Crosbie Hall, Bishopsgate Street — The Residence of Richard the Third.

Pennant, after Fabian, who lived near to the period, states that on these premises lodged Richard Plantagenet, then Duke of Gloucester; at the time when he had the infant sons of his deceased relative and sovereign conveyed to the Tower. The site of land on which the house and adjacent buildings stand, was originally a part of the possessions of the priory of female religious, dedicated to St. Helena, the discoverer of the Cross. It was leased to Sir John Crosbie, grocer and woolman, and sheriff of London, in 1470, by Alice Ashfield, then the prioress of that house. By Sir John, a liberal benefactor to the city, this hall and the house was built, and has been, as well as the adjoining square, ever since known by his name. It is now occupied by a wholesale woollen-draper and wool-merchant, and is constantly visited by the curious, who notice its claims for its ancient magnificence.

Pennant, after Fabian, who lived near to the period, states that on these premises lodged Richard Plantagenet, then Duke of Gloucester; at the time when he had the infant sons of his deceased relative and sovereign conveyed to the Tower. The site of land on which the house and adjacent buildings stand, was originally a part of the possessions of the priory of female religious, dedicated to St. Helena, the discoverer of the Cross. It was leased to Sir John Crosbie, grocer and woolmun, and sheriff of London, in 1470, by Alice Ashfield, then the prioress of that house. By Sir John, a liberal benefactor to the city, this hall and the house was built, and has been, as well as the adjoining square, ever since known by his name. It is now occupied by a wholesale woollen-draper and wool-merchant, and is constantly visited by the curious, who notice its claims for its ancient magnificence.

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