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ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE, CROYDON, SURREY.
appendages of ancient architecture were finished in accordance with the
proper style.
No. 2. This is an ancient liandle for a door, of which the ring is
attached to a circular plate, richly worked in an architectural pattern, of the
same style as the lock at Beddington Hall.*
No. 3. shews a small lock for a chest, of the same date as the larger
example. It is prettily ornamented with patterns of foliage.
PLATE, No. 38 — 40.
ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE, AT CROYDON, SURREY.
The manor of Croydon was given by King William the Conqueror to Lanfranc,
the celebrated Archbishop of Canterbury, who filled the metropolitical see
from 1070 to 1089. There was certainly a mansion here, with a chapel
attached to it, in the thirteenth century; and it had probably been an
occasional residence for the archbishops at a much earlier period. From
some passages in the registers, it has been inferred that the buildings were
at first constructed entirely with timber, and that the mansion was only of
very narrow dimensions; but the expressions on which these opinions were
grounded, seem to have been misunderstood. The present buildings appear
to have been erected in the fifteenth century, by the Archbishops Arundel,
Stafford, and their successors. Matthew Parker, the first Protestant arch-
bishop, entertained Queen Elizabeth at Croydon Palace during a whole week,
in July 1575. After tlie execution of Archbishop Laud, and the abolition
of the episcopal dignity, this palace was seized by authority of the parliament,
and let out on lease to lay tenants; but it was recovered at the restoration of
King Charles II. in 1660, and continued to be inhabited, at different times, by
several archbishops, down to the year 1757, when Dr. Thomas Herring, the
last prelate who resided here, died and was buried at Croydon. The palace
* When the fret-work was pierced through the plate, a piece of crimson velvet or cloth was
sometimes put under it, so as to be seen in the openings. The handles on the doors ofsome chapels
in Lincoln Minster were lined in this manner.
ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE, CROYDON, SURREY.
appendages of ancient architecture were finished in accordance with the
proper style.
No. 2. This is an ancient liandle for a door, of which the ring is
attached to a circular plate, richly worked in an architectural pattern, of the
same style as the lock at Beddington Hall.*
No. 3. shews a small lock for a chest, of the same date as the larger
example. It is prettily ornamented with patterns of foliage.
PLATE, No. 38 — 40.
ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE, AT CROYDON, SURREY.
The manor of Croydon was given by King William the Conqueror to Lanfranc,
the celebrated Archbishop of Canterbury, who filled the metropolitical see
from 1070 to 1089. There was certainly a mansion here, with a chapel
attached to it, in the thirteenth century; and it had probably been an
occasional residence for the archbishops at a much earlier period. From
some passages in the registers, it has been inferred that the buildings were
at first constructed entirely with timber, and that the mansion was only of
very narrow dimensions; but the expressions on which these opinions were
grounded, seem to have been misunderstood. The present buildings appear
to have been erected in the fifteenth century, by the Archbishops Arundel,
Stafford, and their successors. Matthew Parker, the first Protestant arch-
bishop, entertained Queen Elizabeth at Croydon Palace during a whole week,
in July 1575. After tlie execution of Archbishop Laud, and the abolition
of the episcopal dignity, this palace was seized by authority of the parliament,
and let out on lease to lay tenants; but it was recovered at the restoration of
King Charles II. in 1660, and continued to be inhabited, at different times, by
several archbishops, down to the year 1757, when Dr. Thomas Herring, the
last prelate who resided here, died and was buried at Croydon. The palace
* When the fret-work was pierced through the plate, a piece of crimson velvet or cloth was
sometimes put under it, so as to be seen in the openings. The handles on the doors ofsome chapels
in Lincoln Minster were lined in this manner.