Baynard's Castle refers to buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St. Paul's Cathedral now stand. The first was a Norman fortification constru
The first Baynard's Castle
Seal of Robert Fitzwalter
Long View of London from Bankside, detail from a 1647 engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar. Baynard's Castle is at far right, on the far side (north side) of the River Thames, with the Church of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe behind it. The Blackfriars is a short distance upstream at left.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1501–1570), owned the castle when Mary I was proclaimed Queen there in 1553.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, 1st Baron Herbert of Cardiff KG PC was a Welsh Tudor period nobleman, politician, and courtier.
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke in 1567