Peter of Savoys House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; le Sauvey

In the civil parish of Westminster.
In the historic county of Middlesex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Westminster, 1974 county of Greater London).

Embattled palace licensed 1293, sacked by rebels in 1381. Survived until 1820. Site now occupied by Savoy Hotel.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ305807

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p240-3
Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p10
Schofield, J., 1994, Medieval London House (Yale University Press) p138
James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p69, 114-5, 128, 153, 174
Somerville, R., 1960, The Savoy
Cowell, L.A., n.d. c. 1921, The Story of the Precinct of the Savoy
Loftie, W.J., 1878, Memorials of the Savoy
Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol1 (London) p63-70
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p404

Journal Articles

Coulson, C., 1994, 'Freedom to Crenellate by Licence - An Historiographical Revision' Nottingham Medieval Studies Vol38 p124
Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: an Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p98 n20

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1292-1301) p30

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain [http://faculty.oxy.edu/horowitz/home/johnspeed/Cities28.htm]
William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/midlesexeng.html#mids13]

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