Early Inns and Taverns through tradesmens tokens - Abchurch lane to Ave Maria Lane
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LONDON TRADERS, TAVERN, AND COFFEE-HOUSE TOKENS, CURRENT 1649-1672. :
Index of Tradesmens tokens.
The # prefix is the numbering of the Beaufoy collection, and B is the prefix of additional tokens listed in the Boynes collection.
Letter A - Abchurch lane to Ave Maria Lane
Abchurch lane, Lombard Street.
Lion, in Abchurch lane, in 1649, a farthing with initials T . A . C.
B1. Obverse. at . the . lion . in = A lion passant.
R. ABCHURCH . LANE . 1649 = T . A . C. farthing
A Wheatsheaf, in Abchurch lane, in 1666, a halfpenny to Nathaniel Goosly
B2. Obverse. NATHANIEL . GOOSLY = A wheatsheaf.
R. IN . ABCHURCH . LANE . 1666 = HIS HALF PENY.
A White Bear, in Abchurch lane, in 1665, a halfpenny to Ralph Lucas
White Bear, Abchurch lane
#76 RALPH LUCAS AT THE WHIT A bear, in the field.
Rev. IN ABCHURCH LANE . 1665 HIS HALF PENY.
The White-Bear tavern was destroyed in the great fire of September 1666, but, on the rebuilding, the proximity of the situation for all purposes of business
induced a Frenchman, described by Evelyn as " M. Pontack, the son of the President of Bordeaux, owner of a district whence are imported to England some
of the most esteemed claret," to establish a tavern with all the novelties of French cookery, that soon obtained popularity under the appellation of Pontack's.
Proud of his descent, he set up his father's head as a sign, as possibly more attractive than his own, and, doubtless being painted in official costume, soon
became noticed as the Pontack's Head. Evelyn, in July 1683, however, seems to have thought the son no conjuror, and to nave considered his acquirements of but
ordinary capacity ; as he observes, " I think I may truly say of him, what was not so truly said of St. Paul, that much learning had made him mad."
The fellows of the Royal Society, after the Fire, held their anniversary dinner
on November 30th, at the Crown tavern in Threadneedle street ; but for some
cause, possibly more scientifically cooked viands, moved to the Pontack's Head ;
and in 1694, Evelyn again records, " we all dined at Pontack's as usual."
A scarce tract, entitled " The Metamorphoses of the Town, 1731," sufficiently
attests the character of Pontack's as the resort at that period of extravagant
epicures, and, in the bill of fare of "a guinea ordinary," figure "a, ragout of
fatted snails," and "chickens not two hours from the shell." The tavern appears
to have been at this period conducted by a female, as the Weekly Oracle records
; on "Thursday, January 15th, 1736, William Pepys, banker in Lombard street, was
married at St. Clement's church in the Strand, to Mrs. Susannah Austin, who
lately kept Pontack's, where with universal esteem she acquired a considerable
fortune."
Abchurch lane would seem to have been long known for its contributions towards
good living. Frisco, in Haughton's Englishmen for my Money, played in 1598, says
" I have the scent of London Stone as full in my nose, as Abchurch lane of
Mother Walle's pasties. Sirs, feele about, I smell London Stone." Edit. 1616,
4to, sign. Gl.
Respecting Mother Wall's pies, see Sandys's Festive Songs, pp. xlvi. and xlvii.
A token, in Abchurch lane, in 1664, a farthing with initials I . S . M. (John . Milett)
B4. Obverse. John . Milett . 1664 (in three lines).
R. IN . ABCHURCH . LANE = I . S . M. farthing
The Lamb, in Abchurch lane, in 1649, a farthing with initials R. S. P.
B5. Obverse. at . the . lambe . in = The Holy Lamb couchant.
R. ABCHURCH . LANE . 1649 = R. S. P. farthing
'A hand pouring from a coffee-pot into a cup', in Abchurch lane, a halfpenny to Augustine Rand
B6. Obverse. Avgvstine . Rand = A hand pouring from a coffee-pot into a cup.
R. IN . ABCHURCH . LANE = HIS HALF PENY.
The White Hart, in Abchurch lane, a farthing with initials D . I . S.
B7. Obverse. at . the . whit . hart = A hart standing.
R. IN . ABCHURCH . LANE = D . I . S. farthing
The Black Horse, in Abchurch lane, a farthing with initials W . A . T.
B8. Obverse. at . the . black . horse = A horse saddled and bridled.
R. IN . ABCHURCH . LANE = W . A . T. farthing
ADDLE HILL, Upper Thames Street.
Distillers arms, in Addle Hill, Upper Thames Street, with initials C. E. D.
#77 CHARLES DEARE Sun in splendour; Distillers arms.
Rev. AT ADLIN HILL In the field, C. E. D.
Sun in Addle Hill, a farthing with with initials C. E. D. (Charles Deare)
B9. Obverse. Charles . DEARE = The sun in rays.
