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by the See of London, after the Great Fire had destroyed the
Bishops residence in St. Paul's Churchyard and the house became known as London House . Bishop Henchman died there in 1675. In 1720 Bishop Robinson was residing in it. Shortly after the non-juror, Thomas Rawlinson ("Tom Folio"), removed his great library to London House, where he died in 1725.
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Over the years Petre House was extended across the parish boundary into the former close of St
Bartholomew's priory. This was later to cause disputes over the payment of parish fees. The house remained the townhouse until 1639 following the death of the
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who in 1747 published a plan of the house as part of a boundary dispute, at the time the house covered almost 2 acres.
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Tudor secretary; Sir William Petre at court and home
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flight of Charles I from Oxford to Newark-upon-Trent
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