More information : (SS 83710030) The Palace on site of (NAT) Bishop's Palace (NR). (1)
"The bishop of Exeter hath a minor place or palace by the churche-yarde, and to this manor place there longith a parke" (SS 80 SW 20). (2)
William Camden's Britannia mss. of 1586-1607 said that Crediton was then noted for the palace of the Bishop of Exeter, but Gibson in his edition of 1695 adds that there were then no traces of the bishops having been there except for the field called My Lord's Meadow. He also says that the manor had been granted to the Killegrews (3) which Polwhele shows was done in 1595 (4). (3-4)
The Old Palace, an 18th century house built round and in front of Medieval stone walls, is sometimes considered part of the Bishop's Palace, but the walls are more likely to be the remains of the Collegiate buildings (SS 80 SW 9). (5)
The so-called 'Old Palace' incorporates Medieval walls. Its front is pleasant early 18th century red-brick with a trellis porch. (6) |