Early Inns and Taverns through tradesmens tokens - Bishopsgate to Blanch Appleton court
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LONDON TRADERS, TAVERN, AND COFFEE-HOUSE TOKENS, CURRENT 1649-1672. :
## Letter Bish - Bishopsgate to Blanch Appleton court
Index of Tradesmens tokens.
BISHOPSGATE WITHIN.
Bishopsgate was sold by the commissioners of the city lands, on Wednesday, December 10th, 1760, for immediate demolition. The house at the corner of Camomile street has a mitre in the front, with inscription, to mark the site on which it stood.
The Flower Pot, in Bishopsgate within, with initials L. M. T.
#163 THE FLOWER POT WITH In the field, a vase of flowers.Rev. IN BISHIPSGATE The initials L. M. T., in the field.
Still there, and well known to the citizens of London, as a house of call of many suburban conveyances.
The Sugar Loaf, in Bishopsgate street, with initials R. S. M.
#164 THE SHUGER LOFE IN A sugar- loaf, in the field.Rev. BISHOPSGATE STREETE In the field, R. S. M.
The Sugar Loaf, in Bishopsgate street, with initials T. S. B. (Thomas Blackborne)
#165 THO . BLACKBORNE A sugar-loaf, in the field.Rev. BISHOPSGATE STRE In the field, T. S. B.
The Sugar Loaf, in Bishopsgate, with initials F. M. B.
#166 THE SUGAR LOFE AT A sugar-loaf, in the field.Rev BISHOPSGATE . GROCER In the field, F. M. B.
A token, in Bishopsgate street, with initials H. M. H. (Henry Horne)
#167 HEN: HORNE CHESEMONGER H. M. H., in the field.Rev. IN BISHOPSGATE STREET In field, H. M. H.
The sun in splendour, in Bishopsgate, with initials W. I. A.
#168 AT THE SUNN IN The sun in splendour, in the field.Rev. BISHOPSGATE STREET In the field, W. I. A.
The sun in rays is a device in the Distillers' arms, and doubtless the occasion of its adoption as a tavern sign.
Signs formerly, in addition to the symbol, had frequently an inscription or motto. The Craftsman, September 30th, 1738, asserts that ' l the peculiarities of a nation may be discovered by the choice of their signs ;" and, as an instance of the art and wit in drawing customers to their houses, quotes, among others
' The best drink under the SUN.'
Besides this skill and address in attracting customers, they also show a true judgment of the world, in the following inscription particularly, which is very common in town and country
1 Drink here, and drown all sorrow,
Pay to day, and trust tomorrow.'
That might be applied to much higher people than poor ale-house tipplers ; and I believe some of the best tradesmen would be obliged to me, if I could inculcate the same maxims into the minds of their premier customers."
An acorn, in Bishopsgate street, with initials I. K. M.
#169 AT THE ACORNE IN An acorn, in the field.Rev. BISHOP-GATE STREETE In the field, I. K. M.
A ship tavern, in Bishopsgate street, with initials E. D.
#170 THE SHIP TAVERN IN A ship, in the field.Rev. BISHOPSGATE STREETE In the field, E. D.
A Star tavern, or Innkeepers arms, in Bishopsgate street, with initials H. I. B.
#171 THE STARR TAVERNE IN Star of eight points, in field.Rev. BISHOPS - GATE STREETE In the field, H. I. B.
The crest to the Innkeepers arms is a star of eight points.
A token, in Bishopsgate street, in 1661, with initials I. W. (John Washbourn)
#172 JOHN WASHBOURN In the field, the initials I. W.Rev. IN BISHOPSGATE . SALTER In the field, 1661.
A token, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with Edw Nourse
#173 EDW: NOURSE HIS FARTHINGE WORTH OF COPPER.Rev. NEXT THE BVLL IN BISHOP GATE STREET. 1666.
Nourse, by his company, was a girdler, and possibly, having married the daughter of Hugh Wells, citizen and armourer, of St. Michael's, Cornhill, was a wealthy participant, if not the successor to his father-in-law's business in that parish, at the time of the fire in September, 1666; and after that disastrous event issued
this token immediately on reestablishing himself, "next the Bull " in Bishopsgate street*.
Snelling most truly observes of Nourse's token, " an honest farthingworth of copper it was, requiring no promise of repayment, carrying its value along with it, and certainly would have been taken in any part of the kingdom without scruple. " Copper Coinage, p. 30. The pattern farthing of KingCharles the Second, dated 1665, weighs four pennyweights; this of Nourse's, seven pennyweights; while the pattern piece of 1671, and the farthing actually issued in 1672, weigh exactly three and a half pennyweights, half the weight of Nourse's " farthinge worth of copper," specimens of which are among the rarities of traders' tokens.
Whether after the rebuilding on Cornhill he returned to his former domicile in that parish is not known to the writer; but in the north aisle of St. Michael's church is a monumental stone bearing the following inscriptions :
" Near this place lieth interred the bodies of LUKE NOURSE, late of Gloucester, esq. ; who died April the 25th, 1673, aged 89 years.
t And of HUGH WELLS, late of this parish, citizen and armourer of London ; who died February 25th, 1673, aged 84 years.
" And also of EDWARD NOUESE, citizen and girdler of London, son to the said Luke Nourse. He married Mary, one of the daughters of the said Hugh Wells. He died June 12th, 1689, aged 65 years."
A horse-shoe, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, in 1667, with initials H. A. R. (Henry Russell)
#174 HENRY RUSSELL AT THE A horse-shoe, and H. A. R.Rev. IN BISHOPSGATE STREET HIS HALFE PENY. 1667.
A White Lion, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, in 1670, with Richard Dowding
#175 RICHARD DOWDING Ye WHIT A lion rampant, in field.Rev. BISHOPSGATE STREET HIS HALF PENY. 1670.