R. AT . ADLIN . HILL = C . E . D. farthing
Sun in Addle Hill, in 1656, a farthing with with initials T . D . S. (Thomas Stedman)
B10. Obverse. THOMAS . STEDMAN = The sun.
R. ON . ADDLE . HILL . 1656 = T . D . S. farthing
ADDLE STREET (Aldermanbury).
Sugar Loaf in Addle street, a farthing with with initials A . K. (Thomas Stedman)
B11. Obverse. at . the . suger . lofe = A sugar-loaf between A . K.
R. IN . ADDELL . STREET = A . K. farthing
Sugar Loaf in Addle street, in 1666, a halfpenny with with initials R . K . R. (Robert Rhett)
B12. Obverse. Robert . Rhett . 1666 = A sugar-loaf, R . K . R.
R. IN . ADLE . STREETE = HIS HALF PENY. 1/2
ST. ALBAN’S STREET.
'St. Alban standing near an altar' in St. Alban street near St James market, to George Carter
B2444. Obverse. Georg . Carter . at . ye . ST . Alban = St. Alban standing near an altar.
R. IN . ST . ALBANS . STREET . NEERE . ST . JAMES . MARKET (in six lines).
ALDERMANBURY.
A ball, in Aldermanbury, a farthing with initials R . M . H. (Robert Hilton)
B13. Obverse. ROBERT . HILTON . IN = A ball.
R. ALDERMANBARY = R . M . H. farthing
A sieve, in Aldermanbury, a halfpenny, in 1669 with initials I . S . I. (John Johnson)
B14. Obverse. John . iohnson . 1669 = A sieve.
R. IN . ALDERMANBVRY = HIS HALF PENY. I . S . I. 1/2
A lion passant, in Aldermanbury, a farthing, in 1669 with initials E . P. (Ellener Pricke)
B15. Obverse. Ellener . Pricke = A lion passant.
R. IN . ALDERMANBERRY = E . P. farthing
ALDGATE.
Aldgate, built in 1606, was sold by the civic authorities, on Wednesday, July 30th, 1760, for 1771. 10s. The demolition began on September 4th, the Monday
following, when some of the ornamental carvings, part of the city arms, with the heads and wings of the dragons, apparently cut in Portland stone, were obtained
by Sir Walter Blackett, an eminent merchant at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and appropriated to the decoration of Rothley castle, an eye-trap, erected by him on
the crags of that name, near Wallington, Northumberland.
Coach and Horses at Aldgate, a halfpenny of John Game
#78 JOHN GAME AT THE COACH A coach : below it 1/2
Rev. AND HORSES AT ALLGATE The above repeated, in the field.
The Coach-and-Horses was a sign adopted by hackney-coach proprietors, who, by an
ordinance of the Lord Protector, with the advice of his council, June 23d, 1654,
were not, within London, Westminster, and six miles about the late lines of
communication, to exceed at any time two hundred persons ; the hackney-coaches
used by them, not more than three hundred ; nor their hackney horses for coaches
to exceed six hundred. The entire direction, as to places of standing, rates of
feres, and rules of governance, was vested in the Court of Aldermen of the City
of London ; provided the ordinance did not extend to the prejudice or restraint
of any coaches commonly called stage-coaches, coming to, or going from London to
remote places.
May 1, 1663. “ I, upon a horse hired of Mr. Game , saw him (P.’s father) out of
London, at the end of Bishopsgate .Streete, and so I turned and rode, with
some trouble, through the fields, and then Holborne, etc., towards Hide Parke.”
Further on, “ In my way in Leadenhall Streete, there was morris-dancing, which I
have not seen a great while. So set my horse up at Game’s , paying 5s. for
him.”—Pepys’ Diary.
Three doves, Tallow-chandlers arms, at Aldgate High street, in 1657, of John Tidder
#79 JOHN TIDDER [16]57 Three doves, from the Tallow-chandlers arms.
Rev. WITHIN ALDGAT I. A. T.
ALDGATE HIGH STREET.
Ye Pye Tavern, at Aldgate without, in 1671, with initials D. G. I. (David Gillatt)
#80 DAVID GILLATT AT THE PYE A magpie, in the field.
Rev. WITHOUT ALGATE . 1671 In the field, D. G. I.
On the 16th April, 1672, at Aldgate, a birth is registered of a David Gillett, son of David Gillett and his wife, Mary Gillett
On the 3rd November, 1678, at Aldgate, a burial is registered of a David Gillatt, vintner, at Ye Pye Tavern a Aldgate.
A token was issued from " the Pye without Algate" so early as 1648, and the initials of the taverner and his wife on the reverse were then W. A. G.
