The Greyhound was a pub (popularly known as "The Spotted Dog"), in High Street, Old Portsmouth, England. It is the site of the murder of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham in 1628. It is now a hotel.
| Greyhound Pub | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Public house |
| Country | England |
Architecture and conservation
editThe building is timber-framed,[1] but this is not evident from outside as it has been refronted. It became a private building called Buckingham House and was listed under that name in 1953.
In letters
editThe murder site was toured by the diarist and Royal Navy administrator Samuel Pepys in 1662. Pepys was accompanied by his wife Elisabeth, along with his Republican clerk Tom Hayter and wife, and the Earl of Sandwich's Puritan secretary John Creed (Pepys' Diary, 3 June).[2]
Present
editThe building bears a commemorative plaque to mark the assassination.[3] It is now a hotel called ‘Ye Spotted Dogge’.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b www.yespotteddogge.co.uk/
- ^ Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: the Unequalled Self, London: Viking, 2002
- ^ Backhouse, Tim. "Old Portsmouth—Duke of Buckingham". Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 August 2009.