* "Next the Bull." What a contiguity ! Unluckily no farthing token is known of the Bull, the inn to which Thomas Hobson, the Cambridge carrier, travelled wearily yet successfully, to and fro, backward and forward, during a long life.
The man from whom is derived the saying " Hobson's choice : that, or none." He let horses to the students, who were compelled to take the horse in tui-n as he stood in the stable ; thus no horse was worked more than another. He amassed considerable property, and died while the plague was raging in London, January 1st, 1636. The poets of the university eternized his memory in verse : Milton wrote two pieces; both are printed among his minor poems. His portrait, engraved by Payne, is one of the graphical rarities of that period ; and Peck, at the end of his Memoirs of Oliver Cromwell, has published the will of this eccentric but benevolent person. He was a considerable benefactor to his native town, Cambridge.
A black . heart, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials H . A . A.
B218. Obverse. at . the . black . heart = A hart lodged.R. IN . BVSHOPSGAT . STRETC H . A . A. 1/4
A Flower pot, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, with John Baker
B222. Obverse. JOHN . BAKER . AT . YE . FLOWER = A pot of lilies.R. POTT . IN . BISHOPSGAT . STREET = HIS HALFE PENY.
A Kings Head, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, in 1657, with initials W . R . B. (Will Bennet)
B223. Obverse. WILL . BENNET . 1657 = W . R . B.R. bishopsgate . street = King’s bust, full-faced, holding globe and sceptre. 1/4
An angel, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, with initials I . M . B. (John Bond)
B225. Obverse. John . Bond . at . the = An angel.R. WITHIN . BISHOPSGATE = I . M . B. 1/4
Three horseshoes, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, with initials M . C. (Mary Childe)
B226. Obverse. mary . childe . at = Three horseshoes.R. WITHIN . BISHOPGATE = M . C. 1/4
Fox, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, in 1664, with initials C . A . C. (Charles Collins)
B227. Obverse. CHARLS . COLLINS . 1664 = A fox.R. WITHIN . BISHOPS . GATE = C . A . C. 1/4
A token, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, with initials I . I . G. (John Gase)
B230. Obverse. IN . BISHOPS . GATE . STREET = JOHN . GASE . BAKER.R. NEARE . LEADEN . HALL . CORNER = I . I . G. 1/4
An angel, in Bishopsgate within, penny, in 1668, with Henry Gullifer
B231. Obverse. Henry . Gullifer . 1668 = An angel.R. WITHIN . BISHOPS . GATE = HIS PENNY.
A ship, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials A . S . H.
B232. Obverse. THE . SHIP . TAVERNE . IN = A ship.R. BISHOPSGATE . STREETE = A . S . H. 1/4
A token, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, with initials G . M . H. (Harding)
B233. Obverse. HARDING . THE . BAKER = G . M . H.R. WITHIN . BISHOP . GATE = G . M . H. 1/4
The following advertisement, which appeared in the Newes, No. 15, December 10, 1663, p. 119, probably refers to the son of the issuer of this token :
“ ... If any man shall give notice of both [two stolen horses], or either of them ... to Ric. Harding, Baker, within Bishopsgate, he shall be well rewarded for his peyns.”
A falcon, in Bishopsgate within, halfpenny, in 1667, with James Hasell Cook
B234. Obverse. JAMES . HASELL . COOK . AT = A falcon.R. WITHIN . BISHOPGATE . 1667 = HIS HALF PENY.
A lion rampant, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, in 1666, with initials I . M . H. (John Hearne)
B235. Obverse. John . Hearne . 1666 = A lion rampant.R. IN . BISHOPS . GATE . STREETE = HIS HALF PENY I . M . H.
A bunch of grapes, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials I. H. (John Hearne)
B236. Obverse. JOHN . HEARNE . IN = I . H.R. bishopgate . street = A bunch of grapes. 1/4
A token, in Bishopsgate, farthing, in 1657, with initials I . M . I. (John Ives)
B238. Obverse. JOHN . IVES . WITH = I . M . I.R. IN . BISHIPGATE= 1657. 1/4
A plough, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, in 1659, with initials I . I . I (John Jonson)
B239. Obverse. JOHN . JONSON . COOK = A plough. 1659.R. WITHIN . BISHOPS . GAT = I . I . I . 1/4
A lion rampant, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, in 1666, with initials I . M . H. (John Hearne)
B240. A variety in the British Museum is undated.A token, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, in 1666, with Henry Jordan
B241. Obverse. Henry . Jordan . 1666 = A man dipping candles.R. IN . BISHOPSGATE . STREET = HIS HALF PENY.
Crispin and Crispianus, in Bishopsgate, farthing, in 1653, with Rich Levet
B242. Obverse. AT . THE . CRISPIN . AND = BISHOPGATE.R. CRISPIANUS . 1653 = RICH . LEVET . A. 1/4
The issuer was evidently a shoemaker.—Vide History of Signboards, by Larwood and Hotten, p. 281.
Golden Lion, in Bishopsgate, farthing, in 1657, with initials E . A . M. (Edm Morris)
B245. Obverse. Edm . Morris . within . b = A lion rampant.R. GATE . GOVLDEN . LYON . 57 = E . A . M. 1/4
The Pewterers Arms, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, in 1670, with Henry Napton
B246. Obverse. Henry . Napton . in = The Pewterers’ Arms.R. BISHOPSGATE . STREET = HIS HALF PENY. 1670.
A raven (?), in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials T . S . P. (Thomas Peele)
B248. Obverse. Thomas . Peele . in = A raven (?).R. BISHOPGATE . STREET = T . S . P. 1/4
A mitre, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials R . M . R.
B249. Obverse. AT . THE . MITER . TAVERN = A mitre.R. IN . BISHOP . GATE . STREETE = R . M . R. 1/4
A lobster, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials R . H . R. (Robert Roberts)
B250. Obverse. ROBERT . ROBERTS . IN = A lobster.R. BISHOPGATE . STREET = R . H . R. 1/4
A tun with three arrows, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials I . H . S.
