Fisher's Folly
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fisher-s-folly-227-4551385
title:
Fisher's Folly
text:
Fisher's Folly was a large mansion on Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate, London, built by Jasper Fisher in the 16th century. In his 1598 Survey of London, Stow reports that the home was "so large and sumptuosly builded" by a man deeply in debt that it became known as Fisher's Folly. Despite his own excessive debt, Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford bought the mansion in 1580. Oxford's biographer, Alan H. Nelson, quotes Stow's 1598 description of the house as "farre more large and beautifull" than i
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former house in Bishopsgate, City of London
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%27s_Folly
date created:
2009-04-14T12:33:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:05:43Z
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