118. III. JAN. 28, MIL] NOTES AND QUERIES.
65
Temp. Elizabeth.
Mitre, Bread Street.
Bishop's Head, Lombard Street.
Bell, Fish Street.
Mermaid, Bread Street.
Castle, Wood Street.
Star, Cheapside (" Star in Cheape ").
Dolphin, New Fish Street.
Saracen's Head [? Snow Hill].
King's Head, Old Change.*
George, Bread Street.
Pope's Head, Lombard Street.
Bell, Aldgate.
White Horse (no locality).
Boar's Head, Old Fish Street.
Boar's Head, Eastcheap.
Nag's Head, Cheapside ("horsse hedd in Cheape ").
Swan, Crooked Lane.
King's Head, Fish Street.
Three Tuns, Guildhall Gate.f
Chequer, Dowgate.
Greyhound, Leadenhall.
Parse, Old Bailey.
King's Head, Old Change.
Red Lion, St. Nicholas Shambles.
Mitre, Bread Street Hill.
Snipe, Eastcheap (" Snyte, Eastchepe ").
Mermaid, Friday Street.
Temp. James I. King's Head, Old Change. Boar's Head, Eastcheap. Maidenhead, Candlewick Street. Windmill, Coleman Street. Queen's Head, Queenhithe. Rose at Queenhithe. Dolphin (no place named). Sun, at Cripplegate. White Horse (as before). Mermaid, Bow Lane. Flying Horse (locality unspecified).
Temp, diaries I. Rose and Crown (no place). Nag's Head Tavern, Cheapside. Castle Tavern [? Lad Lane]. Dagger, Friday Street. Ship Tavern, Old Bailey. Dog Tavern at Ludgate. Rose, Temple Bar. Sun Tavern, Milk Street. Goat, Long Lane.
Temp. Charles II. King's Arms, Newgate Street. Coffee Bourse, Temple Bar. Rose Tavern, Poultry. Dog Tavern, Garlick'lTill. George, Ironmonger Lane. Angel, Old Change. George, Milk Street. Half Moon, Cheapside. Mitre, Cheapside. Sun, Milk Street.
- This house belonged to the Company.
t Between this and the earlier reference occurs mention of the " 3 Tonnes at Olde hawle gate " ; later we have the " Thre Tonnes att Gyld havle."
Temp. James II.
Swan Tavern, Old Fish Street. Sun Tavern, behind the Exchange. Golden Lyon, Fetter Lane. Crooked Billet, Maiden Lane. King's Head, Fleet Street. Dolphin, Lombard Street. King's Arms, Cateaton Street. Crown Tavern, Leadenhall Street. Castle, Paternoster Row. Crown, Honey Lane Market.
Temp. William and Mary,
Queen's Arms [? Newgate Street].
Old Dog Tavern (no place).
Cock Alehouse (ditto).
Wonder Tavern (ditto).
Cross Keys Tavern, Holborn.
Horn Tavern, Fleet Street.
Three Tuns, Newgate Street.
Bell, Bread Street.
Bull Head [sic], Wood Street.
Feathers, Cheapside.
Dean's Head [St. Martin's-le-Grand],
Rummer, Queen Street.
Dog, Newgate.
Swan, Dowgate.
Horn Tavern, Doctor's Commons.
Feathers Tavern (ditto).
Mitre Tavern, Paul's Church Yard. '
Ship Tavern (no locality).
King's Head, Old Exchange.
Baptist Head [? Clerkenwell].
Crown Tavern, Guildhall.
From the nature of the references to the signs it would appear that all, or nearly all of them, were taverns or other houses of refreshment ; beyond this the records yield no further information, so far as the great majority of the signs are concerned. While the arrangement of the list is from first to- last purely chronological, it seems advisable to add a note of caution in regard to the division into regnal periods, the latter being merely approximate, and making no allow- ance for overlapping.
WILLIAM McMuRRAY.
" FIRST AERIAL SHIP." In these days of
improved, though still dangerous aeronautics >.
I would call attention to an advertisement
put forth by the European Aeronautical
Society, and printed in The A.thenceum r
pp. 573, 589, 25 July and 1 August, 1835 :
'"FIRST AERIAL SHIP. The Eagle, 160 feet
long, 50 feet high, 40 feet wide, manned by a
Crew of Seventeen, constructed for establishing:
direct Communications between the several
Capitals of Europe. The First Experiment of
this New System of AERIAL NAVIGATION will be
made from London to Paris and back again.
May be viewed from Six in the Morning till Dusk,
in the Dock Yard of the Society, at the entrance
of Kensington, Victoria-road, facing Kensington
Gardens, between the First Turnpike from Hyde
Park Corner and the Avenue to Kensington.
