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A1 - Boparai, Jasmeen
ED - Jenstad, Janelle
T1 - John Wolfe
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
ET - 7.0
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/05/05
CY - Victoria
PB - University of Victoria
LA - English
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The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Beginning in [A] good deal of money was spent to make [the building] suitable for its new functions,
but the move gave the
in the very centre of the area which for so long
was associated with the buying and selling of books
(Blagden 19).
Distaff Lane was in Bread Street Ward. It is not to be confused with Great Distaff Street, the street which crossed the northernmost end of Distaff Lane. There is some discrepancy in the exact length of Distaff Lane between the Agas Map and the information in
Diſtaf la.) appears to run south off Great Distaff Street, labelled
Maidenhed lane, terminating before it reaches Knightrider Street.
runneth downe to Knightriders street, or olde Fishstreete(Stow 1:345). Our map truncates Distaff Lane before Knightrider Street.
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
Paul’s Chain was a street that ran north-south between St Paul’s Churchyard and Paul’s Wharf, crossing over Carter Lane, Knightrider Street, and Thames Street. It was in Castle Baynard Ward. On the Agas map, it is labelled Paules chayne
. The precinct wall around St. Paul’s Church had six gates, one of which was on the south side by Paul’s Chain. It was here that a chain used to be drawn across the carriage-way entrance in order to preserve silence during church services.
Pope’s Head Alley ran south from Cornhill to Lombard Street, and was named for the Pope’s Head Tavern that stood at its northern end. Although it does not appear on the Agas Map, its approximate location can be surmised since all three streets still exist. Although Imprinted by
(Stow 1598, sig. A1r). Booksellers proliferated the alley in the early years of the
Lombard Street was known by early modern Londoners as a place of commerce and trade. Running east to west from Gracechurch Street to Poultry, Lombard Street bordered Langbourn Ward, Walbrook Ward, Bridge Within Ward, and Candlewick Street Ward.
Located in Broad Street Ward and Cornhill Ward, the Royal Exchange was opened in
The Julian calendar, in use in the British Empire until September 1752. This calendar is used for dates where the date of the beginning of the year is ambigious.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year regularized to beginning on 1 January.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year beginning on 25 March. This was the calendar used in the British Empire until September 1752.
The Gregorian calendar, used in the British Empire from September 1752. Sometimes
referred to as
The Anno Mundi (year of the world
) calendar is based on the supposed date of the
creation of the world, which is calculated from Biblical sources. At least two different
creation dates are in common use. See Anno Mundi (Wikipedia).
Regnal dates are given as the number of years into the reign of a particular monarch.
Our practice is to tag such dates with
Project Manager, 2022-present. Research Assistant, 2020-2022. Molly Rothwell was an undergraduate student at the University of Victoria, with a double major in English and History. During her time at MoEML, Molly primarily worked on encoding and transcribing the 1598 and 1633 editions of Stow’s
Project Manager, 2020-2021. Assistant Project Manager, 2019-2020. Research Assistant, 2018-2020. Kate LeBere completed her BA (Hons.) in History and English at the University of Victoria in 2020. She published papers in
Research Assistant, 2016-2017. Jasmeen Boparai was an undergraduate English major and Medieval Studies minor at the University of Victoria. Her primary research interests included Middle English literature with a specific interest in later works, early modern studies, and Elizabethan poetry.
Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of
Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.
Printer. Printed
Printer. Son of
Writer and playwright. Buried at St. Botolph, Aldersgate.
Playwright and writer.
Printer.
Bookseller and printer. Husband of
Wife of
Printer and bookseller.
Scholar and poet.
Poet and administrator of Ireland. Author of
Printer and pirate.
Printer. Member of the
Son of
Printer.
Bookseller, printer, and translator.
Printer.
Printer.
Printer.
Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian.
Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer.
Member of the
Printer.
The
The
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dwelling in Distaff Lane, ouer against the Signs of the Castell
(STC 15441)neare the signe of the Castle
(STC 23266), dwelling in the Stationers’ Hall
(STC 12354)right ouer against the great South doore of Pauls
(STC 5400.3)at the Little Shop ouer against the great South doore of Paules
(STC 11260; Pantzer 186), shop at Poules Chayne
(STC 12300)Popes head Alley in Lombard street
(STC 23341; Pantzer 186)in Popes head Alley, neere to the Exchange
(STC 12995; Pantzer 186)
In his earlier years (literature, religion, politics, news, and geography
while living in London (Huffman 14). He also printed (in Italian) books by
at the signe of the Gunne. The shop may have been taken over by
at the sign of the Gunne.
located at the Black Boy, opposite the middle door of St. Paul’s Cathedral
(Huffman 128; STC 25401).
In the express[ed] his interests in new and excellent literature
(Huffman 99). These works included