quiz

[chilliman]

Name the London area where Edward III kept his hunting hounds

[slaney]

Isle of Dogs

[chilliman]

Thanks for that. I have found references to Henry VIII's dogs but not Edward III's.
Have you any references?Ta

[slaney]

Just doing it from memory I'm afraid , but have had a quick look ,and the following monarchs Henry I V, Henry VII, Charles II have been names . also found a blog that said IoD leased to the monarch from 1210 AD which would encompass Edward III.

[chilliman]

Thanks again. I've spent hours on this and will go for IoD

[athenae]

This is one of these old favourite Quiz Questions! And, seems now to be copied into one Quiz after another --> there is an assumption by Quiz Setters that if a question has been used in an earlier Quiz, then it must be accurate!! ...

The Internet is full of error + mistake --- eg Wikepedia!
How the Isle of Dogs came by its name, has never been satisfactorily explained and still remains a mystery today. Various suggestions have been made.

Isle of Dogs -
One theory is that it is a corruption of the "Isle of Ducks." Another theory is Henry VIII and Charles II when in residence at Greenwich, they used to hunt in Essex, but kennelled their hounds over the river, in order to save time and expense of ferrying them over when going hunting. Hence the name "The Isle of Dogs." However the earliest known record of this name is on a map from 1588.

In the Middle Ages, the Isle of Dogs was known as Stepney Marsh and came within Stepney parish. In the middle of the marsh was a hamlet called Pomfret which had fields, a windmill, manor house and chapel, first built in the late 12th Century (late 1300's) by William of Pontefract. (If anywhere the place where dogs would have been kept)

Edward III 1327-1377 (adult in the late 1300's) at the very least if he kept dogs over the river then it was on Stepney Marshes!

All too pat to rename Stepney Marshes (where the windmills were = later MillWall) a couple of hundred years early!!

[slaney]

Thanks for clarifying that Athenae. Now wiser.
Looking again, British history Online seems to have the most convincing references about Isle of Dogs history.

[chilliman]

Thanks to both for your answers. Damn quizzes!!