Show FAMOUS OLD HOUSE crosby hall fine example of century architecture antiquated building in london where shakespeare Shaka poap quen queen eilzabeth and other distinguished person parsons were war entertained lond london n orto ono of tho the most moat interest ins houses in london renowned ron owned for its ita h hla Lati torio oric associations la Is crosby hall all in Bishops gate it has tho the distinction function of being not only tho the ho home me of groat great men and the tha scene where kl kanga 0 and boons ambassadors an and d nobles di sported but also of being the most beautiful specimen of fifteenth century domestic architecture ln in london shakespeare dined at its festive board and mentions it in hla his play of richard crosby hall was waa erected by sir john crosby who was waa an alderman al dorman of 0 london in 1468 it was waa the highest building in tho the city and its great hall the scene of many bla historic torio events was waa 54 feet long 27 feet broad and 40 feet high the duke of gloucester afterwards king richard III who was waa tho the last Planta genot king of england and who fell fighting for hla his crown md and life on bloody bosworth Boa worth field lived in it at one time and there tharo his plans for the murder of hla his nephew edward V and the tha seizure of the throne other royal murders are laid at his door for many yo years sir thomas more alore glands En great erat er at charice chancellor llor and th the author 0 of t tho the ever famous utopia dwelt 1 in peace and dignity within great inan mansion slon it was from crosby hall that he ha was sent to the tower preparatory 7 to his hib farcical trial at crosby hall london westminster and his subsequent decapitation after which his head bead was wag placed in london bridge as a proof of the fickleness of royal favor other owners of the hall were antonio Don an italian and au an intimate friend of sir thomas more and aid bond after whom it passed int into the possession of sir john spencer during his occupancy of it crosby hall was the scene of lavish entertainment tain ment in it the ambassador of henry IV of france who was sent on a grave political mission to england was received and feasted and at various times queen elizabeth and raleigh bacon and shakespeare and other great luminaries in the life of 0 england dined and danced made love and hated plotted and counterplotted counter plotted and paraded their virtues and their follies within its walls crosby hall afterward became a presbyterian meeting house and later still a warehouse in 1831 the ancient house was restored and Is today one of En glands most interesting structures thousands of american tourists visit it annually |