Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was a term adopted by other London prisons.
The picture shows an early 19th-century imaginary reconstruction of Bridewell Palace c. 1660, showing the entrance to the Fleet River.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bridewell Palace / Prison
St Bride Foundation Institute The memorial stone of the St Bride Foundation ...
Here stood the palace of Bridewell built by Henry VIII in 1523 and granted by...
Barrister and one of the founders of Pakistan. Ali Mohammed Abbas was born on 1 January 1922 in West Bengal, India (now Pakistan) and according to the Open University website he came to London tow...
Person, Law, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India, Pakistan
Doctor of Civil Law, judge, MP, supporter of the campaigns for the abolition of slavery and of capital punishment. Â Born Berkshire. Â Died Surrey.
Barrister-at-law, Stepney Borough Councillor, guardian of the poor, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board. On top of his legal qualifications he also studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. Died aged ...
3,470 prisoners were taken, men women and children, and it was decided that they should all be tried in England. Seven ships carried them from Inverness on 10 June 1746. Their destinies were vari...
Mill Hill Acton provides: "Richard White was a celebrated lawyer. His practice, White and Blake (joined at various times by third partners Ainge, Houseman and Tylee), was at 14 Essex Street, off th...
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