B252. Obverse. the . tun . and . harros . in = A tun with three arrows in it.R. BVSHOPES . GATE . STREET = I . H . S. 1/4
A half-moon, in Bishopsgate within, halfpenny, in 1666, with Walter Shaller
B253. Obverse. WALTER. SHALLER . l666 = HIS HALF PENY.R. within . bishops . gate = A half-moon. 1/2
A crescent moon, in Bishopsgate within, halfpenny, with Walter Shaller
254. A variety reads :Obverse. WALTER . SHALTER . AT . YE = HIS HALF PENY.
R. within . bishopsgate = A crescent moon.
An angel standing, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, with Joseph Stephens
B255. Obverse. Joseph . Stephens = An angel standing.R. WITHIN . BISHOPS . GATE = HIS FARTHING. large
An token, in Bishopsgate within, farthing, in 1658, with initials T . A . T.
B257. Obverse. O. CHANDLER . WITHIN = T . A . T.R. BISHOPSGATE . 1658 = T . A . T. 1/4
A castle, in Bishopsgate , halfpenny, in 1658, with Thomas Temple
B258. Obverse. THOMAS . TEMPLE = HIS HALF PENY.R. at . Bishopsgate = A castle. 1/2
Kings Head, in Bishopsgate within, halfpenny, in 1658, with initials G . M . W.
B259. Obverse. within . bishop . gate = Bust of Charles I. crowned.R. THE . KINGS . HED . TAVERN = G . M . W.
The Kings Head Tavern Bishopsgate within. Initials G M W. And a Bust of Charles I. crowned.
Coffee House, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny, with initials H . W. (Henry Wellington)
B261. Obverse. Hen . Wellington . near . ye . post = A hand pouring coffee into a cup.R. HOVS . IN . BISHOPSGATE . STREET = COFFEE HOVSE. H . W. 1/2
Bust of Queen Elizabeth with sceptre and globe, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials I . A . W. (John Wilson)
B262. Obverse. John . Wilson . in = Bust of Queen Elizabeth with sceptre and globe.R. BISHOPSGATE . STREETE = I . A . W. 1/4
Bakers Arms, in Bishopsgate street, farthing, with initials P . E . W. (Phillip Winfield)
B263. Obverse. Phillip . Winfield = The Bakers’ Arms.R. IN . BISHOP . GATE . 2 TRET = P . E . W. 1/4
Full-faced crowned bust, in Bishopsgate street, halfpenny
B260. Obverse. in . bisshops . gate . street = Full-faced crowned bust.R. his . halfe . penny . 16... =A monogram.
BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT.
White Hart, in Bishopsgate without,with initials E. E. K.
#176 AT THE WHITE HART In the field, a hart couchant.Rev. IN[N] AT BEDLAM GATE E. E. K., in the field.
Erected, according to the date formerly on the front, in 1480. Stow, in 1598, says, "next unto the parish church of St. Buttolph without Bishopsgate is a fair inn for receipt of travellers." In the European Magazine, for March, 1787, is a view of the front ; and on June 3d and 4th, 1788, the whole of the furniture, plate, linen,
and effects were sold by auction on the premises ; the advertisements described it as "the White Hart tavern, of eminent resort for upwards of three centuries."
In January, 1819, the freehold of the White Hart tavern, the houses in White Hart court, etc., then producing on the old low long-leasehold rents 524Z. per annum, were announced for sale on the 17th ; particulars were to be had of Mr. John Long, Christ's Hospital. The White Hart tavern was rebuilt in 1829, when the entrance into Old Bedlam, formerly called Bedlam-gate, was widened, and the street renamed Liverpool street.
The Mirror, vol. xv., has a wood-cut view of the exterior of the White Hart tavern, showing the alterations subsequent to 1787, for improving the entrance to White Hart court ; taken almost immediately before the demolition in 1829. White Hart court appears to have been built on the old inn yard.
Half Moon, in Bishopsgate without,with initials G. I. O.
#177 THE HALF MOONE BREW A half-moon, in the field.Rev. HOVSE . WITHOUT BGATE In the field, G. I. O.
Joan Wood, in 1600, by her last will, gave rentcharges arising from the brewhouse called the Half-moon brewhouse, and a house in Half-moon alley, with other lands and tenements, to St. Botolph's, for charitable uses. Stow's Survey, edit. 1754, vol. i. p. 423.
The half-moon was the representative of a sixpence in the alewife's uncancelled scores, when the wall did penance in chalked hieroglyphics for the sins of the tippler. So in " Master W. H., his song to his wife at Windsor," printed in Captain Llewellyn's Men-miracles, and other Poems, 1656, duod., p. 40, mention is made of " the fat harlot of the tap' who
" Writes at night and at noon,
For tester, half a moon ;
And great round O, for a shilling."
The wood-cut attached to the ballad of " My Wife will be my Master," to the tune of "A tailour is no man," printed in J. P. Collier's BooTce ofRoxburghe Ballads,
1847, 4to, p. 89, is an admirable illustration of such an alewife's score. The phrase <e mind your P's and Q's" is said to have originated in a caution to tipplers who drank freely on credit, to be wary of the pints and quarts, scored against them by the nicked chalk of mine host. But in Rowland's Four Knaves is found this couplet
" Bring in a quart of Maligo [Malaga] right true ;
And look you rogue, that it be pee and kew."
A Stag and dove, in Bishopsgate without, with initials C. E. P. (Christopher Parr)
#178 CHRISTOPHER PARR AT A Stag and dove, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, C. E. P.
A smoking token, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Frances Dashwood
#179 FRANCES DASHWOOD Virginian smoking, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, A 1/2D
A token, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Frances Dashwood
B282. Obverse. Frances . dashwood = A naked man.WITHOUT . BISHOPS . GATE = A 1/2 D
Taylor the water poet, in his Admirable Exploits of Nicholas Wood, the Great Eater of Kent, observes, " every one hath particular qualities to themselves, and
dissonant from others, some live by smoake, as tobacconists, knights of the vapour, gentlemen of the whiffe, esquires of the pipe, gallants infumo."
