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lived in the house for a time. When the Duchess of Somerset died in 1674, she left the house to her granddaughter, whose husband, Sir Thomas Thynne, sold it, along with the adjoining lands and properties.
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The main part of the house was demolished some time between 1674 and 1679. Essex Street was built on part of the site. One of those buildings was used in the mid-1770s as a
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are still on the site, now called Essex Hall. Their building footprint is believed to include the Tudor chapel of Essex House.
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used in cooking costing £300, and the total bill was £3,300.
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Essex House, from the Thames, after most of it was demolished
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Buildings and structures demolished in the 17th century
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51°30′48″N 0°6′43″W / 51.51333°N 0.11194°W / 51.51333; -0.11194
the Strand
London
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Philip Sidney
Outer Temple
Knights Templar
Middle Temple
outhouses
Lettice Knollys
Christopher Blount
James Hay
Earl of Carlisle
sweetmeats
ambergris
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford

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