Talk:Bridewell Palace

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Bridewell Palace is shown on a map of London in 1300 which I am going to add to the History of London article, so Henry VIII presumably rebuilt an earlier palace (most of his palaces were rebuilds), but I can't readily find details on the net. CalJW 03:38, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I've seen that map before. It is, unfortunately, wrong. Bridewell Palace wasn't completed until 1523. The previous structure there hadn't been a palace; it was an inn called St Bride's. The site belonged to the Knights Hospitallers, who leased it to one of Henry VII's minister's in 1507. The minister (Richard Empson) was executed in 1510, and the lease reverted to the Crown, which granted it to Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey began to build a new house there for himself, but after he was elevated to the Archbishopric of York, his attentions moved elsewhere and Henry VIII took over the Bridewell site. (for more, see Simon Thurley, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England: Architecture and Court Life, 1460-1547 (New Haven, CT, 1993), p 40.) I'm going to update the Bridewell article accordingly. Ptomng 17:19, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikiproject Prisons
If anyone's interested, I've proposed a new wikiproject for the creation and improvement of articles regarding specific prisons, internment camps, and detention centers here. --Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Name of this article
Whilst not denying that the building was originally a palace, would not the much more widespread term Bridewell be more appropriate for this article? It is the term more commonly used both in the history of prisons and of mental institutions and can more easily stretch to all of its different incarnations. Chris55 (talk) 17:18, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Liberties list
On the Liberties page 'Precinct of Bridewell' is given as one such, linking to this page - but there is nothing here on the subject. Jackiespeel (talk) 18:38, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Prospect of Bridewell picture inclusion
The picture included of the Prospect of Bridewell is also used on the Clerkenwell Bridewell page, which is a different prison than this original Bridewell Palace prison. I believe the Prospect of Bridewell picture is actually of the later Clerkenwell Bridewell prison, and so the picture should be removed from this one.Spaceanddeath (talk) 15:33, 5 January 2022 (UTC)