Lincolns Inn

Holborn (WC2) Derives its name from having been the site of the palace, or inne, of Henry de Lacy, third and last Earl of Lincoln. After his death, his palace, together with some adjoining land .passed into the hands of a society of members of the law, who, retaining the name of Lincoln Inne, founded here the present famous Inn of Court. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. I, p. 377) "Note the fine Tudor gateway, dated 1518, remembering that there is brickwork hereabout actually done by Ben Jonson, when he was a bricklayer's apprentice, a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket." (Salaman's London Past and Present, p. 116) "To Lincoln's Inn, and there walked up and down to see the new garden which they are making, and will be very pretty, and so to walk under the chapel by agreement." (Reference: Pepys's Diary, June 27, 1663) Here Lord Tennyson dined with Count d'Orsay and others. While visiting his friend James Spedding, who had chambers at No. 60, Tennyson wrote the greater part of "The Princess." John Forster, the great friend of Dickens, lived at No. 58.