List of private residents of Covent Garden


The entries in this tabulation cover some 150 years in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the private residents of Covent Garden included many people of rank and note. They ranged from marquesses to barons, foreign ambassadors and members of parliament to physicians, surgeons, antiquaries, artists, authors and dramatists. Some of the later arrivals were auctioneers, such as Christopher Cock and Abraham Langford, who found rich sources for future sales amongst their neighbours.
Most of the entries are derived from The Piazza: Notable private residents in the Piazza, which in turn is based on Sheppard's Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden. Other sources are noted where appropriate.
AddressDatesResidents
No. 43 King Street1637–43William Paget, Baron Paget of Beaudesert
No. 43 King Street1644John Trenchard
No. 43 King Street1645-7Sir Henry Vane the younger
No. 43 King Streetc.1647Sir Arthur Ingram
No. 43 King Streetc.1650-3Dr. William Rant
No. 43 King Street1655–61Sir Edward Hales, baronet
No. 43 King Street1662–5Sir Kenelm Digby
No. 43 King Street1666–80Denzil Holles, first Baron Holles of Ifield
No. 43 King Street1681–c.1688Nathaniel Crew, third Baron Crew of Stene
No. 43 King Streetc.1690–1727Hon. Edward Russell, first Earl of Orford
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No. 1 Great Piazza1637–41Walter Montagu
No. 1 Great Piazza1644Sir William Waller
No. 1 Great Piazza1645– c.1647Sir Thomas Trenchard
No. 1 Great Piazzac.1650–6John Paulet, fifth Marquis of Winchester
No. 1 Great Piazza1657–9Nathaniel Fiennes
No. 1 Great Piazza1660–1Charles Gerard, first Baron Gerard of Brandon, first Earl of Macclesfield
No. 1 Great Piazza1662–c.1703Sir Thomas Draper, knight
No. 1 Great Piazzac.1703–17Lady Mary Draper
No. 1 Great Piazza1718–23Sir Harry Ashurst
No. 1 Great Piazza1749–1760William Hunter
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No. 2 Great Piazza1639–41Sir John Harper
No. 2 Great Piazza1641–5Lady Mansell
No. 2 Great Piazzac.1647–50Zouch Tate
No. 2 Great Piazza1650–65Mrs. Tate, wife of Zouch
No. 2 Great Piazza1666–8Sir Charles Cotterell, knight
No. 2 Great Piazza1676–85Sir Richard Temple, baronet
No. 2 Great Piazza1686–92Prosper Henricus Lankrink
No. 2 Great Piazza1707–8Lord 'Fitz-Williams'
No. 2 Great Piazza1708–11Lord Falconbridge
No. 2 Great Piazza1713Lord Powis
No. 2 Great Piazza1717–20Sir John Cotton
No. 2 Great Piazza1721Dr. Noel Broxholme
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No. 3 Great Piazza1639–43John Mordaunt, first Earl of Peterborough
No. 3 Great Piazza1658–63Lady 'Holborne'
No. 3 Great Piazza1664–70William Brounker, second Viscount Brouncker
No. 3 Great Piazza1671–5Marchioness of Clanricarde
No. 3 Great Piazza1676Viscountess 'Muscree'
No. 3 Great Piazza1677–91Sir Thomas Orby
No. 3 Great Piazza1692–1713John Closterman
No. 3 Great Piazza1714–c.1734Edward Gouge
No. 3 Great Piazzac.1736–53Hamlet Winstanley
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No. 4–5 Great Piazza1640–c.1641Sir Thomas Culpeper the elder
No. 4–5 Great Piazza1652–9Lady 'Calveley'
No. 4–5 Great Piazza1677–9Gregory King
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No. 6–7 Great Piazza1638–40Sir William Alexander, first Earl of Stirling
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1640–4Sir Henry Wallop
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1645–c.1647Robert Wallop
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1653–4Sir Lionel Tollemache
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1655–7Edmund Dunch
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1658–60Viscount Burnell
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1663–90Hon. Edward Russell
No. 6-7 Great Piazza1691–c.1698Robert, Lord Russell
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No. 8 Great Piazza1636–40Thomas Killigrew
No. 8 Great Piazza1640–1Philip Wharton, fourth Baron Wharton
No. 8 Great Piazzac.1647Henry Mordaunt, second Earl of Peterborough
No. 8 Great Piazzac.1651–7Sir David Watkins, knight
No. 8 Great Piazza1658–60Lady Watkins
No. 8 Great Piazza1661–2Thomas Killigrew
No. 8 Great Piazza1663–c. 1673Aubrey de Vere, twentieth Earl of Oxford
No. 8 Great Piazzac.1675Resident envoy of the Republic of Venice
No. 8 Great Piazza1676–93Sir William Walter
No. 8 Great Piazza1694–c.1698Lady Knightley
No. 8 Great Piazzac.1699Rt. Hon. Lord James Russell
No. 8 Great Piazzac.1702–1726Thomas Murray
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No. 9–10 Great Piazza1640–3Robert Holborne
No. 9–10 Great Piazzac.1647Colonel Thorp
No. 9–10 Great Piazzac.1651–71Lord Lucas
No. 9–10 Great Piazza1718–20Thomas Grey, second Earl of Stamford
No. 9–10 Great Piazza1720–30Hon. Edward Wortley Montagu
No. 9-10 Great Piazza1731-1748Christopher Cock, auctioneer
No. 9-10 Great Piazza1747-Abraham Langford, auctioneer
No. 9-10 Great Piazza1790-Henry Robins and brother John; and later, George Henry Robins, Henry's son; all auctioneers.
