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Programmer, 2018-present. Junior Programmer, 2015-2017. Research Assistant, 2014-2017. Joey Takeda was a graduate student at the University of British Columbia in the Department of English (Science and Technology research stream). He completed his BA honours in English (with a minor in Women’s Studies) at the University of Victoria in 2016. His primary research interests included diasporic and indigenous Canadian and American literature, critical theory, cultural studies, and the digital humanities.
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Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of
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Carlin and Belcher observe that the namesake of Bassett’s Inn is
Bear Inn (Basinghall Street) was on Basinghall Street. It is not marked on the
Agas map but is next to the Girdler’s Hall on the
Was once [o]wned by William, Visount Beaumont and Lord Bardolf
and [l]ater belonged to Francis, Viscount Lovell, [but] by his attainder in
(Carlin and Belcher 65).
For information about the Bell Savage Inn, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
Benbridges Inn was a large house on
the northwest corner of Lime Street.
The Inn appears to be named after Ricardus de Pembrugge, a Knight and owner
of a large piece of land in Lime Street
Ward in 1376 (Harben; BHO). In 1454 the draper Ralph Holland bestowed the large
messuage to the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity of Tailors and Linen
Armourers of St John the Baptist (Harben; BHO). Soon thereafter they set up a fayre large frame of timber
for a large house and built three other tenement buildings adjoining it
(Stow).
An inn on the north side of Bridewell.
For information about the Black Bull Inn, Bishopsgate Street, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
Located on St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall, Blossoms Inn was a
travelers inn. Our Agas coordinates for the inn are based on
Williams tells us that during
Cardinal’s Hat Tavern was a tavern that likely sat at the meeting of Cornhill and Lombard Street.
Located south of the Aldgate Bars according to
Columbe Brewhouse was located northwest of the Ironmongers’ Hall off of Fenchurch Street. Though little is known about the Columbe Brewhouse itself, the name dates back to at least brewhouse called
(Carlin and Belcher 71, Ekwall 173).
For information about the Cross Keys Inn, Gracechurch Street, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
Located east of St. Botolph, Aldgate, the Crown Inn was given to Christ Church
in
Falcon Inn was a tavern in the Bankside area and was a popular destination for many Elizabethan playwrights.
Golding’s Brewhouse was located in Southwark next to the Bridge House. According to
Erected in the
The Inn and Garden of the Bishop of Chichester is located on both sides of Chancery Lane. During the acquired a plot on the west side of the lane where
(Williams 1520). This land was given to him by the soon after [
(Williams 1521).
The inn was acquired between
(Carlin and Belcher 69).
According to Carlin and Belcher, [t]he abbot and convent owned property in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Dunstan in the East by
(Carlin and Belcher 73). It is also suggested that the Inn of the Abbot of Evesham is the fayre house
described by with diuers Tenements neare adioyning, sometime belonging to a late dissolued Priorie since possessed by Mistresse Cornewallies, widow and her heires, by the gift of king
(Stow 1:102-103).
The Inn of the Abbot of Faversham stood from pulled down and incorporated into Bridewell Palace
(Carlin and Belcher 73).
The Inn of the Abbot of Glastonbury, or alternately Acquired by abbot and convent in
(Carlin and Belcher 74). The Inn was located near Smithfield between Cock Lane and Hosier Lane.
The Inn of the Abbot of Peterborough was on Carter Lane from
In
Harben explains that [t]his was the town house of the Abbots of St. Albans prior to the dissolution of the monasteries in the time of
(Harben 1). Edward Catcher purchased the property in
The Inn of the Bishop of Chester resided on the western side of the present entrance to Somerset House
(Williams 1450). Not to be confused with Strand Inn’s original name, Chester Inn.
According to Sugden, the Mermaid Inn was located on the South side of Carter Lane, just north of Addle Hill (Sugden 342). MoEML consulted Taylor and Rocque 12Ca to locate this site on the Agas map.
