. Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland. Chequer Alley, in which probably this token was issued, is described by Strypein 1720 as small, but pretty well built and inhabited. In 1572 Mr. Osborne,afterwards Sir Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of London and founder of the Leedsducal family, possessed tenements here.—R. and N., 103.] 80. O. Richard . Roberts . at . ye . Bull . head . Taverne . inSouthwark (in five lines).R. his . half . peny = A bulls head, r . R. 1667. I. In the map of 1542 a few significant sketchy lines by way of a drawing tell usof the Bolles
. Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland. Chequer Alley, in which probably this token was issued, is described by Strypein 1720 as small, but pretty well built and inhabited. In 1572 Mr. Osborne,afterwards Sir Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of London and founder of the Leedsducal family, possessed tenements here.—R. and N., 103.] 80. O. Richard . Roberts . at . ye . Bull . head . Taverne . inSouthwark (in five lines).R. his . half . peny = A bulls head, r . R. 1667. I. In the map of 1542 a few significant sketchy lines by way of a drawing tell usof the Bolles Hede at the south-east corner of the precincts of the late priory ofSt. Mary Overy, and by the chaingate which protects the entry to the churchyardfrom the High Street. The Bulls Head is so notable that by-and-by, when thechurchyard requires enlarging, the ground between the church and the inn is namedthe Bull Head Churchyard. This Bull Head Inn was one of the resorts of EdwardAlleyn. In 1620 he dines with Bromfield and Tichborne at the Bull Head, atwhat is probably an election dinner. In the fire of 1676 the inn was burnt, butrebuilt, and in 1756 it is referred to in the following advertisement : To be lett,being lately repaired, in the Boro of Southwark near the hospital, a large houselate the Bull Head tavern, either as a tavern or otherwise, having large vaults anda great deal of warehouse room. The house disappeared when the new bridge was built in 1830.—[R. and N.,298.]] SOVTHWARK. 1009
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