A gridiron, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with initials H. M. I.
#180 AT THE GRIDE- IRON A gridiron, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE. In the field, H. M. I.
The gridiron is a prominent charge in the Girdlers Company arms.
Rose and Crown, in Bishopsgate without, with initials W. M. I.
#181 THE ROSE AND CROWN A rose crowned, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, W. M. I.
The frequency of the rose as a vintner's sign had its origin in the adoption of the red rose of Lancaster, or the white rose of York, by the several adherents of those factions. The marriage of the Lancastrian King Henry the Seventh with Elizabeth of York extinguished the feuds which the rivalry of these royal houses had created; and the Tudor rose, half red, half white, surmounted by the crown, became the royal badge, and as a sign, designated " the rose and crown ;" while the semi-colours became in time unused, their origin and meaning being imperfectly understood.
Blue Boar, in Bishopsgate without, with initials E. C.
#182 E. C. AT THE BLEW BOORE A Maltese cross, in field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE A boar, collar and chain.
The blue boar was the badge of the earls of Oxford. Stow, while noticing the sumptuous cavalcades of the nobility of that period, thus distinguishes John de Vere, lord great chamberlain, and the sixteenth earl, who died in 1562 ; " The late earl of Oxford, father to him that now [1598] liveth, hath been noted within these forty years to have ridden into this city, and so to his house by London stone, with eighty gentlemen, in a livery of Reading tawney, and chains of gold about their necks, before him ; and one hundred tall yeomen, in the like livery, to follow him, without chains, but all having his cognizance of the blue boar embroidered on their left shoulder."
A horse, in Bishopsgate without, with initials S. A. H. (Samuel Hampson)
#183 SAMUEL HAMPSON A horse current, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, S. A. H.
Three sugar-loaves, in Bishopsgate without, with Bathurst
#184 BATHURST, in the field CONFECTIONER, on the verge.Rev. BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT Three sugar-loaves.
A hive, in Bishopsgate without, in 1652, with initials T. G. (Thomas Goss)
#185 THOMAS GOSS WITHOUT A hive, in the field.Rev. BISHOPSGATE . 1652 In the field, T. G.
A helmet, in Bishopsgate without, with initials R. M. S. (Robert Studd)
#186 ROBERT STUDD AT THE A helmet, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, R. M. S.
Grocers Company arms, in Bishopsgate without, with initials T. E. T. (Thomas Tuchin)
#187 THO: TUCHIN. GROCER Grocers Company arms, in field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGAT In the field, T. E. T.
A sugar-loaf, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Thomas Tuchin
B332. Obverse. THO . TUTCHIN . WITHOUT = HIS HALF PENY.R. bishoppsgate = A sugar-loaf. 1/2
John Mottley, under the name of Robert Seymour, in his Survey of London; 1734, vol. i. p. 355, while recording the benefactions inscribed on the second table, under the gallery, at the north-west corner of the church of St. Botolph Bishopsgate, notices that " Mr. Deputy Tutchin gave, anno 1659, for the poor, five pounds per annum for ever." The deputy was no doubt the issuer of the token.
King Charles II, in Bishopsgate without, with initials I. E. T. (John Tuthill)
#188 JOHN TUTHILL Head of King Charles II., in the field.Rev. WTHOVT BISHOPSGATE In the field, I. E. T.
Lord Craven, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Arthur Hall
#189 ARTHUR HALL AT YE SINE OF MY LORD CRAVEN.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE HIS HALF PENY.
William Craven, eldest son of Sir William Craven, lord mayor of London in 1611, created Baron-Craven of Hampsted- Marshall, co. Berks., March 12th, 1626. Married ELIZABETH, QUEEN of BOHEMIA, eldest daughter of King James the First, and widow of the Palsgrave Frederick, subsequently King of Bohemia. Created Earl of Craven, March 15th, 1663 ; he died in 1697.
City of Norwich, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Samuel Hutton
#190 SAMUEL HUTTON AT YE CITTY OF NORWICH, in exergue.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE HIS HALF PENY.
A weavers shuttle, in Bishopsgate without, with initials H. F. I. (Henry Jordan)
#191 HENRY JORDON, VITLER A weaver's shuttle, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, H. F. I.
A token, in Bishopsgate without, with initials T. K. M. (THo,as Middleton)
#192 THOMAS MIDDLETON T. K. M., in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGAT In the field, same initials.
Horse, with pack-saddle, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny with Dorothy Overton
#193 DOROTHY OVERTON AT THE Horse, with pack-saddle.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE HER HALFE PENY.
The pack horses represented on several tokens indicated horses being for hire. It is stated that post horses and stages were first established by regulation in July, 1483, soon after the accession of King Richard the Third ; but in the steward's accounts of disbursements for Sir John Howard, subsequently Duke of Norfolk, under the date April 17th, 1467, is " Item, the same day my mastyr paid to the hakeneyman in party of payment of the horse my mastyr hered to ryde to Stoke [by Nayland, co. Suffolk], xxs."
A windmill, in Bishopsgate without, with initials W. A. S. (Will Stanley)
#193* WILL: SMALEY. BAKER A windmill, in the field.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE In the field, W. A. S.
Lion rampant, in Bishopsgate without, in 1666, with Ralph Butcher
#194 Ralph Butcher .1666 In three lines. Rev. WITHOUTBISHOPSGATE Lion rampant : above, a stick of candles.
Butcher, prior to the great fire in September, 1666, resided in Tower street, whence he issued a token in 1664. See No. 1173.
Possibly others of this date established their callings here, their dwellings elsewhere having been destroyed.
Sugar loaf, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1666, with Thomas Fydge
#195 THOMAS FYDGE . 1666 -In the field, HIS HALF PENY.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE Sugar loaf, in field.
