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Hello rusty
Thank you for taking time to watch "Treasures" again.
I found a few of Henry's maps online (one on the BL site is of Poole)
I had not heard of Christopher Hatton
When researching my ancestry, I was given access to old Poole maps and shipping registers at the National Archives, Kew. (just a short journey by car for me) They are fascinating
Great grandfather was offered a plot of land on the Sandbanks peninsula for £10 and his reply was "That would be of no use to me; there is nothing there but sand dunes"
He would be turning in his grave to see how it has been developed !

Hello, Jazzgirl.
I looked up Sandbanks earlier and discovered it is the fourth highest land value area, in the world!
I had not heard of it until "Treasures".
Hatton is linked to Hatton Garden.
Apparently Queen Elizabeth gave him the Bishop of Ely's house in Holborn and the Bishop was very upset.
There is nothing worse than a cranky bishop!
Is Hatton Garden in Holborn, I wonder?
Mr Rogan would know!
Well that is as much as I could find, Jazzgirl.
It is amazing how you come across one thing and that leads you on to something completely different!

Thanks again rusty
I found history the most boring subject at school, as the teacher was dull and unenthusiastic, reading from a textbook most of the time. I am now catching up and finding the subject fascinating. I am not an avid reader, as I have too many other projects on the go, but I do follow all the history programmes.
Hatton Garden is in Holborn (London borough of Camden) but I am sure you will have googled by now :)

Hello, Jazzgirl,
I didn't Google Holborn!
Yes, history is fascinating.
I am just wondering how five centuries ago they could make accurate maps? Fascinating.
And what was the Bishop of Ely doing with a house in London, in the first place!

hi rusty, I thought you would have googled, as I away for half an hour. I am multi-tasking here, uploading photos to flickr and replying to requests on another forum (nothing to do with crosswords) I need tea.

Hi, Rusty!
Home again!
Goodness, it was windy out!
I didn't really need to 'walk' - I could just lean back into the wind and get blown along!
"Refreshing" might be a word to describe it....?
I see you have been "exploring" London in my absence......
Yes, Hatton Garden is in Holborn........also not too far from the LSE, and the University of Arts, and also Smithfield Meat Market.
The British Museum and the Museum of London - and the Barbican Centre are within the relative vicinity too.
Plus St Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Opera House!
It's all happening within a mile or so of Hatton Garden!
You will be well genned up for Mr R's next "teaser"!
Speaking of which, have you done your crossword yet?
I haven't had chance to look at it.......
The QC was an easy one today, though.

Hello, Elle,
Crossword finished. I struggled a bit with it.
Not been windy up here for ages!
Hatton Garden is known for more than diamonds, I see!
Why had the Bishop of Ely a house in London?
I have been searching!
There have been eight Bishops of Ely who held the office of Lord Chancellor, so would need to stay in London to carry out their duties, I imagine.
But it looks like Good Queen Bess evicted one to give a home to Hatton.
I'll file that under "Royal Shenanigans"!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Place

this will help ?

Jazzgirl, that was a very interesting link.
I have learned a lot this week since Treasures was on.
My bug just now is the ancient map makers.
How did they go about it from scratch?
I am going to look up "cartology" to see if I get an inkling!

I am off for the evening now, rusty, so will leave you to enjoy researching cartology.
Julian has posted a caption to one of his mediaeval pics. (the one with the owl) very amusing.
Night ....