Croydon Palace

FROM THE COLLECTION OF CROYDON LOCAL STUDIES LIBRARY

"This lowe built house" as Nashe calls it in his play, Croydon was the Archbishop of Canterbury's summer residence. Whitgift was apparently the first to refer to it as a "palace", and had the honour to entertain the Queen there on several occasions. Elizabeth's father though had been no fan of the place, complaining that it "standeth lowe and is rheumatick".

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