. Vanishing England . h had cast a shoe. The press-gang rushed out, seized the young man, and led him offto serve the king. Before leaving he nailed the shoe to apost on the stairs, saying, Let this stay till I come fromthe wars to claim it. So it remains to this day un-claimed, a mute reminder of its owners fate and of themanners of our forefathers. Another inn, the Fighting Cocks at St. Albans,formerly known as Ye Old Round House, close to theRiver Ver, claims to be the oldest inhabited house inEngland. It probably formed part of the monasticbuildings, but its antiquity as an inn is not, as
. Vanishing England . h had cast a shoe. The press-gang rushed out, seized the young man, and led him offto serve the king. Before leaving he nailed the shoe to apost on the stairs, saying, Let this stay till I come fromthe wars to claim it. So it remains to this day un-claimed, a mute reminder of its owners fate and of themanners of our forefathers. Another inn, the Fighting Cocks at St. Albans,formerly known as Ye Old Round House, close to theRiver Ver, claims to be the oldest inhabited house inEngland. It probably formed part of the monasticbuildings, but its antiquity as an inn is not, as far asI am aware, fully established. The antiquary must not forget the ancient inn at Bain-bridge, in Wensleydale, which has had its licence since OLD INNS 255 1445, and plays its little part in Drunken BamabfsJournal. Many inns have played an important part in nationalevents. There is the Bull at Coventry, where HenryVII stayed before the battle of Bosworth Field, wherehe won for himself the English crown. There Mary. Fire-place in the George Inn, Norton St. Philip, Somerset Oueen of Scots was detained by order of the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot met todevise their scheme for blowing up the Houses of Parlia-ment. The George Inn at Norton St. Philip, Somerset,took part in the Monmouth rebellion. There the Dukestayed, and there was much excitement in the inn whenhe informed his officers that it was his intention to attackBristol. Thence he marched with his rude levies to 256 VANISHING ENGLAND Keynsham, and after a defeat and a vain visit to Bath hereturned to the George and won a victory overFavershams advanced guard. You can still see theMonmouth room in the inn with its fine fire-place. The Crown and Treaty Inn at Uxbridge reminds oneof the meeting of the Commissioners of King and Parlia-ment, who vainly tried to arrange a peace in 1645 ; andat the Bear, Hungerford, William of Orange receivedthe Commissioners of James II, and set out thence onhis march to
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