The Whitehall Palace fire started on the afternoon of 4 January 1698, when a Dutch maidservant was drying linen sheets on a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber at Whitehall Palace.

under floors and behind fireplaces as a way of offering a form of ritual protection The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs ...

who is listed as being the floor layer The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 which occupied most of ...