House of John de Coloygne, Cornhill, London

In the civil parish of City Of London.
In the historic county of London, City of (Modern Authority of London, City of, 1974 county of Greater London).

Licence to crenellate issued, in 1337, to Johannes de Coloygne for 'domos suas super Cornhill infra civitatem nostram'. John de Coloygne seems to have been a merchant who dealt, at least in part, in pearls since a dispute over his will, in 1363, was about an outstanding debt for 11,500 pearls. This amount of wealth suggest the licence had some practical consideration.

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

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1337 Aug 12.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ327811

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p439
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p411

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 (1334-38) p505

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