Grocers Company arms, in Bishopsgate without, in 1666, with Francis Hardy
#196 Francis Hardy . Grocer Above the name, the date 1666.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE Grocers Company arms.
A crescent, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1666, with Walter Shower
#197 WALTER SHOWER . 1666 In the field, HIS HALF PENY.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE A crescent, in the field.
Distillers Company arms, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1667, with Thomas English
#198 THOMAS ENGLISH . 1667 The Distillers Company arms.Rev. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE HIS HALF PENY.
The Harrow, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Benjamin Antrobus
B265. Obverse. Benjamin . Antrobus . at (below, a harrow).R. At . the . Harrow . Without . Bishopsgate (in five lines). ( Octagonal .) 1/2
Sugar loaf, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials G . A . A. (George Atkines)
B266. Obverse. Georg . Atkines = A sugar-loaf.R. WITHOUT . BISHOP . GATE = G . A . A. 1/4
267. A variety reads alkines.
A hare courant, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1667, with Edward Bailey
B268. Obverse. EDWARD . BAILEY . 1667 = HIS HALFE PENY.R. without . bishopsgate = A hare courant.
A hare courant, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials I . B. (John Banbury)
B269. Obverse. John . Banbury . with = The Grocers’ Arms.R. OUT . BISHOPS . GATE = I . B. 1/4
A globe, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with John Barnard
B270. Obverse. JOHN . BARNARD . AT . THE = A globe.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALF PENY.
A tun pierced with three arrows, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials W . B.
B272. Obverse. at . the . tun . and . arowes = A tun pierced with three arrows.R. WITHOUT, bishopsgate = W . B. 1/4
Figure on horseback blowing a horn, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with initials I . S . B. (John Becham)
B273. Obverse. John . Becham . in . white . gate = Figure on horseback blowing a horn.R. ALLEY . WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALF PENY. I . S . B.
Ye White Hart, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Will Benet
B274. Obverse. Will . Benet . at . ye . white = A hart lodged.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPS . GATE = HIS HALF PENY.
Here was a lodge of Freemasons in the reign of Queen Anne.— Vide Appendix.
A clock-face and hand., in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials H . M . B. ()Henry Burgin
B275. Obverse. Henry . Burgin = A clock-face and hand.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = H . M . B. 1/4
A lion rampant, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1666, with Ralph Butcher
B276. Obverse. Ralph . Butcher . 1666 (in three lines).R. WITHOUT . bishops . gate = A lion rampant; above, a stick of candles. 1/4
Butcher, prior to the great fire in September, 1666, resided in Tower Street, whence he issued a token in 1664.
Possibly others of this date established their calling here, their dwellings elsewhere having been destroyed.—[B.]
Black lion rampant, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials G . E . C.
B278. Obverse. at . the . black . lyon = A lion rampant.R. WITHOUT . bishop . gate = A stick of candles, G . E . C. 1/4
Red lion rampant, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1657, with initials I . C.
B279. Obverse. at . ye . red . lyon . with = A lion rampant.R. OUT . BISHOPSGATE = I . C. 1657. 1/4
The following notice is interesting as giving the name of the issuer :
“A Book of Accounts belonging unto Andrew Woodhouse, lost about a fortnight since. If any one bring tydings thereof . . . to M. Cart at the Red Lyon without Bishopsgate, they shall receive content for their pains .”—Parliamentary Intelligencer , No. 81, July 23-30, 1660.
Is this the tavern mentioned in Turner's Trial , 1663, p. 51?—“That upon Thursday the seventh day of January instant, Col. James Turnery William Turner, White , and the other person whose name they knew not, met at the Red-Lyon in Bishopsgate street near to St. Hellens, about three of the clock in the afternoon, where they dined.”
Red lion, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with John Clark
B280. Obverse. John . Clark . in . red . lion = A cup and cover.R. COVRT . WITHOUT . BISHOPGAT = HIS HALFE PENY.
Vide preceding ; the “ Cup ” was doubtless adjacent to the “ Lion.”
Two soldiers, one holding a standard, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials G . E . D.
B281. Obverse. IN . WHIT . GATE . ALLEY = G . E . D.R. WITHOUT . bishops . gt = Two soldiers, one holding a standard. 1/4
A plough, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny in 1667, with initials T . D. (Thomas Dollison)
B283. Obverse. Thomas . Dollison . at . ye = A plough ; over it, T . D.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALFE PENY. 1667.
A double-beaded spread eagle, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny in 1668, with Peter Eagles
B284. Obverse. Peter . Eagles . 1668 = A double-beaded spread eagle.R. WITHOUT. BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALFE PENY.
The Distillers Arms, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny in 1667, with Thomas English
B285. Obverse. Thomas . English . 1667= The Distillers’ Arms.WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALF PENY.
A wheatsheaf, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1668, with Joseph Fossey
B286. Obverse. Joseph . Fossey . mealman = A wheatsheaf.R. WITHOUT. BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALF PENY. 1668.
A sugar 1oaf, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1666, with Thomas Fydge
B287. Obverse. THOMAS . FYDGE . l666 = HIS HALF PENY.R. without . bishops . gate = A sugar 1oaf. 1/2
A triple crescent, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials I . L . G. (John Greene)
B289. Obverse. John . Greene . tallo . ch = A triple crescent.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = I . L . G. 1/4
The Weavers Arms, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials M . H.
B290. Obverse. at . the . 3 . liberts . heads = The Weavers’ Arms.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = M . H. 1/4
A magpie, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1658, with initials S . A . H. (Salter)
B291. Obverse. WITHOUT . BISHOPS = S . A . H.R. Gate . Salter . 1658 = A magpie. 1/4
A full-blown rose, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials S . A . H.
B292. Obverse. by . the . sun = A full-blown rose, with rays darting from the upper part.R. WITHOUT . BISHOP . GATE = S . A . H. 1/4
White Swan, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials T . E . H.
