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82 TALLIS'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
when that monarch was expatriated he accompanied his
royal master to France. Sir Thomas Bond's fidelity to
the Stuart family endangered his life, for an infuriated
mob attacked his mansion at Petkham, and he found
great difficulty in escaping from the vengeance of the un-
reasoning rioters. The mansion-house was taken down in
1797, and every vestige of it removed. Peckham-rye is
justly esteemed for the salubrity of its atmosphere, and is
a favourite resort for invalids. It is thus called from a
stream of water running through the centre of a common,
or which, from its position in regard to the houses on
either side, might be called a village-green. In ancient
maps the name is written rep. In the Saxon tongue rhe,
or rhee, signifies a water-course or river, and hence the
derivation of the name of Peckham-rye is obvious. Roman
remains have been dug up in this vicinity, where some
antiquaries suppose the Romans had a camp, and Peck-
ham-rye common is imagined to have been the scene of a
conflict between the Romans and the Britons described by
Tacitus. There is not in the immediate neighbourhood of
London a more open and agreeable country than Peck-
ham-rye, Nunhead, Forest-hill, and the adjacent localities.
The retired village of Dulwich preserves all the features
of a country hamlet, remote from the stir and bustle of
towns. It was formerly spelt Dilwysshe, and in 1127 was
granted by Henry I. to the abbey of Bermondsey, When
the religious houses were suppressed it was given to
Thomas Calton, and was by Sir Francis Calton alienated
to Edward Alleyne, the celebrated actor, whose munifi-
cence has bestowed on Dulwich a celebrity quite extrinsic
of the natural attractions of its picturesque vicinity.
Alleyne was the sole proprietor of the Fortune playhouse
in Whitecross-street, and part proprietor of a Bear-garden
on the Bankside, subsequently to which he obtained the
place of master of the king's bears. Having by his dra-
matic speculations acquired a considerable fortune, he
resolved to appropriate it to a charitable foundation, and
having obtained the king's consent, he fixed upon Bui-
when that monarch was expatriated he accompanied his
royal master to France. Sir Thomas Bond's fidelity to
the Stuart family endangered his life, for an infuriated
mob attacked his mansion at Petkham, and he found
great difficulty in escaping from the vengeance of the un-
reasoning rioters. The mansion-house was taken down in
1797, and every vestige of it removed. Peckham-rye is
justly esteemed for the salubrity of its atmosphere, and is
a favourite resort for invalids. It is thus called from a
stream of water running through the centre of a common,
or which, from its position in regard to the houses on
either side, might be called a village-green. In ancient
maps the name is written rep. In the Saxon tongue rhe,
or rhee, signifies a water-course or river, and hence the
derivation of the name of Peckham-rye is obvious. Roman
remains have been dug up in this vicinity, where some
antiquaries suppose the Romans had a camp, and Peck-
ham-rye common is imagined to have been the scene of a
conflict between the Romans and the Britons described by
Tacitus. There is not in the immediate neighbourhood of
London a more open and agreeable country than Peck-
ham-rye, Nunhead, Forest-hill, and the adjacent localities.
The retired village of Dulwich preserves all the features
of a country hamlet, remote from the stir and bustle of
towns. It was formerly spelt Dilwysshe, and in 1127 was
granted by Henry I. to the abbey of Bermondsey, When
the religious houses were suppressed it was given to
Thomas Calton, and was by Sir Francis Calton alienated
to Edward Alleyne, the celebrated actor, whose munifi-
cence has bestowed on Dulwich a celebrity quite extrinsic
of the natural attractions of its picturesque vicinity.
Alleyne was the sole proprietor of the Fortune playhouse
in Whitecross-street, and part proprietor of a Bear-garden
on the Bankside, subsequently to which he obtained the
place of master of the king's bears. Having by his dra-
matic speculations acquired a considerable fortune, he
resolved to appropriate it to a charitable foundation, and
having obtained the king's consent, he fixed upon Bui-