ishop of Hereford, who he supposes is intended, was
contemporary with Erkenwald. In 1647 it was sold to Colonel Harvey with
the leasehold land belonging to it for L7,617 8s. 10d., but was given
back to the See at the Restoration. In Domesday Book we read: "In Fulham
the Bishop of London holds forty hides.... Its whole value is forty
pounds, the like when received in Edward's [the Confessor's] time fifty
pounds."

The carriage-entrance is in Fulham Palace Road, and this leads to an
avenue of limes. To the north lies a part of the public park, once a
field belonging to the Bishops. The drive crosses the wonderful moat,
which is nearly a mile in circuit, and, if dug by the Danes as
conjectured, must be a thousand years old. This moat has given rise to
much discussion, as it is too far from the palace for any purpose of
defence, and the idea that it was made by the Danes as a partial
safeguard against the floods of the river is that which gains most
credence.

The palace is built round two courtyards, and the one first entered is
by far the older. It was built by Bishop Fitzjames in the reign of Henry
VII., and the great gateway which leads to it bears his arms cut in
stone. There are few places that preserve so completely their ancient
aspect as this courtyard; the material is red brick, and in summer, when
creepers climb over the worn bricks, its attractiveness is greatly
enhanced. The wing on the west or river side contains the rooms used by
Laud while Bishop; this part has been refaced, and the buttresses were
added at the same time, but within it is unchanged. Opposite, on the
eastern side, are the rooms once occupied by Bishop Bonner, which carry
an association no less interesting, though of a different kind. The
great porch facing the entrance gateway leads into the hall, which is
also part of Bishop Fitzjames's work. The hall is divided by a screen of
dark oak, which came from old Doctors' Commons, and the other oak
fittings were brought here from the former chapel, and originally
belonged to the chapel of London House, Aldersgate Street. A new ceiling
was put up by Bishop Sherlock, whose arms are over the fireplace, in
conjunction with a framed inscription recording the building of Bishop
Fitzjames on a site where buildings had stood as far back as the
Conquest. The hall was at one time used as the chapel, of which more
will be told presently. In the same block is the kitchen, once the
dining-room.

In 1715 Bis