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Galley Key was a port on the north bank of the Thames, east of London Bridge, and south of Lower Thames Street in Tower Ward.
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Galley Key was a port on the north bank of the Thames,
east of London Bridge, and south of Lower Thames Street in Tower Ward.
It is first mentioned in where the
Gallies were vsed to vnlade, and land their marchandizes and wares
(Stow 1:136), which explains the source of the key’s name. The key was also used as a departure point for river travel; the
Water Poet, passage for men, and Carriage for Goods may be had
from London to Barwicke
(Taylor). Galley Key
was such an influential centre of trade that it spread its name to almost everything connected with it, including people, money, and locations.
There was a group of men called Gallie men, as men that came up in the Gallies
(Stow 1:132) and unloaded their merchandise at Galley Key. These Gallie men
carried a kind of half pence called the
Gallye halfe pence
(Stow 1:132), which ended up being forbidden as a form of legal currency twice,
during the reigns of fayre
houses large for stowage, builded for Marchantes
(Stow 1:136). As ruines whereof
doe yet remaine, but the first builders and owners of them are worn out of memorie, wherefore the common people affirme
(Stow 1:136). These supposed Roman ruins were also believed
to have later been the dwelling place for the Prince of Wales, a story that might explain why Galley Row is sometimes referred
to by the alternate name of