B293. Obverse. AT . THE . WHITE . SWAN = A Swan.R. WITHOUT . BISHOP . GATE = T . E . H. 1/4
Three nuns, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1664, with initials I . E . H. (John Harden)
B295. Obverse. John . Hamden . 1664 = Three nuns.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = I . E . H. 1/4
The Grocers Arms, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1666, with Francis Hardy
B297. Obverse. 1666 . Francis . Hardy . Grocer (in four lines across the field).R. WITHOUT . bishopsgate = The Grocers’ Arms. 1/4
Three kings crowned, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials W . H. (William Holbech)
B298. Obverse. William . Holbech = Three kings crowned, each holding a sceptre and an orb.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = W . H. 1/4
A Castle, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with William Jordan
B303. Obverse. WILLIAM , JORDAN . AT . THE = A Castle.R. WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALFE PENY.
A Castle, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials W . A . I. (William Jordan)
B304. Obverse. WILLIAM . JORDAN . AT . YE = A Castle.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPPS . GATE = W . A . I. 1/4
A token, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1657, with initials I. M . K. (John Kentish)
B305. Obverse. JOHN . KENTISH . WITH- = 1657.R. OUT . BISHOPSGATE . 57 = I. M . K. 1/4
Red Lion, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with John Lambe
B306. Obverse. JOHN . LAMBE . IN . RED . LION = HIS HALFE PENY.R. court . WITHOUT . bishopgat = A lion rampant.
A Crown, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1663, with initials F . M. (Francis Martyn)
B307. Obverse. FRANCIS . MARTYN . WITH = A Crown.R. OUT . BISHOPS . GATE . 63 = F . M. 1/4
308. A variety reads :
A token, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials F . M. (Francis Martyn)
Obverse. FRANCES . MARTYN . WITH = F . M.R. OUT . BISHOPSGATE — F . M. 1/4
A harrow, in Bishopsgate without, farthing in 1657, with initials G . A . N. (George Nicolls)
B310. Obverse. George . Nicolls . with = A harrow.R. OUT . BISHOPS . GATE . 57 = G . A . N. 1/4
A Half Moon, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials G . I . O.
B311. Obverse. the . halfe . moone . brew = A crescent moon.R. HOVS . WITHOUT . B . GATE = G . I . O. 1/4
312. A variety reads house.
Joan Wood, in 1600, by her last, will, gave rentcharges arising from the brewhouse called the Half-moon Brewhouse, and a house in Half-moon Alley, with other lands and tenements, to St. Botolph’s for charitable uses.—Stow’s Survey, edit. 1754, vol. i., p. 423. —[B.]
Half-moon Alley still exists.
The Tallowchandlers Arms, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1664, with initials A . I . P. (Andrew Partridge)
B315. Obverse. Andrew . Partridge . wTH = The Tallowchandlers’ Arms.R. OUT . BISHOPSGATE . 1664 = A . I . P. 1/4
A horse saddled and bridled, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Edward Plowman
B316. Obverse. Edward . Plowman . at . YE = A horse saddled and bridled.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPS . GATE = HIS HALF PENY.
Two men carrying a barrel, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with initials I . S . P. (John Pullin)
B317. Obverse. John . Pullin . half . moon = Two men carrying a barrel.R. ALLY .WITHOUT . BISHOPGATE = HIS HALFE PENNY. I . S . P. 1/2
Vide Nos. 311 and 312.
A sunflower and a barrel, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with Henry Quelch
B318. Obverse. Hen . Quelch . oyleman . at . YE = A sunflower and a barrel.R. WITHOUT. BISHOPGATE = HIS HALFE PENEV.
A rainbow, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials E . G . R.
B319. Obverse. at . the . Rainebowe = A rainbow.R. WITH . OVT . BISHOPGATE = E . G . R. 1/4
A woman churning, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials R . A . R. (Robert Rowles)
B320. Obverse. Robert . Rowles = A woman churning.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPGATE = R . A . R. 1/4
An anchor, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials B . S . S.
B321. Obverse. the . govlden . anchor = An anchor.R. WITHOUT . BISHOP . GATE = B . S . S. 1/4
An angel, holding a scroll, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials E . A . S.
B322. Obverse. BY . ANGELL . ALLV = E . A . S.R. WITHOUT . bishop . gate = An angel, holding a scroll. 1/4
Mouth . tavern, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials R . K . S.
B323. Obverse. at . the. Mouth . tavern = A human head, with wide mouth.R. WITHOUT . BISHOP . GATE = R . K . S. 1/4
“ I intended to have seen the Quakers, who. they say, do meet every Lords day at the Mouth at Bishopsgate; but I could see none stirring, nor was it fit to ask for the place.”—Pepys’ Diary , October 2, 1664.
A Black raven, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with initials S . E . S. (Sam Sallway)
B324. Obverse. Sam . Sallway . at . ye . black = A raven.R. RAVEN . WITHOUT . BISHOPGATE = HIS HALF PENY. S . E . S. 1/2
A lion rampant, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, in 1667, with Henry Salter
B325. Obverse. O. Henry . Salter . 1667 (in three lines).R. WITHOUT . bishops . gat = A lion rampant, and a stick of candles. 1/4
A horse-soldier and a tobacco roll, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1670, with Henry Salter
B326. Obverse. JOHN . SHELLEY . WITH = HIS HALF PENY.R. out . bishopsgate . 70 = A horse-soldier and a tobacco roll. 1/2
A half-moon, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1666, with Walter Shower
B327. Obverse. WALTER. SHOWER. l666 = HIS HALF PENY.R. WITHOUT. BISHOPSGATE = A half-moon.
