The Savoy Palace was considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, being the residence of John of Gaunt until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It fronted on the north the Strand, on the site of the present Savoy Theatre and the Savoy Hotel which memorialise its name and on the south the River Thames. In its locality the rule of law was different from the rest of London, which special jurisdiction was known as the Liberties of the Savoy. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]