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10 s. VIIL JULY 6, 1907.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

LOHDOX, SATURDAY, JULY C t 1007.

CONTENTS. No. 184.


 * N T OTES : London Coaching Houses in 1680, 1 T. L.

Peacock : Contributions to Periodicals, 2 A New Light on the Douglas Cause" Twopenny Tube," 3 Miss Chud- leigh Hamlet as a Christian Name The Regent's Canal, 4_" Totter-out " John James, Architect Communion Tokens in New England Cornish Vergers : Carne Family "Bladum": "Siligo," 5 Richard Baxter on the Pied Piper "Drowse"= Devil J. G. Marvin First Russian Christian Martyr Stowe House, 6" Popular Etymo- logies " of the Old Homilists " Neither my eye," &c.

QUERIES : Sir Claude Champion Crespigny's Monument "Lombard Street to a China Orange," 7 Duke of Wel- lington on Uniforms Shrewsbury Clock : " Point of war " Gotham in Derbyshire "Herefordshire Window" Musical Services on Church Towers Archer Gordon " El Chico Terencio " MacKeachan Proverb Rose and Gordon Families, 8 Sir Henry Docwra Lady-bird Folk- Icre "Funeral": "Burial" Red Rose of Lancaster Barringtons of Cullenagh Churchwardens' Accounts, 9 Regimental Distinctions Sir G. Monoux Book for Many Wives, c. 1646, 10.

REPLIES : Ordinaries of Newgate Cardinal Newman's Birthplace, 10 George Romney's House in Cavendish Square, 11 Houses of Historical Interest, 12 Mr. D. M. Moore: New York under British Rule Hock: Hog: Hoga Irish Girl and Barbary Pirates Sir Thomas Bloodworth, Lord Mayor 1665-6, 13" Woodland Mary " .Zoffany's Indian Portrait ; Abraham Lincoln on the Sufferings of Slaves "Prince" Boothby, 14 " Mare- boake": "Viere" Bunyan and Milton Genealogies " Bat Bearaway " " Skrimshander," 15 An Early Latin- English-Basque Dictionary Lawyers' Wills " Um- "brella " Sturmy or Esturmy Family Court Leet " Jom- mox " : " Wudget" : " Wompus," 16 West's Picture of the Death of Wolfe' Rock of Ages ' St. Devereux Bell Inscriptions at Siresa Heralds : their Anointing Isles Family Butchers exempted from Juries, 17.

NOTES ON BOOKS : 'History of London Squares.'

Booksellers' Catalogues.

LONDON COACHING HOUSES IN 1680.

MANY inquiries are made from time to time as to inns in London which have existed at various periods. In a scarce and curious little volume entitled ' The Present State of London,' by Thomas De Laune, published in 1681, there is an interesting list of inns or taverns in London and South wark at which carriers' carts and coaches called to take up goods and passengers, on different days of the week, for all parts of the country. The vehicles are variously described as wagons, coaches, or carriers' carts, and for the greater distances appear to have come in on one day, and gone out on the following ; whilst those from adjacent towns came in and left on the same day.

Some of the most notable houses or those having curious signs are referred to by Mr. Philip Norman in his valuable work on '* London Signs and Inscriptions,' 1897. These I have marked with an asterisk. Most of them were in the district now known as " the City," or just outside ; one was in Westminster ; and those of South wark I ihave tabulated by themselves.

De Laune's book (or at least my copy of it) has no index, so thes'e inns are not easy to find under their names. The author describes the chapter from which this list is compiled as ' An Alphabetical Account of all the Carriers, Wagoners, and Stage Coaches that comes [sic] to the several Inns in London, Westminster, and South wark,' &c., so that in all probability the following names form a tolerably complete list of the hostelries of the metropolis in the latter part of the reign of Charles II. The word " The " forming the prefix to the title in every instance except that of Gerrard's Hall, I have omitted for alphabetical con- venience.

In London.

Angel, in St. Giles ; behind St. Clements.

Axe, in Aldermaiibury.

Bear and Ragged Staff, in Smithfield.

Bell, in Friday St.; in Aldersgate St.; in Holborn.
 * Bell-Savage, on Ludgate Hill.

Black Horse, near the Mews-Gate.

Black Lyon, in Water Lane.

Black Swan, in Holborn.

Blossoms Inn, in Lawrence Lane.

Blue Boar, in Holborn ; in Whitechapel ; without

.Aldgate.
 * Bolt in Tun, in Fleet St.

Bull, in Bishopsgate ; in Holborn.

Bull and Mouth, by Aldersgate.

Castle, in Smithfield ; in Wood St.

Castle and Falcon, in Aldersgate St.

Chequer, near Charing Cross ; in Holborn.

Cock, in Aldersgate St.

Cock and Dolphin, in Gray's Inn Lane.

Cross Keys, in Gracechurch St.; in Whitecross St.; in Wood St.

Crown, without Aldgate ; in the Haymarket ; in Holborn.

Crown and Coach and Horses, in High Holborn.

Dark House, at Billingsgate.

Dolphin, without Bishopsgate.

Eagle and Child, in the Strand.

Four Swans, in Bishopsgate.

George, in Aldersgate St. ; by Holborn Conduit ; in West Smithfield ; in King St., Westminster.
 * Gerrards Hall, in Basing Lane.

Green Dragon, in Bishopsgate.

Greyhound, in Holborn.

Ipswich Arms, in Cullum St.

Katherine Wheel, without Bishopsgate.

King's Arms, on Holborn Bridge, in Leadenhall St.

King's Head, in Gray's Inn Lane ; in Leadenhall St.; in the Old Change ; near Charing Cross.

Maidenhead, in St. Giles s.

Mermaid, in Carter Lane.

Nag's Head, without Aldgate.

Pewter Platter, in St. John's St.

Pewter Pot, in Leadenhall St.

Ram, in West Smithfield.

Ram's Head, in Fenchurch St.

Red Lyon, in Aldersgate St. ; in Holborn ; in Red Cross St.

Rose, on Holborn Bridge ; in Smithfield.

Saracen's Head, in Aldgate ; in Carter Lane ; in Friday St.

Spread Eagle, in Gracechurch St.