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 the outbreak of a war to appear at the west door of St. Paul's, armed
and mounted, with twenty attendants, there to receive from the Lord
Mayor the banner of the City, a horse worth L20, and L20 in money.
Finally, the castle became, I do not know how, Crown property. It was
burned to the ground, but rebuilt by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.
Within this castle the Duke of Buckingham offered the Crown to Richard
III., and here the Privy Council proclaimed Queen Mary. The castle
afterwards fell into the hands of the Earls of Shrewsbury. It was
destroyed in the Great Fire. It consisted of two courts: the south front
of the buildings faced the river, the north front, with the principal
entrance, was in Thames Street. In more ancient times there stood a
tower west of Baynard's Castle called Montfichet, but of this building
very few memorials remain. Again, there is said to have been a palace on
Addle Hill, built by Athelstan. The Wardrobe was another great house
acquired by King Edward III., close to the church still called St.
Andrew's by the Wardrobe. The memory o