The Mermaid Tavern was a drinking and dining establishment located between lower Bread Street and Friday Street, with entrances to both. Its location corresponds to the place between these two streets on current day London’s Cannon Street (Glinert).
diuers faire Innesand that the area was
wholely inhabited by rich Marchants(Stow 1598, sig. T5r). The Mermaid Tavern was not far from Old Fish Street and the Blackfriars Theatre (Chalfant).
The Pope’s Head Tavern in Cornhill lay at the
north end of Pope’s Head Alley, to which it gave its name. It was a substantial
stone building dating back to the reign of
The
A cooks’ house three houses west of the Old Swan Brewhouse.
The Six Clerks’ Office was located [o]n the west side of Chancery Lane, south of Carey Street, outside the City Boundary, opposite the Rolls
(Harben 534). The office was formerly the Inn of the Prior of Nocton, but around the time that it was reconstructed in
The Sun Tavern was a victualing house on the east side of New Fish Street, just north of London Bridge between lower Thames Street and Little Eastcheap.
The Antelope was a victualling house located where Holborn meets Chancery Lane.
The Bishop was a hospice located near the south end of Gray’s Inn Road.
The Bolt and Tun was an old stage-coach inn which derived its name from
(Harben 89).
According to Elijah Williams, The Cock and Key was a tenement building on the east of the Boreshede, belonging to the Prior of Royston,
the name of which was in use by the reign of
The Crown was a tenement off of Philpot Lane so named for its sign (Harben 186). In describing the location, Henry Harben notes that The Crown was [e]ast out of Philpot Lane, in Billingsgate Ward
(Harben 186). More specifically, The Crown seems to have been located midway between Eastcheap and Fenchurch Street.
The Dolphin in Temple Bar was in existence at least by
The Falcon, which is also often referred to as
The George (Fleet Street) was located at the intersection between Fleet Street and Shoe Lane.
The Goat was a tavern at Smithfield, in operation from the
Located in Bishopsgate Ward without the Wall, the Half Moon housed
A tavern on the north side of Fleet Street, near the Middle Temple. Also referred to as
According to Taylor, Maidenhead was a lodging house frequented by various carriers (Taylor A4v, B1r).
Taylor identifies the Maidenhead as being
in Cat-eatonſtreet,
neere the guildhall
(Taylor A4v). Norman
corroborates this account and adds futher specificity by stating that it stands at the corner of
Old Jewry and Gresham street [formerly Cateaton Street]
(Norman 247).
Being from
Edward H. Sugden describes the Maidenhead in Ram Alley as the worst of all dens of infamy in that notorious court
(Sugden 328).
The Panier, or The Payner was a functioning brewhouse by about atte panyer yn pater noster rewe
(Ekwall 171).The brewhouse itself is located near and possibly derives its name form Panier Alley.
By a famous coaching inn
that was [o]n the south side of Leadenhall Street
The
Three Cranes Tavern was a popular tavern in early modern London, located on Three Cranes Lane.
The Three Cups Inn was located in Bread Street Ward at the southwest intersection of Bread Street and Watling Street. The Inn provided food, drink, and shelter for employees, guests, carriers and their horses. It was a hub for public transportation and shipping into and out of the capital and was a home to the inn holder, servants, and their families. It provided employment and a community meeting place. It acted as a landmark in the city for at least four hundred years.
Prior to being known as Trinity Hall, the space was known as The Falcon on the Hoop. The hall was, by acquired by [the] fraternity of Holy Trinity in St Botolph Aldersgate [and] became [the] fraternity’s hall sometime after 1463
(Carlin and Belcher 96). Beginning with that aquisition, the location became known as
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Establishments in early modern London such as Inns, Alehouses, and Taverns where sustenance was served, or such places as remembered by early modern Londoners and represented in MoEML’s sources. We include all such establishments in a single category. For the generic places, see Inn, Alehouse, Tavern, Ordinary, Bakehouse, Cook-shop, and Tobacco Shop.