A pair of stags horns, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, with initials W . E . S. (Will Sillet)
B328. Obverse. Will . Sillet . in . Dunings . aly = A pair of stag’s horns.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = HIS HALF PENY. W . E . S. 1/2
A hand pouring coffee, in Bishopsgate without, halfpenny, in 1668, with John Stanton
B330. Obverse. JOHN . Stanton . in . Dunings = A hand pouring coffee.R. ALLY . WITHOUT . BISHOPGATE = HIS HALFE PENNY. 1668.
A token, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials I . E . W. (John W ...)
B335. Obverse. JOHN . W.... WITHOUT = I . E . W.R. BISHIPES . GAT . CHANLER = I . E . W. 1/4
A token, in Bishopsgate withoux, farthing, with initials H . M . W. (John W ...)
B336. Obverse. HENERY . WARREN = A bird.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPSGATE = H . M . W. 1/4
The Mercers Arms, in Bishopsgate without, farthing, with initials B . E . W.(Ben Washbourne)
B337. Obverse. Ben . Washbourne = The Mercers’ Arms.R. WITHOUT . BISHOPGATE = B . E . W. 1/4
BLACKFRIARS.
A rose and crown, in Blackfriars, with initials T. A. W. (Thomas Wilson)
#199 THOMAS WILSON A rose and crown, in the field.Rev. IN BLACK FRYERS In the field, T. A. W.
In the ballad describing Admiral Dean's Funeral, a royalist banter on the honours rendered the body on its passage by water for interment in King Henry the Seventh's chapel, in June, 1653, it is said
" Queen -hythe, Paul's wharf, and the Fryers also,
Where now the players have little to do,
Let him pass without any tokens of woe,
Which nobody can deny."
Man dipping candles, in Blackfriars, with initials W. R. C. (William Cranwell)
#200 WILLIAM CRANWELL Man dipping candles, in the field.Rev. IN BLACKFRIERS In the field, W. R. C.
A token, in Blackfriars, in 1659, with initials R. D. S.
#201 YE DARKE ENTRY In the field, the initials R. D. S.Rev. IN BLACK FRIERS 1659, in the field.
A Dominican friar, in Blackfriars, a penny, in 1671, with Thomas Sutton
#202 THO : SUTTON AT Y BLACK FRYER A Dominican friar.Rev. IN BLACKE FRYERS . 1671 In the field, HIS 1D
The Dominican is here represented with cross and rosary, the implements of his calling; and across the field, in script characters, is the denotation of the celebrity of the sign as a Mum House. The acquisition of this piece has ever been a desideratum with collectors; it is engraved in Snelling's Copper Coinage, pi. v. fig. 39.
Mum appears to have been a liquor in considerable demand at this time. " One seeing written on a coffee-house sign, ' Here's Mum to be sold,' said it was a good rhyme. How can that be ? said the other. Why thus, replied the former :
" Here's Mum to be
S, o, l, d."
Complaisant Companion, 16? 4, 8vo, p. 83.
Skinner calls Mum a strong kind of beer, introduced from Brunswick, and derived either from the German mommekn, to mumble, or from mum (sikntii index],
i. e., either drink that will (ut nos dicimus) make a cat speak, or drink that will take away the power of speech. Pope has
"The clamorous crowd is hush'd with mugs of mum,
Till all, tun'd equal, send a general hum."
The City arms, in Blackfriars
#203 PAYABLE IN BLACK FRIARS LONDON A Dominican or black friar, with cross in right hand.Rev. The City arms and motto, DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
A token of the eighteenth century, beautifully executed.
A lion rampant, in Blackfriars, halfpenny, in 1670 with John Chamberline
B338. Obverse. JOHN . Chamberline . canter = A lion rampant crowned, holding a sword and a bundle of arrows.R. BURY . COURT . BLACK . FRIERS = HALF PENY. 1670.
A token, in Blackfriars, farthing, in 1664 with initials T . E . H. (Thomas Hooton)
B340. Obverse. Thomas . Hooton . 1664 (in three lines across the field).R. IN . BLACK . FRIERS = T . E . H. 1/4
A token, in Blackfriars, with initials W . A . H. (William, Houlder)
B340. Obverse. William, Houlder = A gateway.R. BLACKE . FRYERS . GATE = W . A . H.
A swan, in Blackfriars, with initials T . C . I.
B342. Obverse. ... sley . at . the . = A swan.R. IN . FRIERS = T . C . I.
This may belong to Gray friars or to Whitefriars, q. Wv.
A building, in Blackfriars, farthing, with initials T . D . K.
B343. Obverse. at . ye . Garden . hovs = A building.R. IN . BLACK . FRIERS = T . D . K. 1/4
A token, in Blackfriars, farthing, in 1666, with initials W . K. (William Kidder)
B344. Obverse. William . Kidder . 1666 (in three lines across the field).R. IN . BLACKFRYERS = W . K. 1/4
A plough, in Blackfriars, farthing, in 1650, with initials W . M . N .
B345. Obverse. AT . THE . PLOW = A plough.R. IN . BLACK . FRYERS . 1650 = W . M . N . 1/4
A drum, in Blackfriars, farthing, in 1657, with initials C . M . S. (Charles Simkins)
B347. Obverse. CHARLES . SIMKINS = A drum.R. IN . BLACK . FRIERS . 1657= C . M . S. 1/4
A bird, collared, on a wreath, in Blackfriars, farthing, in 1659, with initials N . E . S. (Nicolas Simson)
B348. Obverse. Nicolas . Simson . in = A bird, collared, on a wreath.R. BLACK . FRIERS . 1659 = N . E . S. 1/4
A Friar standing, , in Blackfriars, penny, in 1671, with Thomas Sytton
B349. Obverse. Tho. Sytton . at . ye . black . fryer = A Friar standing, holding a crucifix and a rosary; across the field, Mum House.R. IN . BLACK . FRYERS . 1671 = HIS 1D
The acquisition of this piece has ever been a desideratum with collectors. It is engraved in Snelling’s Copper Coinage , pi. v., fig. 39.—[B.]
