued, in 1341, to Johannes de Pulteneye, for 'mansum' in London. John de Pulteney was mayor of London 1330-33 and 1336. He also obtained, at the same time, licenses for Penshurst Place (qv) and Cheveley (qv). Pulteney House, situated in or near Candlewick Street, in the parish later called St. Lawrence Pountney in the City of London. This mansion, which had been erected, by Sir John Pulteney, on the site of the later Cold Harbour Palace, is described as having been built on a scale of great splendour. It was, at some time after the death of Sir John, which happened in 1340, and during the minority of his son, tenanted by Prince Edward, the Black Prince, until 1359, in which year directions were given to surrender it to Sir Nicholas Loveyne, who had married the knight's widow. Its front was open to the Thames, where the prince kept swans in considerable number, to which allusion is often made in these accounts. A four storey tower is shown in pre Great Fire panoramas

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ322808

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

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record. In particular '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, or elsewhere.

• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p223, 439
    Schofield, J., 1994, Medieval London House (Yale University Press) p43, 69, 193 No114 [Plan]
    Salzman, L.F., 1957 [2edn 1965], Building in England Down to 1540 p575-6
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p413
• Journal Articles
  • Kingsford, C.L.,1917, 'Historical Notes on Medieval London Houses' London Topographical Record Vol11 p74-8
    Norman, P., 1901,, 'Sir John de Pulteney and his Two Residences in London, Coldharbour and the Manor of the Rose, Together with a Few Remarks on the Parish of ST Lawrence Pountney' Archaeologia Vol59 p257-42
• 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 (1340-43) p331