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No. 10–11 Great Piazza1637–9Sir Thomas Littleton, knight
No. 10–11 Great Piazza1639–43Sir John Winter
No. 10–11 Great Piazzac.1651–80Sir Peter Lely
No. 10–11 Great Piazza1682–5Thomas Hawker
No. 10–11 Great Piazza1686–c.1694Roger North
No. 10–11 Great Piazzac.1698Lady North
No. 10–11 Great Piazza1753–5Charles Macklin
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No. 12 Great Piazza1637–c.1673Sir Edmund/Edward Pye
No. 12 Great Piazzac.1675–93Lady Katherine Pye
No. 12 Great Piazza1694–1720Matthew Aylmer, Baron Aylmer
No. 12 Great Piazza1720–2Sir John Norris
No. 12 Great Piazza1722–34Sir James Thornhill
No. 12 Great Piazzac.1736–41George Douglas, fourth Baron Mordington
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No. 13–14 Great Piazza1635–43Sir Edward Sydenham
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1637–43Sir Charles Gawdy
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1638–43Lady Cooke
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1644–52Denzil Holles, first Baron Holles of Ifield
No. 13-14 Great Piazzac.1645? Sir William Constable
No. 13-14 Great Piazzac.1645? Edward Montague
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1656Mildmay Fane, second Earl of Westmorland
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1656–63Sir Edward Ford
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1664Charles Stuart, sixth Duke of Lennox, third Duke of Richmond
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1668Swedish ambassador
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1669–79Colonel John Strode
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1669–c.1673Countess Dowager of Peterborough
No. 13-14 Great Piazzac.1675–6Unspecified foreign diplomatic envoy
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1679–86Elizabeth, Lady Dacres, later Countess of Sheppey
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1686–9Edward Howard, fifth Earl of Carlisle
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1690–2Dutch ambassador
No. 13-14 Great Piazzac.1702–14George Dodington
No. 13-14 Great Piazzac.1720–25George Bubb Dodington, later first Baron Melcombe
No. 13-14 Great Piazza1726–32Dr. Douglas
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No. 15 Great Piazza 1743–60John Rich
No. 15 Great Piazza1761–7Priscilla Rich
No. 15 Great Piazza1769William Powell
No. 15 Great Piazza1769–1771Elizabeth Powell
No. 15 Great Piazza1772–4George Colman the elder
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No. 16–17 Great Piazza1636–c.1641Sir Edmund Verney the elder
No. 16-17 Great Piazzac.1643Sir Peter Ingram
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1644–7Countess of Peterborough
No. 16-17 Great Piazzac.1651–7Sir Humphrey Tracy
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1659–63Sir Robert Bowles
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1664–6Mountjoy Blount, first Earl of Newport
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1679Lady Dacres
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1680Nathaniel Crew, third Baron Crew
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1682–c.1702Sir Godfrey Kneller, first baronet
No. 16-17 Great Piazza1727–c.1734Arthur Pond
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No. 18–19 Great Piazza with No. 13 Russell Street1637–c.1641Lady Hobart
No. 18–19 Great Piazza with No. 13 Russell Street1652Doctor Denton
No. 18–19 Great Piazza with No. 13 Russell Street1679–1728James St. Amand
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No. 1 Little Piazza1640–3Sir Thomas Hanmore
No. 1 Little Piazza1647Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet|Sir John Wittwrong
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No. 2 Little Piazza1647Henry Wilmot, second Viscount Wilmot, later first Earl of Rochester
No. 2 Little Piazzac.1651Earl of 'Kileare'
No. 2 Little Piazza1659Duke of Florence
No. 2 Little Piazza1660–4Earl of Meath
No. 2 Little Piazza1666–70Sir James Barkman Leyenberg
No. 2 Little Piazzac.1674Sir Richard Temple, baronet
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No. 3 Little Piazza1640– c.1647Sir William Uvedale
No. 3 Little Piazzac.1651Sir William Plater
No. 3 Little Piazza1653Lord Savage
No. 3 Little Piazza1654Lady 'Savidge'
No. 3 Little Piazza1655Sir William Parkhurst
No. 3 Little Piazza1656Countess Ancrum
No. 3 Little Piazza1657–61Jane, Lady Angier
No. 3 Little Piazza1663Murrough O'Brien, first Earl of Inchiquin
No. 3 Little Piazza1664–5Sir Edward Ford
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No. 4 Little Piazza1691–2William De Ryck
No. 4 Little Piazzac.1705–7Thomas Hawker
No. 4 Little Piazza1771–4John Abraham Fisher
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No. 1 Tavistock Row1635–43Thomas Savile, first Viscount Savile, first Earl of Sussex
No. 1 Tavistock Row1644–c.1645Henry Grey, Earl of Kent
No. 1 Tavistock Row1660Richard Boyle, second Earl of Cork, later first Earl of Burlington, and Arthur Annesley, first Earl of Anglesey
No. 1 Tavistock Row1670–1Sir John Colladon
No. 1 Tavistock Row1672Lady Cartwright
No. 1 Tavistock Rowc.1675–6Countess of Manchester
No. 1 Tavistock Row1677–84William Petre, fourth Baron Petre
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No. 2–3 Tavistock Row1637–43Sir Peter Temple
No. 2–3 Tavistock Row1661Lady Cranburne
No. 2–3 Tavistock Row1662Lady Griffin
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No. 37 Henrietta Streetc.1650–8Francis Clein
Henrietta Street1761Kitty Clive
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No. 1 King Street1639–c.1641Francis Russell esq.
No. 1 King Street1653–6Sir James Bridgman
King Street1690Lady Gorgess
King Street1690Sir John Barber
King Street1722Bishop of St David
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Maiden Lane1647Sir Cornelius Vermuyden