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Henry's Room is in what was a Fleet
Street tavern, built in 1611.
The 17th century timber-framed
house is one of the few City buildings to have survived the
Great Fire of London and the bombing of World War II, but
the exterior was rebuilt in the 20th century.
Prince Henry's Room gets its
name from Prince Henry, elder son of James I. As Duke
of Cornwall, Prince Henry used the room as an office from
which to run the duchy.
The plaster ceiling, bearing
the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales and the initials PH,
has survived intact. The arms and initials may have
been put there to mark the investiture of Prince Henry as
Prince of Wales. However, Prince Henry never succeeded
James I, as in 1612, at the age of 18, he died of typhoid.
Prince Henry's Room, with its
ornate plasterwork and fine wood panelling, houses a collection
of memorabilia relating to the diarist Samuel Pepys, 1633
- 1703. Whilst working as Secretary to the Admiralty,
Pepys chronicled the Great Plague, in 1665, and the Great
Fire of London of 1666
Admission free
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