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of Waltham, from king Edward the Confessor, and king
Harold. In Turret House, South Lambeth {still in
being), John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I. and his
son, resided. The elder was the first person who ever
formed a cabinet of curiosities in England. Both father
and son travelled through Europe, Turkey, Greece,
Egypt, and other places, whence they collected the mate-
rials of the Tradescant museum. Pennant, referring to
a catalogue of their collection, says :—" The collection of
medals, coins, and other antiquities, appears to have been
very valuable. Zoology was, in their time, but in a low
state, and credulity far from being extinguished; among
the eggs is one supposed to have been of the dragon, and
another of the griffin. You might have found here two
feathers of the tail of the phcenix, and the claw of the
rucke, a bird able to trusse an elephant. In his garden at
his house in South Lambeth, was an amazing arrange-
ment of trees, plants, and flowers."" This garden was in
the South Lambeth-road, and its site is now covered by
the Nine Elms Brewery. The collection came into pos-
session of Elias Ashmole, the antiquary, by a deed of gift
from the younger Tradescant, and by Ashmole it was
removed to his museum at Oxford. The Tradescants
were buried in Lambeth churchyard, where their tomb
may still be seen.
Lambeth seems to have been in early times the fa-
vourite residence of many of the nobility. In High-
street a pottery occupies the spot where the bishops of
Hereford once owned a palace, and the intolerant Bishop
Bonner, who died in the Marshalsea, is believed to have
had a house in Lambeth-marsh. The dukes of Norfolk
had a mansion in Lambeth, the site of which is now indi-
cated by Hodges distillery. One of its residents was
that duke who, incurring the displeasure of Henry
VIII., was sent to the Tower, and condemned to die,
the day for the infliction of the sentence being named.
Death interposed to save this nobleman's life, by closing
the career of the tyrant on the eve of that day which was
Harold. In Turret House, South Lambeth {still in
being), John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I. and his
son, resided. The elder was the first person who ever
formed a cabinet of curiosities in England. Both father
and son travelled through Europe, Turkey, Greece,
Egypt, and other places, whence they collected the mate-
rials of the Tradescant museum. Pennant, referring to
a catalogue of their collection, says :—" The collection of
medals, coins, and other antiquities, appears to have been
very valuable. Zoology was, in their time, but in a low
state, and credulity far from being extinguished; among
the eggs is one supposed to have been of the dragon, and
another of the griffin. You might have found here two
feathers of the tail of the phcenix, and the claw of the
rucke, a bird able to trusse an elephant. In his garden at
his house in South Lambeth, was an amazing arrange-
ment of trees, plants, and flowers."" This garden was in
the South Lambeth-road, and its site is now covered by
the Nine Elms Brewery. The collection came into pos-
session of Elias Ashmole, the antiquary, by a deed of gift
from the younger Tradescant, and by Ashmole it was
removed to his museum at Oxford. The Tradescants
were buried in Lambeth churchyard, where their tomb
may still be seen.
Lambeth seems to have been in early times the fa-
vourite residence of many of the nobility. In High-
street a pottery occupies the spot where the bishops of
Hereford once owned a palace, and the intolerant Bishop
Bonner, who died in the Marshalsea, is believed to have
had a house in Lambeth-marsh. The dukes of Norfolk
had a mansion in Lambeth, the site of which is now indi-
cated by Hodges distillery. One of its residents was
that duke who, incurring the displeasure of Henry
VIII., was sent to the Tower, and condemned to die,
the day for the infliction of the sentence being named.
Death interposed to save this nobleman's life, by closing
the career of the tyrant on the eve of that day which was