In 1661 was printed "The Presbyterian Lash, or Noctroffs Maid Whipp'd; a tragi-comedy,
as it was lately acted in the great roome at the Pye Tavern at Algate." This bitter satire had allusion to ZACHABY CROFTON, a violent Presbyterian leader, who was accused of whipping his maid for some supposed fault she had committed ; and had the effrontery to print a defence of his conduct. See White Kennett's Chronicle, p. 797 ; and Butler's Hudibras, edit. 1764, vol. i. p. 354.
De Foe, in his Memoirs of the Plague, 1665, notices in particular "the Pye
Tavern, over against the end of Houndsditch." He describes the dreadful set of
fellows who there kept late hours in a room next the street ; and, as the
dead-cart passed, followed by grieving persons, whose relations were being borne
to the great pit then opened in the churchyard, assailed them by jeers and
raillery that no remonstrance could abate : yet, ere a fortnight had elapsed,
all were themselves thrown lifeless corpses into the same hole, and he who was
most forward and most loud in his imprecations and scoffs was the first to pass
to " that bourne from whence no traveller returns."
The Pie, now called the Magpie, is a contraction of the words fe maggoty -pie,"
deduced from the French word magot, implying a caprice, a whim, or a fancy ; an
appellation the Pie appears to have obtained from the whimsicality of its
drolleries.
[There is a Magpie at New street, Bishopsgate, in Aldgate parish, by 1800, but this is an entirely different site. John Lockie, in 1810, describes this as New Street, Bishopsgate Street, at 30, the second on the Right north from the church, it leads to the India Companys warehouse.]
Ye Pye Tavern, at Aldgate, with Simon Turner
#81 SIMON TURNER NEXT A magpie, in the field.
Rev. THE PIE AT ALGATE Grocers Company arms.
Ye Pye Tavern, at Aldgate, a penny, with Simon Turner
B68. Obverse. Simon . Turner . next = The Grocers’ Arms.
R. the . pie . at . algate=A magpie; above, 1D
Ye Pye Tavern, at Aldgate, with Simon Turner
B69. Obverse. Simon . Turner . next = A magpie.
R. the . pie . at . algate = The Grocers’ Arms.
The usual farthing size. Turner also issued a token for one penny.
In March 1699, there is a SIMON TURNER, aged 40 buried in Bishopsgate. His will refers to him as Skinner (this is probably not the Simon Turner at the Pye / Magpie. He married Mary Cook in 1654 at Aldgate.).
Harts Horns, at Aldgate without, with initials E. D. T.
#82 AT THE HARTS HORNS Horns affixed to scalp, in field.
Rev. WITHOUT ALL-GATE In the field, E. D. T.
Lion rampant, at Aldgate without, with initials R. A. W. (Robert Ward)
#83 ROBERT WARD Lion rampant, in the field.
Rev. WITHOUT ALL-GATE In the field, R. A. W.
A bunch of grapes, at Aldgate without, in 1659, with Gabriell Harper
#84 GABRIELL HARPER In field, angel winged, bearing scroll.
Rev. WITHOUT ALLGAT [16]59 A bunch of grapes.
A bunch of grapes, at Aldgate without, in 1659, with Gabriell Harper
#85 GABRIELL HA[R]PER In the field, an angel, as above.
Rev. WITHOUT ALLGAT [16]59 A bunch of grapes.
The R in the surname on obverse omitted in error by the die sinker.
Cannon, or Gun, at Aldgate without, John Langham
B67. Obverse. John . Langham . at . the = The Grocers’ Arms.
R. gun . at . algate=A cannon.
Vide No. 88.
Kings Head Tavern, at Aldgate
B70. Obverse. at . the . kings . head = Bust of Charles I. crowned.
R. TAVERN . IN . algate = (Detrited).
ALDGATE WITHIN.
St. George and the dragon, at Aldgate within, in 1649, with initials N . E . B.
B71. Obverse. at . the . george . within = St. George and the dragon.
R. ALL . GATTE . l649 = N . E . B.
Saracens head, at Aldgate within, with initials R . S . B.
B72. Obverse. at . the . saresens . head = A Saracen’s head.
R. WITHIN . ALGATE . CHANDLER = R . S . B.
A globe, at Aldgate within, with initials R . D . D.
B73. Obverse. RICHARD . DRAPER = A globe.
R. WITHIN . ALLGATE = R . D . D.
A bear, at Aldgate within, with initials W . A . F. (Will Forde)
B74. Obverse. WIL . FORDE . AT . THE . BEARE = A bear.
R. WITHIN . ALGATE = W . A . F.
The Sun Tavern, at Aldgate within, with initials T . K . I.
B75. Obverse. AT . THE . SVNN . TAVERNE = The Sun.
R. WITHIN . ALLGATE = T . K . I.
The Blue Bell, at Aldgate within, with initials H . E . L.
B76. Obverse. THE . BLEW . BELL . WITHIN = A bell.
R. ALLGATE . MELL . MAN = H . E . L.
Mitre Tavern, at Aldgate within, with initials H . S . N.
B77. Obverse. AT . Ye . MYTER . TAVERNE = A mitre.
