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Constructed in 1529 as a tennis court, a bowling alley, and a tiltyard, and also for cock fighting, it was redesigned in 1629 by Inigo Jones for Charles I as a private theatre. Charles II updated it in 1662. Samuel Pepys attended several plays here.

The location shown on the map is approximate, based on this 1680 map and p.478 of the Latham & Matthews Companion.

Last updated by Phil Gyford on 24 April 2012

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References in the diary

A graph of all the references in the diary

1660
Jan: 23
Feb: 20
Jun: 20
Aug: 18
Nov: 20
1661
Feb: 25
Apr: 20
1662
Oct: 2
Nov: 17
Dec: 1
1663
Jan: 5
Nov: 9
1665
Apr: 24
Jun: 8
Nov: 5, 6
Dec: 13
1666
Jan: 6
Mar: 9, 28
Apr: 22
Sep: 8