Peter the Great House at Deptford. near the docks was the seat of john Evelyn called Says or Sayes Court, where Peter the Great, Czar of Muscovy resided Sayes court was not based on a very secure footing for he tells in 1660-1 that he had repeated visits from his Majestys surveyor, to take an account of what grounds I challengd at Sayes Court. Date: 1850