R. WITHIN . ALGATE = H . S . N.
White Lion, at Aldgate within, a halfpenny, in 1668, with Robert Pond
B78. Obverse. Robert . Pond . at . the . whit = A lion rampant.
R. WITHIN . ALDGATE . l668 = HIS HALF PENY.
A Castle, at Aldgate within, a halfpenny, in 1666, with initials R . E. (Robert Taylor)
B79. Obverse. ROBERT . TAYLOR . AT . THE = A castle.
R. WITHIN . ALLGATE . 1666 = HIS HALFE PENY. R . E.
A horseshoe, at Aldgate within, with initials T . E . W.
B81. Obverse. at . y e . horshooe = A horseshoe.
R. WITHIN . ALGATE = T . E . W.
Ye Still, at Aldgate within, with initials R . T . W. (Richard Walton)
B82. Obverse. RICHARD . WALTON . AT . Y E = A Still.
R. STILL . WITHIN . ALGAT = R . T . W.
ALDGATE WITHOUT.
The Sun, at Aldgate without, with initials D . A. (Dorothy Acheson)
B83. Obverse. DOROTHY . ATCHESON . CHES = The Sun.
R. monger . WITHOUT . algat = A trumpet, and D . A.
A rose and crown, at Aldgate without, with initials R . E . A. (Ric Aylett)
B84. Obverse. Ric . aylett . at . the = A rose and crown.
R. WITHOUT . ALLGATE = R . E . A.
A Stirrup, at Aldgate without, with initials R . A . B. (Richard Bradle)
B85. Obverse. RICHARD . BRADLE ... = A Stirrup.
R. Ye . WITHOUT . ALDGATE = R . A . B.
A cannon, at Aldgate without, in 1659, with initials W . A . D.
B86. Obverse. at . the . gune . 1659 = A cannon.
R. WITHOUT . ALGATE = W . A . D.
A checkered square, at Aldgate without, in 1667, a halfpenny, to David Gryer
B89. Obverse. David . Gryer . at . the = A checkered square.
R. WITHOUT . ALGATE . 1667= HIS HALF PENY.
A magpie, at Aldgate without, in 1648, a halfpenny, with initials W . A . I.
B91. Obverse. at . the . pye . WITHOUT = A magpie.
R. ALGATE . 1648 = W . A . I.
A harrow, or Plough, at Aldgate without, to Thomas Ingram
B92. Obverse. THOMAS. INGRAME = A harrow.
R. WITHOUT . ALL . GATE = A plough.
Merchant Tailors Arms, at Aldgate without, halfpenny, to John Johnson
B93. Obverse. John . Johnson . without = The Merchant-Tailors’ Arms.
R. ALGATE . NEAR . WHIT . CHAPPELL . CHURCH . HIS . HALF . penny (in six lines). ( Octagonal .)
An anchor and heart, at Aldgate without, with initials A . E . K. (Andrew Kildermore)
B94. Obverse. Andrew . kildermore = An anchor and heart.
R. ALLGATE . WITHOUT = A . E . K.
A Bell, at Aldgate High street, a halfpenny, in 1665 to John Quick
B95. Obverse. JOH . QuICK . IN . HIGH . STRET = A bell.
R. WITHOUT . ALGATE . 1665 — HIS HALF PENY.
A Castle, at Aldgate without, with Thomas Slightholme)
B96. Obverse. THOMAS . SLIGHTHOLME = A castle.
R. WITHOUT . ALGATE = A Castle.
A cauldron, at Aldgate without, with initials T . M . S. (Thomas Sparke)
B97. Obverse. Tho . Sparke . at . the = A cauldron.
R. WITHOUT . ALLGATE = T . M . S.
A bladebone, at Aldgate without, in 1668, a halfpenny, with initials T . S . T. (Thomas Thacker)
B98. Obverse. Thomas . Thacker . at . the = A bladebone.
R. WITHOUT . ALGATE . l668 = HIS HALF PENY. T . S . T.
A lion rampant, at Aldgate without, in 1668, a halfpenny, with initials I . V. (John Vitrtue)
B99. Obverse. John . Vertue . at . the . red = A lion rampant between I . V.
R. WITHOUT . ALDGATE . l668 = HIS HALF PENY.
A Blue Bell, at Aldgate without, with initials C . W.
B100. Obverse. AT . THE . BLEW . BELL = A bell.
R. WITHOUT . ALL . GATE = C . W.
A lady, at Aldgate without, a halfpenny, in 1666, with initials T . M . W. (Thomas Withers)
B102. Obverse. THO . WITHERS . AT . THE = A lady.
R. WITHOUT . ALGATE . l666 = HIS HALF PENY. T . M . W. 1/2
ALDERSGATE STREET.
Aldersgate, whence many of John Daye the printer's most rare productions issued in the sixteenth century, was sold by the civic authorities, on Wednesday, April 22d, 1761, for 9l., and the demolition commenced in the following week. The site where it stood is marked, on the east side of the street, by 62, St. Martin's-le-grand.
