The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, vol. 4
Allen, Thomas
1827
Painted Chamber
Howel relates a tradition respecting this apartment, that Edward the Confessor died in it, and Baker has given this as a fact, without | |
206 | either citing any evidence to support it, or hinting any suspicion of its accuracy; and, indeed, it is very probable, though no early authority for it is known, except the fact of that monarch's having expired at , and, consequently, in the palace there. It derived its name from numerous paintings on the walls, representing battles, &c. which were certainly as old as , and perhaps much older, as in the year of the reign of Henry III. a mandate occurs for paying to Odo the goldsmith, clerk of the works at , and for pictures to be done in the king's chamber there. In this apartment was some curious tapestry, which was taken down about . |
On the north side of church-yard anciently stood | |
Footnotes: [] Walpole's Anec. of Painting, vol. i. p. 11. |