An angel, in Blackfriars, farthing, with initials I . E . T. (John Tudor)
B350. Obverse. JOHN . TUDOR . AT . BLAK = I . E . T.R. friears . STEARES = An angel. 1/4
A token, in Blackfriars, halfpenny, in 1669, with initials I . A . W. (John Wildman)
B351. Obverse. JOHN . WILDMAN . 69 = I . A . W.R. IN. BLACK. FRYERS — HIS HALFE PENY.
A golden fleece, in Blackfriars, farthing, with initials P . I . Y. (Philip Yeo)
B353. Obverse. Philip . Yeo . at . the = A golden fleece.R. IN . BLACK . FRYERS = P . I . Y. 1/4
BLACK HORSE ALLEY (Fleet Street).
Ye KIngs Head, in Black Horse Alley, Fleet Street, halfpenny, with Thomas Blunsum
B354. Obverse. THO . BLUNSUM . AT YE KINGES = HIS HALFE PENY.R. HEAD . IN . BLACK . HORSE . ALLY = Bust of a king, crowned.
BLACKMAN STREET, Southwark.
Blackman street extends from St. Georges church to the Kings-bench prison.
A token, in Blackman street, Southwark, halfpenny, with william Allsup
#204 WILLIAM ALLSUP AT YE Object in field, illegible.Rev. IN BLACKMAN ST. SOUTHWARK HIS HALF PENY.
A token, in St Georges church, Southwark, halfpenny, in 166., with Daniel Arnold
#205 DANIEL ARNOLD WINE COOPER 166 . ? in four lines.Rev. NEER ST. GEORGES CHVRCH . HIS HALF PENY.
Octagonal in form. The old parish church of St. George the Martyr, named on the token, appertained by the gift of Thomas Aderne, and Thomas his son, in the year 1122, to the priory of Bermondsey. Impaired by age, it was demolished, and the foundation stone of the present edifice was laid April 23d, 1734.
An ape seated, smoking a pipe, in St Georges church, Southwark, penny, with John Ewing
#206 JOHN EW1NG . ST. GEORGES CHURCH IN SOUTHWARKE .Rev. An ape seated, smoking a pipe HIS PENNY.
Octangular in form. Tobacco must have become prevalent at a much earlier date than is generally supposed, and its qualities appreciated by different names.
" As for the Middle-sex, or Londoner, I smell his diet. Vescitur aura cetherea.
Here is a pipe of right Trinidado for him. The Yorkers they will bee content with bald Tabacodocko." Henry Buttes's Dyets Dry Dinner, 1599, Epistle Dedicatorie, Aa. rev.
White Swan, in St Georges church, Southwark, halfpenny, with High Ley
#207 HUGH LEY AT THE WHITE A swan, in the field.Rev. BY ST. GEORGES CHURCH SOUTHWARK . HIS HALF PENY. Heart-shaped.
A man smoking, in Blackman street, Southwark, halfpenny, in 1667, with Robert Mayon
#208 ROBERT MAYOW.1667 In the field, a man smoking.Rev. IN BLACKMAN . STREET HIS HALF PENY.
Coopers Company arms, in Blackman street, Southwark, with initials H. S. P. (Henry Powell)
#209 HENRY POWELL IN Coopers Company arms, in field.Rev. BLACKMAN STREET In the field, H. S. P.
Bakers Company arms, in Blackman street, Southwark, halfpenny, in 1667, with initials M. E. R. (Michael Rayner)
#210 MICHAELL RAYNER IN Bakers Company arms, in field.Rev. BLACKMAN STREET . 1667 HIS HALFE PENNY. M. E. R.
BLACKWALL.
St. George and the Dragon, at Blackwall stairs, halfpenny, with Robert East
B355. Obverse. Robert . East . at . ye . Georg = St. George and the Dragon.R. AT . BLACKWALL . STAIRES = HIS HALFE PENY.
KINGS-BENCH PRISON, Southwark
A token, at Kings Bench prison, halfpenny, in 1669, with Robert Stonier
#211 ROBERT STONIER AT Ye KINGS BENCH IN, in five lines.Rev. SOUTHWARKE . HIS HALFE PENY . 1669.
The prison of the Court of King's Bench has been situated near the end of Blackman street for ages, of which no distinctive records remain. Prince Hal, afterwards the memorable King Henry the Fifth, was committed, in 1411, to this prison by Judge Gascoigne, for insulting him while on the bench.
Geffray Minshull, writing " from the King's Bench prison in Southwarke," in 1617, characterises it as "a, place that hath more diseases predominant in it than the pest-house in plague-time, and it stinkes more than the lord mayor's dogge-house, or Paris-garden, in August."
The foundation of the present prison was laid August 6th, 1755 ; and the debtors transferred thence, from the old ruinous building, November 7th, 1758.
Three sugar-loaves, near the Bench prison, with initials R. A. O.
#212 NEAR THE BENCH In the field, the initials R. A. O.Rev. IN SOUTHWARK Three sugar-loaves, in the field.
BLANCH-APPLETON COURT, Mark Lane.
A name derived from the lands or manor of Blanch Appleton. Stow, in his Survaye,
notices a grant of King Edward the First, in 1285, authorizing the enclosure and
shutting up of a lane behind the said Blanch Appleton ; he adds that the manor
belonged to Sir Thomas Boos of Hamelake, knight, and describes it as " standing
at the north-east corner of Mart lane, now corruptly termed Marke lane."
An order of Common Council, October 12th, 1464, ordained " that the
basket-makers, gold-wire drawers, and other foreigners, using mysteries within
the city, should not henceforth hold shops within the liberty of the city, but
at Blanche Appulton, so as they might have sufficient dwelling there."
Coopers Company arms, in Blanch Appleton court, with Joseph Taylor
#213 JOSEPH TAYLOR His | The Coopers Company arms.Rev. IN BLANCH APPLETON COURT AT THE END OF MARKE LANE.
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