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12 s. vii. JULY 10, i92o.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 27 Abercombie Tavern Admiral Vernou Tavern Anchor and Hope . . Angel and Crown . . Angel "and Crown . . Antigallican Antwerp Tavern . . Ape ...... Apollo Apple Tree Axe Tavern Axe and Cleaver . . Bear and Harrow . . JBell Bell ...... Bell Inn Bell and Anchor . . Bishop Blaize and Two Sawyers Black Bear Black Boy and Camel Blackmoor's Head and Woolpack Black Horse Tavern Blue Anchor Blue Anchor Tavern Blue Posts . . Boar's Head Boat Tavern Bristol Britannia . . Brown Bear Inn Bull>nd Garter Bull's Head Bull Head Tavern Bull's Head Inn SUPPLEMENTARY LIST. Near Lombard Street . . Simpson's * City Taverns and Masonry.' Bishopsgate Street Leadenhall Street Shire Lane, Temple Bar. . Upper Street, Islington . . Shire Lane, Temple Bar . . Threadneedle Street Philip Lane, London Wall Bell Yard, Temple Bar . . Near Cold Bath Fields Prison Kings Street (West side), Westminster Near Lambeth Palace . . Butcher Bow, Strand Warwick Lane, E.G. Nicholas Lane, E.C. Walbrook 1753 Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' 1763 1738 1738 1730 1746 1738 1701 1745 Haymarket (West side) . . North Road, Hammersmith Within the liberty of the 1734 Fleet Opposite " White Bear," Piccadilly Leadenhall Street Buckingham Gate 1700 1765 1767 1723 1780 Shug Lane, Piccadilly Greenwich . . . . Bell Court, Fenchurch 1794 Street Middle Lane, Holborn . . Fleet Street (No. 66) At back of Foundling Hos- pital, Gray's Inn Lane Near Charing Cross . . 1739 Barbican . . . . . . . Bow Street . . . . Within the liberty of the 1734 Fleet Strand-on-the-Green . . c. 1740 Princes Street, Westminster 1787 High Street, Borough . . 1723 Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Chancellor's ' Fleet Street,' p. 272 ; Lar- wood, p. 271. Larwood, p. 271. . Chancellor's ' Fleet Street,' p. 272. Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Larwood, p. 161. Chancellor's ' Fleet Street.' Larwood, p. 239 1737 1745 1739 Simpson's ^London Taverns and Masonry.' Thornbury, vi., 392. Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry.' Bocque's ' Survey.' Larwood, p. 478 Simpson's ' City Tavern and Masonry.' Calendar of State Papers (Treasury) N. & Q.,' May 15, 1920..- Bocque's 'Survey.' Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' Larwood, p. 252. Street's ' Ghosts of Piccadilly,' 1914, p. 262 ; Bocque's ' Survey.' Larwood, p. 433. Larwood, p. 347 . ; (To be continued.) Lane's ' Masonic Becords,' 1886. Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry., Chancellor's*' Fleet Street.' Larwood, p. 335. Dickins and Stanton, p. 26. Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Beginald Jacob's ' Co vent Garden,' 1913, p. 101. Larwood, p. 252. A pewter tankard formerly in the possession of F. Bevan, Esq. Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry.' Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' J. PAUL DE CASTRO. A JUDICIAL PASSION] FOR DATES. To those interested in " ana," these not very reconcilable versions of the same incident will have appeal. They both relate to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, from 1866 to 1880. 1. From ' A Generation of Judges, by their Reporter,' 1886, pp. 50-51 : " The process of inserting the facts into his imind was in his later days long and difficult, and in the course of it the peculiarities for which he was famous came out strongly. No sooner was A fact,ihowever^unimportant, mentioned, than the Chief Baron immediately asked, ' What is the date ?'.... He had an absolute passion for dates, and sometimes when he demanded them on unnecessary occasions put the counsel before him to the task of inventing them. ' Give him some date,' said a leader to his junior thus hard pressed ; ' any date will do to keep him quiet.' " 2. From ' Further Indiscretions, by a Woman of No Importance,' 1918, p. 238 : " He had a habit latterly of falling asleep when the case he was hearing became dull. Once when trying a case involving the loss of a ship's cargo the Chief Baron was in a condition of somnolence. It so happened that he was a firm