Savoy Palace

Savoy Palace
1848 engraving by Charles Thurston Thompson
Savoy Palace is located in City of London in 1300
Savoy Palace
Savoy Palace is located in City of Westminster
Savoy Palace
General information
Typetownhouse
Architectural styleNorman
LocationLiberty of the Savoy, Middlesex
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°30′38″N 0°7′13″W / 51.51056°N 0.12028°W / 51.51056; -0.12028
Named forPeter II, Count of Savoy
Destroyed1381
OwnerPeter II, Count of Savoy
Edmund Crouchback
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
John of Gaunt
References
https://www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk/properties-and-estates/the-urban-survey/

The Savoy Palace, considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of prince John of Gaunt until it was destroyed during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The palace was on the site of an estate given to Peter II, Count of Savoy, in the mid-13th century, which in the following century came to be controlled by Gaunt's family. It was situated between the Strand and the River Thames. The Tudor-era Savoy Chapel was located on the former estate property and carried on the name; today, the name is carried on by the Savoy Theatre and Savoy Hotel, again both located on the former estate. In the locality of the palace, the administration of law was by a special jurisdiction, separate from the rest of the county of Middlesex, known as the Liberty of the Savoy. French monarch John II of France died here after an illness.