A bucket, or milk-pail, in the field, at Aldersgate street, with initials I. M. C. (Joseph Collett)
#86 JOSEPH COLLET IN A bucket, or milk-pail, in the field.
Rev. ALDERSGATE STREET In the field, I. M. C.
Swan and sugar-loaf, at Aldersgate street, with initials C. S. I.
#87 THE SWAN AND SVGAR Swan and sugar-loaf, in field.
Rev. IN ALDERSGATE STREET In the field, C. S. I.
The sugar-loaf, like Abel Drugger's bona roba's cap, " all o' cop," indicated
that the issuer was a grocer.
Salters Company arms, near Aldersgate street, with Richard Dowley
#88 RICHARD DOWLEY In field, the Salters Company arms.
Rev. NEAR ALDERSGATE Same coat impaled with the arms of Dowley.
Salters Arms, near Aldersgate street, with Richard Dowley
B30. Obverse. Richard . DOWLEY = The Salters’ Arms.
R. near . aldersgate = A chevron between three birds impaling a cross flory between four martlets.
“A Bright bay mare, with a white face and two wall Eyes and 2 white feet be-hind, about 6 years old, and 14 handfull high or there about, was lost from Hallaughton, in Leicester-shire: If any one can give notice to Richard Dowley , next to the Plow without Aldersgate ...» they shall have twenty shillings for
their pains.”—The Kingdoms Intelligencer., No. 35,
August 26, to September 2, 1661, P- 553 -
Seven stars, near Aldersgate street, a halfpenny, with Walter Jones
#89 WALTER JONES IN ALDERSGA Seven stars, in the field.
Rev. STREET . His HALFE PENY Name in monogram.
Sultan Solymans Coffee house, in Aldersgate street, in 1666
#90 Sultan Solyman's head Solyman, in the field.
Rev. The Coffee House in Aldersgate Street, 1666.
Evidently a coffee-house keeper's token, issued on re-establishing his business here, after the fire in September. Possibly Ward, who adopted the same sign and issued a similar token, on his removal to Bread street in 1671.
Solyman the Magnificent, the fourth emperor of the Turks, began his reign in
1520, in the same year Charles the Fifth became emperor of Germany. He was the
contemporary of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Mary, and Elizabeth. Solyman
died September 4th, 1566. The distinctive splendour of his rule appears to have
caused his name to be adopted as the frequent subject of a sign where Turkey
coffee was sold.
No doubt this is the coffee-house mentioned by Ned Ward in his “ London Spy,” 1718 (originally published in 1698), part ii., p. 275 :
“ Having heard of a fam’d Coffee-House in Aldersgate-Street, where Doctors of
the Body .... Metamorphose themselves into State Politicians ; and the
slippery tongues of thoughtless Mechanicks, undertake to Expound the Mysteries
of Scripture .... Thither accordingly we steered our Course, and entered the
Ancient Fabrick, by Antiquity made Venerable.”
Ye cock, in Aldersgate street, in 1666, to Nicholas Cooke
#91 NICHOLAS COOKE GROCER AT Ye A cock, in field.
Rev. COCK IN ALDERSGAT STREETE HIS PENNY. 1666.
The diurnals, in January 1762, noticed the death of " Mrs. Wilks, widow, mistress of the Cock inn in Aldersgate street, judged to be one of the biggest women in England."
A Black Horse ?, in Aldersgate street, in 1666, a halfpenny, to Roger Wallman
#92 ROGER WALLMAN AT THE A horse, in the field.
Rev. ALDERSGATE STREET [16] 66 HIS HALFE PENY.
Query, the Black Horse ? that sign being still there.
A still, in Aldersgate street, a halfpenny, to Michaell Symonds
#93 MICHAELL SYMONDS AT THE A still, in the field.
Rev. IN ALDERSGATE STREET HIS HALFE PENNY.
Symonds was a distiller; the still being a prominent symbol in the Distillers Company arms.
A token, in Aldersgate street, a halfpenny, in 1668, with initials T. E. G. (Thomas Grove)
#94 THO. GROVE . CHEESMONGER A weight, T. E. G.
Rev. IN ALDERSGATE STREET HIS HALFE PENNY . 1668.
The Maiden Head or Virgins Head, in Aldersgate street, in 1668, with initials E. A.
#95 THE MAIDEN HEAD Virgin's head on shield, E. A.
Rev. IN ALDERSGATE STREET Same device, [16] 68.
The Maiden Head or Mercers Arms, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1668, with initials E. A.
B16. Obverse. the . maiden . head = The Mercers’ Arms, E . A.
