Editing Hoxton (section)

===Tudor Hoxton===
By [[Tudor period|Tudor]] times many moated manor houses existed to provide ambassadors and courtiers country air nearby the city. This included many [[Catholics]], attracted by the house of the Portuguese Ambassador,<ref>''The ambassador was possibly Anthony de Castillo, who was linked to the Tudor spymaster [[Francis Walsingham]] through the Portuguese double agent, Dr Hector Nunes. "Toleration" of the chapel may have been linked to this flow of intelligence.'' in [http://www.cryptojews.com/Turmoil_Elizabethan_England.htm Turmoil: The Abject Life of a Portuguese Alien in Elizabethan England, by Charles Meyers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627161842/http://www.cryptojews.com/Turmoil_Elizabethan_England.htm |date=27 June 2006 }} accessed: 23 November 2006</ref> who, in his private chapel,<ref>''The Embassy Chapel Question, 1625–1660, William Raleigh Trimble, Journal of Modern History'', Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jun., 1946), pp. 97–107</ref> celebrated the masses forbidden in a [[Protestant]] country.<ref>On 24 October 1568, the Portuguese Ambassador's chapel was searched for [[recusants]] by Raffe Typpinge of Hoxton. Raffe, and the Tipping family would subsequently feature in the arrest and death of [[Christopher Marlowe]]. (see Seaton, "Marlowe, Poley and the Tippings" in ''Review of English Studies'' [1929] os-V, p.273-287)</ref> One such resident was [[Thomas Tresham II|Sir Thomas Tresham]], who was imprisoned here by [[Elizabeth I of England]] for harbouring Catholic priests. The open fields to the north and west were frequently used for [[archery]] practice,<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=98227&filename=fig25.gif&pubid=1048 ''Map of Hoxton Fields – showing archery marks''] from [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98227 ''Historical introduction: Hoxton, to the west of Hoxton Street''], ''[[Survey of London]]'': volume 8: Shoreditch (1922), pp. 72–88. accessed: 28 September 2009</ref> and on 22 September 1598 the playwright [[Ben Jonson]] fought a fatal duel in Hoxton Fields, killing actor [[Gabriel Spencer]]. Jonson was able to prove his literacy, thereby claiming [[benefit of clergy]] to escape a hanging.

Hoxton's public gardens were a popular resort from the overcrowded City streets, and it is reputed that the name of [[Pimlico]] came from the publican, Ben Pimlico,<ref>British History on-line, disagrees on this point, and considers the derivation ''lost in the past''; it is however probable that it refers to an individual.</ref> and his particular brew.
{{blockquote|Have at thee, then, my merrie boyes, and beg for old Ben Pimlico's nut-brown ale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/81/13282.html |title= Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Pimlico (London)| publisher=Bartleby.com |access-date=2014-02-18}}</ref>}}
The gardens appear to have been situated near Hoxton Street, known at that time, as ''Pimlico Path''. The modern area of [[Pimlico]] derives its name from its former use in Hoxton.