▁Th ames ▁Street ▁in ▁the ▁parish ▁of ▁All - H all ows - the - L ess , ▁for ▁storing ▁records ▁and ▁living ▁space ▁for ▁the ▁her ald s . ▁The ▁house , ▁built ▁by ▁Sir ▁John ▁de ▁P ult en ey , ▁four ▁times ▁Lord ▁Mayor ▁of ▁London , ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁V ary ing ▁fort unes ▁ ▁The ▁defeat ▁and ▁death ▁of ▁Richard ▁III ▁at ▁Bos worth ▁field ▁was ▁a ▁double ▁blow ▁for ▁the ▁her ald s , ▁for ▁they ▁lost ▁both ▁their ▁patron , ▁the ▁King , ▁and ▁their ▁benef actor , ▁the ▁Earl ▁Marsh al , ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁s lain . ▁The ▁vict orious ▁Henry ▁T ud or ▁was ▁crown ed ▁King ▁Henry ▁VII ▁soon ▁after ▁the ▁battle . ▁Henry ' s ▁first ▁Parliament ▁of ▁ 1 4 8 5 ▁passed ▁an ▁Act ▁of ▁Res umption , ▁in ▁which ▁large ▁gr ants ▁of ▁crown ▁properties ▁made ▁by ▁his ▁two ▁prede cess ors ▁to ▁their ▁supp or ters ▁were ▁cancel led . ▁Whether ▁this ▁act ▁affected ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁the ▁College ' s ▁char ter ▁is ▁deb atable ; ▁however , ▁the ▁act ▁did ▁facil itate ▁the ▁de ▁fact o ▁recovery ▁of ▁Cold har bour ▁to ▁the ▁crown . ▁Henry ▁then ▁granted ▁the ▁house ▁to ▁his ▁mother ▁Lady ▁Margaret ▁Beau fort , ▁for ▁life . ▁This ▁was ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁supposed ▁that ▁the ▁house ▁was ▁granted ▁personally ▁to ▁John ▁Writ he ▁the ▁G arter ▁King ▁of ▁Ar