R. in . aldersgat . sireet = The Mercers’ Arms. 68 1/2
The Maidenhead was possibly, in more instances than one, set up in compliment to Queen Catharine Parr, the sixth and last wife of King Henry the Eighth. Previous to her marriage with that monarch, the Parr family assumed as one of their badges, derived from the family of Ros of Kendal, the device of a maiden's head couped below the breast, vested in ermine and gold ; her hair of the last, or;
and her head encircled with a wreath of red and white roses.
The head is found on the Pinmakers Company arms, with the motto,
" VIRGINITAS ET UNITAS NOSTRA AETERNITAS."
Bell and dolphin, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1668, with initials I. A. W. (John Warner)
#96 JOHN WARNER IN. 1668 A bell, below a dolphin.
Rev. ALDERSGATE STREETHIS HALFE PENNY. I. A. W.
The sign indicated was the Bell and Dolphin.
St. George and the Dragon, in Aldersgate street with initials I. M. M.
#97 JOHN MYNN St. George and the Dragon, in the field.
Rev. ALDERSGATE WITHOUT In the field, I. M. M.
Richard Smith, in his Obituary, Sloane MS. 886, notices, " May 15th, 1634, Richard Lawley, innkeeper at the George without Aldersgate, buried." The Mercurius Politicus, a newspaper, dated April 8th, 1658, announced coaches from the George inn without Aldersgate, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Smith subsequently records, ''September 14th, 1670, Mrs. Mary Mynn, wife to Mr. John Mynn, grocer, without Aldersgate, died at two a.m. Buried 17th." Grocer implied the company to which he belonged. The George was an inn having that sign.
John Mynn was of the family of Mynn, booksellers, in Little Britain, who for the
most part perished of the plague, in 1665. By the marriage of his cousin Dayrell
to one of the Mynns, the latter family became connected with that of Richard
Smith.
Seven Stars, in Aldersgate street with initials R . D . A.
B17. Obverse. at . the . 7 . stars . in = Seven stars.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET = R . D . A.
A tun, in Aldersgate street with initials T . E . A.
B18. Obverse. AT . THE . TUNN . IN = A tun.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET = T . E . A.
A bulls head, in Aldersgate street, in 1666, with initials I . A. (John Andrewes)
B19. Obverse. John . Andrewes . at . Ye = A bulls head.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = I . A. 1666.
A swan, in Aldersgate street, in 1667, a halfpenny, with initials R . A. (Richard Awnsham)
B20. Obverse. Richard . Awnsham . 1667 = A swan between R . A.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALFE PENNY.
A mermaid tavern, at Aldersgate, in 1651, with initials I . B.
B21. Obverse. the . mermayde . tavern = A mermaid.
R. AT . ALDERS . GATE . 1651 = I . B.
Three crowns, in Aldersgate, in 1650, with initials I . A . B. (John Bo...)
B22. Obverse. John . bo... . brewer = Three crowns.
R. IN . ALDERS .GATE . 1650 = I . A . B.
Prince of Wales feathers, in Aldersgate street, in 1656, with initials T . B.
B23. Obverse. and . svgar . loaf . 1656 = The Prince of Wales’s feathers.
R. IN . ALDERGATE . STREET = T . B.
A bugle-horn, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1667, with William Bookham
B24. Obverse. William . Bookham . at . the = A bugle-horn, stringed.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALFE PENNY. 1667.
An blue anchor, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, with Jacob Camfeild
B25. Obverse. Jacob . Camfeild . at . ye . blew = An anchor.
R . IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALF PENY.
A soap-box, in Aldersgate street, with initials I . M . C. (Joseph Collet)
B26. Obverse. Joseph . Collet . in = A soap-box.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET = I . M . C.
The Mercers Arms, in Aldersgate street, a halfpenny, in 1667, with Thomas Damsell
B28. Obverse. Thomas . Damsell . at . YE = The Mercers’ Arms.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET . COOKE = HIS HALFE PENY. 1667.
Cock Inn, in Aldersgate street, his halfpenny, in 1669, with John Deakes
B29. Obverse. JOHN . DEAKES . AT . YE . COCK . INN = A Cock.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALF PENY. 1669.
The diurnals, in January, 1762, noticed the death of “ Mrs. Wilks, widow, mistress of the Cock inn in Aldersgate Street, judged to be one of the biggest Women in England.”—[B.]
Ye Black Bull, in Aldersgate street, his halfpenny, with initials I . A . D. (John Draper)
B31. Obverse. JOHN . DRAPER . AT . Ye . BLACK = A bull. I . A . D.
R. IN. ALDERSGATE. STREETE = HIS HALFE PENY.
A leg surmounted by a star, in Aldersgate without, his halfpenny, with Richard Finch
B32. Obverse. Richard . Finch . at . ye . leg . and = A leg surmounted by a star.
R. STAR . WITHOUT . ALDERSGATE = HIS HALFE PENNY.
A dolphin, in Aldersgate street, his halfpenny, with John Fish
B33. Obverse. JOHN . FISH . IN . ALDERSGATE = A dolphin.
