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The Steelyard was the chief outpost of the
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Playwright, poet, and author.
Queen of England and Ireland
King of England and Ireland
King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
King of Scotland
Queen of England and Ireland
Playwright.
Playwright and writer.
Historian and author of
Poet and playwright.
Poet and assumed daughter of
Archbishop of York
Dramatic character in
German painter and printmaker.
Dutch engraver.
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by
Dramatic character in
Scholar and poet.
Dramatic character in
In the universal law of the sea
(Baker 132). For an accessible overview, see Wikipedia. Records surviving from the
The
The
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
This lane near All Hallows the Great is marked on the Agas map as Church Lane
and called Church Lane by
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.
Dowgate Ward is east of Vintry Ward and west of Candlewick Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Dowgate Street, are named after Dowgate, a watergate on the Thames.
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The Steelyard was the chief outpost of the a firm
(Lloyd 7).
The Steelyard was located on the north bank of the Thames, slightly west of London Bridge and Church Lane, and south of Thames Street. Though nominally in Dowgate Ward, the Steelyard merchants elected their own alderman in their own guildhall (Weinreb and Hibert 824). Of the guildhall itself, These
The name Steelyard
may derive from the unit of measure, the stiliard, defined in Salusbury’s
a weight sometimes of an hundred pounds(Salusbury 191). These weights could have been used to measure the weights of imported goods brought to the merchants. However, Weinreb and Hibbert assert that the name derives from
the big scales used in the weighing of imported goodsrather than the weights themselves (Weinreb and Hibbert 824). Alternate spellings and names include
Stele house,
Stele yarde,
Styllyarde,
Steleyarde,
Stiliarde, Stilliard,
Stillyard,
Styleyarde, and the
Guildhall of the Merchants of Cologne.
The London Steelyard, as well as the Wheate, Rie, and other graine, as Cables, Ropes, Masts, Pitch, Tar, Flaxe, Hempe, linnin cloth, Wainscots, Waxe, [and] Steele
(Stow 1:232). Because the
The Steelyard was a powerful economic force in the
While Hanseatic Kontors had been established in England as early as the chief executive authority of the
(Lloyd 37).
Towards the (1) The levy and tunnage and poundage; (2) the collection of a poll tax from travellers entering and leaving English territory at Dover and Calais; (3) prolonged delays in obtaining justice; (4) denial of the right to mixed juries, especially in
Such grievances were favourably addressed in the aftermath of the
Towards the middle of the century, the political situation in London had become increasingly threatening to the continuation of the Steelyard. In
The Hanseatic property in London was seized by the crown but later returned to the merchants in
By
The Steelyard operated as an all-male German enclave within London. Women were not allowed within its walls. The merchants and their fellow countrymen were forbidden from playing games with Englishmen for fear of quarrels (Weinreb and Hibert 824).
Steelyard merchants patronized German artists in London. Between
money is the source of sorrow, whether too much or too little(Foister 69).
During the reigns of
A scene in the first act of
Men when they are idle and know not what to do, ſaith one let us goe to the Stilliard and drinke Rhenish wine(Nashe sig. F1v).
So long the Rhenniſh furie of thy braine, Incenſt with hot fume of a Stilliard Clime, Lowd-lying Naſh , in liquid termes did raine,Full of abſurdities, and of ſlaundrous ryme
In
At Stiliarde ſtore of Wines there bée, your dulled mindes to glad: And handſome men, that muſt not wed except they leaue their trade.
In
Maister Beggar-land(Middleton sig. D2v).or his Brother Maister Stilliard-downe, there’s little difference