In this short extract from his recent lecture on the Palaces of the early Stuart Kings, Dr Simon Thurley reveals the pivotal role Somerset House played: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/cultural-revolution-palaces-of-the-early-stuart-kings

Here, Dr Thurley relates an early indication of the violence that was to come. An Mp, enraged at the influence and catholiscism of Charles I's Queen, invaded her official house and destroyed the chapel.