R. street . his . half . penny = An anchor.
A token, in Aldersgate street, his halfpenny, in 1668, with initials T . E . G. (Thomas Grove)
B34. Obverse. THO . GROVE . CHEESMONGER = A weight, and T . E . G.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALFE PENNY. 1668.
The Sun Tavern, in Aldersgate street, with initials R . S . H.
B35. Obverse. AT . THE . SONN . TAVERN = The Sun.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREETE = R . S . H.
A fountain, in Aldersgate, a halfpenny, with initials M . A . H. (Mathew Hutchinson)
B36. Obverse. Mathew . Hutchinson . with = A fountain.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . HIS . HALF . PENY = M . A . H.
A fountain, in Aldersgate within, with initials M . A . H. (Mathew Hutchinson)
B37. Obverse. Mathew . Hutchinson = A fountain.
R. Within . ALDERSGATE = M . A . H.
A swan and sugar-loaf, in Aldersgate street, with initials G . S . I.
B38. Obverse. the . swan . and . sugar = A swan ; over it a sugar-loaf.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = G . S . I.
A bell, at Aldersgate , with initials R . A . I.
B39. Obverse. AT . THE . BELL = A bell.
R. AT . ALDERSGATE = R . A . I.
The Prince of Wales feathers, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny in 1671, with Will Knight.
B41. Obverse. Will . Knight . his . 1/2 D . token = The Prince of Wales’s feathers.
R. in . Aldergate . street. [16]71 = A horse passant.
The Prince of Wales feathers, in Aldersgate street, with initials W . A . L. (Will Leamon)
B42. Obverse. Will . Leamon . at . the = The Prince of Wales’s feathers.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = W . A . L.
Three morris-dancers, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, with initials I . A . L. (John Lisle)
B43. Obverse. John . Lisle . at . the . 3 = Three morris-dancers.
R . IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALFE PENNY. I . A . L.
A full-blown rose under a rainbow, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, with Thomason Mace
B44. Obverse. THOMASON . MACE . IN = HIS 1/2
R. Aldersgate . street = A full-blown rose under a rainbow.
An anchor, in Aldersgate street, with initials P . M . M. (Peter Mortimer)
B45. Obverse. Peter . Mortimer . in = An anchor.
R. ALDERSGAT . STREET = P . M . M.
A magpie, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1667, with initials I . I . N. (John Norton )
B47. Obverse. John . Norton . in . 1667 = A magpie. I . I . N.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALFE PENY.
A dagger, in New Rents, Aldersgate , with initials I . S . P. (Peter Mortimer)
B48. Obverse. the . dagger . in . nev . rents = A dagger erect.
R. MARTINS . ALLDERSGATE = I . S . P.
Three needles crowned, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1669, with initials I . S . P.
B49. Obverse. 10 . read . at . the . 3 . crownd . nedls = Three needles crowned.
R. IN. ALDERSGATE. STREET = HIS HALF PENY. 1669.
A boy on a barrel, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1666, with initials H . B . R. (Henry Ruddle)
B50. Obverse. Henry . Ruddle . in . 1666 = A boy on a barrel. H . B . R.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREETE = HIS HALFE PENNY.
51. O. (Detrited).
R. WITHIN . ALDERSGATE = P [or R] . M . S.
A token, in Aldersgate street, in 1662, with initials I . S. (John Sharpe)
B52. Obverse. JOHN . SHARPE . IN = 1662.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET = I . S.
A sheaf between two branches, in Aldersgate street, with initials T . I . S. (Thomas Singleton)
B53. Obverse. Thomas . Singleton . in = A sheaf between two branches.
ALDERSGATE . STREETE= T . I . S. ]
A Castle, in Aldersgate street, in 1667, with Michaell Stancliffe
B54. Obverse. Michaell . Stancliffe . Hosier . 1667. 1/2 (in four lines).
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = A castle.
A Castle, in Aldersgate street, in 1667, with initials T . S. (Thomas Stone)
B55. Obverse. THO . STONE . AT . YE . CASTLE = A Castle.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET — T . S.
A Still, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, with Michaell Symonds
B56. Obverse. MICHAELL . SYMONDS . AT . THE = A Still.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALFE PENNY.
A tokens, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, with Ann Tayler
B57. Obverse. ANN . TAYLER . A . POTTERS . SHOP . IN (in four lines).
ALDERSGATE . STREET . HER . HALF . PENY (in five lines).
A half moon, in Aldersgate street, with initials W . T. (William Thorpe)
B58. Obverse. William . Thorpe = A half-moon.
R. IN . ALDERSGAT . STREET = W . T.
In Mercurius Democritus, or, The Smoaking Nocturnal, No. 2, Tuesday, May 28, 1661, there is mention of “ The old Sow that sells Oysters at the Half-moon
Tavern in Aldersgate Street.”
