 It was redesigned in 1629 for Charles I by Inigo Jones as a private venue for staging court masques.It was the second cockpit that Jones had redesigned as a theatre, the other being the Cockpit Theatre in Drury Lane, which was renovated after a fire in 1617.After the London theatre closure of the Interregnum, the Cockpit returned to use under Charles II, and was refitted in 1662.