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This day M:r Rich:d Masters (sic) M:r Rich:d Oxinden & my Selfe are gooing to y:e Shipp to Drinck to & Rememb:r o:r Indian Freinds in pticuler yo:r owne w:th a or Gunn of Ale"<ref>BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir GO, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. ?</ref>
 
This day M:r Rich:d Masters (sic) M:r Rich:d Oxinden & my Selfe are gooing to y:e Shipp to Drinck to & Rememb:r o:r Indian Freinds in pticuler yo:r owne w:th a or Gunn of Ale"<ref>BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir GO, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. ?</ref>
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===Background material===
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"William Meere, the vintner at the Ship at the Old Bailey"<ref>Michelle O'Callaghan, ''The English wits: literature and sociability in early modern England'' (Cambridge, 2007), p. 195, fn. 42</ref>
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"Edward Gethin of Llandyrnog, gent, John Gethin's son, signs a one-year lease to a Peter Evans of London, merchant, of lands in Corfedwen, Llandyrnog and Lleweni. There is little means of identifying this Peter Evans however a few facts are known.  It is known that he [Peter Evans] was a "citizen and fishmonger of London", that he acquired in 1680 the lease of the Ship Tavern in the Old Bailey (ms 32)"<ref>Bangor University Pentre Mawr Deeds and Documents, http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=39&coll_id=10909&expand=, viewed 08/10/11</ref>
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"The Ship Tavern, 12 Gate St, Holborn, London, WC2A 3HP. Holborn - The Ship Tavern was established in 1549 & has been at the heart of Holborn's social scene for over 500 years" [Note: This is not the Ship tavern, Old Bailey]
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"The Ship Tavern, Temple Bar"<ref>''The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligence''r, vol. 3, p. 385</ref> [Note: This is not the Ship tavern, Old Bailey]
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"Ship Court
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West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
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Site now occupied by business houses.
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Named after the Ship Tavern, which was standing there in 1654 (L. and P. Common. VII. 165)."<ref>'Ship Court - Shoemaker Row, Lane', A Dictionary of London (1918). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63308 Date accessed: 08 October 2011</ref>
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Revision as of 22:42, October 8, 2011

The Ship, London


THIS ENTRY REQUIRES RESEARCH

"S:r
Yo:r most humble Serv:t
Tobell Aylmer

Ffrom y:e Old Corner neere
Ludgate London March y:e 20:th
1662

[As postscript]

This day M:r Rich:d Masters (sic) M:r Rich:d Oxinden & my Selfe are gooing to y:e Shipp to Drinck to & Rememb:r o:r Indian Freinds in pticuler yo:r owne w:th a or Gunn of Ale"[1]



Background material


"William Meere, the vintner at the Ship at the Old Bailey"[2]

"Edward Gethin of Llandyrnog, gent, John Gethin's son, signs a one-year lease to a Peter Evans of London, merchant, of lands in Corfedwen, Llandyrnog and Lleweni. There is little means of identifying this Peter Evans however a few facts are known. It is known that he [Peter Evans] was a "citizen and fishmonger of London", that he acquired in 1680 the lease of the Ship Tavern in the Old Bailey (ms 32)"[3]

"The Ship Tavern, 12 Gate St, Holborn, London, WC2A 3HP. Holborn - The Ship Tavern was established in 1549 & has been at the heart of Holborn's social scene for over 500 years" [Note: This is not the Ship tavern, Old Bailey]

"The Ship Tavern, Temple Bar"[4] [Note: This is not the Ship tavern, Old Bailey]

"Ship Court

West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now occupied by business houses.
Named after the Ship Tavern, which was standing there in 1654 (L. and P. Common. VII. 165)."[5]



  1. BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir GO, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. ?
  2. Michelle O'Callaghan, The English wits: literature and sociability in early modern England (Cambridge, 2007), p. 195, fn. 42
  3. Bangor University Pentre Mawr Deeds and Documents, http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=39&coll_id=10909&expand=, viewed 08/10/11
  4. The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer, vol. 3, p. 385
  5. 'Ship Court - Shoemaker Row, Lane', A Dictionary of London (1918). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63308 Date accessed: 08 October 2011