The Half Moon in Aldersgate Street, was one of William Wycherley’s favourite taverns.—Vide Literary Landmarks of London, p. 323.
Black Horse ?, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1966, with Roger Wallman
B59. Obverse. Roger . Wallman . at . the = A horse.
R. ALDERSGATE . STREET . 66 = HIS HALFE PENY.
Query the Black Horse, that sign being there in 1855 (?).
A hare running, in Aldersgate street, with initials N . I . W. (Nicholas Warrin)
B61. Obverse. Nicholas . Warrin = A hare running.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STRET = N . I . W.
The sun in rays, in Aldersgate street, with initials T . M . W. (Thomas Wearg)
B62. Obverse. THO . WEARG . AT . THE = T . M . W.
R. svnn . tar . in . aldergt . street = The sun in rays.
A cock, a bottle, and a crown, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, with initials M . A . W. (Mathew White)
B63. Obverse. Mathew . White . at . the = A cock, a bottle, and a crown.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREET = HIS HALF PENY. M . A . W. 1/2
In the London Gazette, May 28, 1668, there is an advertisement of a certain Egbertus Wills, healer of deformed bodies : “ He is to be found at Mr. White’s
house at the Cock and Bottle, in Aldersgate Street.”
A mermaid, in Aldersgate street, halfpenny, in 1667, with John Wickins
B64. Obverse. John . Wickins . 1667 = A mermaid.
R. IN . ALDERSGATE . STREETE = HIS HALFE PENNY.
ANGEL ALLEY, Thames Street.
An angel with wings, in Angel Alley in Thames street, halfpenny, in 1668, with initials O. A. S. (Obadiah Surridge)
#98 OBADIAH SVRRIDGE IN ANGELL An angel with wings.
Rev. ALLY IN THAMES STREET . 1668 HIS HALFE PENY. O. A. S.
ANGEL STREET.
Seven stars, in Angel street, with initials I. A. A. (John Abethell)
#99 IOHN ABETHELL Seven stars, in the field.
Rev. IN ANGELL STREET In the field, I. A. A.
Angel street was possibly that in Southwark.
ST. ANNS LANE, Aldersgate Street.
Sugar-loaf, in St Anns lane, Aldersgate Street, a farthing, in 1658, with initials M. A. H. (Mathew Hanscombe)
#100 MATHEW HANSCOMBE Sugar-loaf, in the field.
Rev. IN ST. ANNS LANE.[16]58 In the field, M. A. H. 1/4
Ye Coffee Turks head, in St Anns lane, Aldersgate Street, in 1669, with Nich STRAINGE
#1100 NICH : STRAINGE . AT Ye COFFEE Turk's head, in field.
Rev. HOUSE . IN ST ANNS LANE [16] 69 In the field, hand pouring coffee.
A mermaid, in St Anns lane, Aldersgate Street, halfpenny, in 1671, with initials I . M . H. (John Harris)
B2446. Obverse. JOHN . HARRIS . IN = HIS HALF PENY. I . M . H.
R. St . Ans . lane . 1671 = A mermaid.
An ape playing the bagpipes. in St Anns lane, Aldersgate Street, farthing, with John Tayler
B2448. Obverse. John . TAYLER = An ape playing the bagpipes.
R. in . St . Anns . lane = A pair of spectacles. 1/4
A mermaid in St Anns lane, farthing, with initials B . E . W.
B2449. Obverse. AT . YE . SYNE . OF . YE . MEARE = B . E . W.
R. maid . in . St . Ann . lane = A mermaid. 1/4
ST. ANNS STREET, Westminster.
Bakers arms in St Anns street, Westminster, with initials R. F. F. (Ralph Fuller)
#101 RALPH FULLER IN s. Scales, Bakers arms, in the field.
Rev. ANS STREET WESTMIN In the field, R. F. F.
ARUNDEL GARDENS (Strand).
Bakers arms in Arundel gardens, Strand, halfpenny, in 1666, with initials A . M . C. ( Abraham Cuper)
B103. Obverse. Abraham . Cuper . 1666 = Cupid with bow and arrow.
R. IN . ARVNDEL . GARDEN = HIS HALFE PENNY. A . M . C.
AVE MARIA LANE, Ludgate Street.
Hawk with varvels, in Ave Mary lane, in 1658, with initials G. R. (Geoffrey Robinson)
#102 GODFREY ROBINSON Hawk with varvels, in the field.
Rev. IN AVE MARY LANE In the field, G. R. 1658.
Stow, describing the neighbourhood in 1603, observes that Ave Mary lane was ' so called, of text-writers and bead -makers then dwelling there ; and at the end of
that lane is likewise Creede lane, late so called, but sometime Spurrier row, of spurriers dwelling there." Artizans in matters of hawking, and the chace,
afford a fair pretext for the sign of the falcon.
Next is the tokens of streets with Letter B - Baldwins gardens to
Birchin lane , then Letters Bish - Bishopsgate street
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