The Greyhound, Portsmouth
Historic pub (now hotel) in Old Portsmouth, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
The 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.
The 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]
The building bears a commemorative plaque to mark the assassination.[3] It is now a hotel called ‘Ye Spotted Dogge’.[1]
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