"The first of these mansions from Temple Bar, was _Exeter House_, an inn belonging to the Bishops of Exeter, afterwards called _Paget House_, and _Leicester House_, and finally _Essex House_, from being the residence of the favourite of Queen Elizabeth; under the latter appellation it has given name to the street, now built upon the spot where it formerly stood. Between that mansion and the present _Milford Lane_, was a Chapel, dedicated to the Holy Ghost, called _St. Spirit_, 'vpon what occasion founded,' says Stow, 'I have not read.'[2] To the west of this chapel was an Inn, belonging to the Bishop of Bath, called _Hampton Place_, and afterwards _Arundel House_, standing on the site of the present Arundel Street.--Further to the westward was an Inn of Chancery, called _Chester's Inn_, and _Strand Inn_, near which the Bishop of _Landaff_ had also an _Inn_. At a short distance from the latter place was the _Strand Bridge_; 'and vnder it,' says Stow, 'a lane or way down to the landing-place on the bank of the Thames,'[3] the site of which is still marked by Strand Lane. Not far from the bridge stood the Bishops of _Chester's Inn_ ('commonly called _Lichfield_ and _Couentrie_.'[4]), and adjoining it the Bishop of _Worcester's Inn_, both of which were pulled down by the Protector Somerset, in 1549, when he erected _Somerset House_.[5] Opposite the Bishop of Worcester's Inn formerly stood a stone cross, at which, says Stow, 'the justices itinerants sate without London.'[6] Near this spot afterwards was erected the _May Pole_, which was removed in 1713.[7] The next mansion was the _Palace_ of the _Savoy_, adjoining to the walls of which were the gardens of the Bishop _Carlisle's Inn_, afterwards called _Worcester House_, now the site of Beaufort Buildings. The next in succession was _Salisbury House_, which has given name to Salisbury and Cecil Streets. Proceeding onwards, and passing over _Ivy Bridge_, the magnificent structure of _Durham House_ presented itself, which at one period was a royal palace. Nearly adjoining was an _Inn_ belonging to the Bishops of _Norwich_, afterwards called _York House_, from becoming the residence of the Archbishops of York, when their former mansion at Whitehall was converted into a royal palace by Henry the Eighth. York Stairs, at the bottom of Buckingham Street, still marks the water-gate of the estate, which subsequently became the property of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, whose names and titles are perpetuated in the various streets, &c. built upon it. The last mansion near the village of Charing, and now the only remaining one, was called _Northampton House_, afterwards _Suffolk House_, and now _Northumberland House_, from being the residence of the Dukes of Northumberland.