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Savoy Palace

In or near London.

Savoy Palace — the residence of John of Gaunt until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

Savoy Palace

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Savoy Palace is a palace in london. Established 1263. (Noble townhouse in London, destroyed during the Peasant's Revolt of 1381.) Wikipedia notes: "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 and then the monarch by right of the Duchy of Lancaster.". Coordinates 51.5106°, -0.1203°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
51.5106, -0.1203
Established
1263

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