MRP: The Ship, London
The Ship, London
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There were a number of Ship taverns in London in the 1660s. They were located in XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX.
The Ship in Old Bailey is most likely candidate for the tavern mentioned by Tobell Aylmer in his letter to Sir George Oxenden.[1] This tavern would have been close to Aylmer's house, the address of which Aylmer gave in the same letter as "The Corner or Old Corner, near Ludgate (and Old Bailey)." A Chancery document confirms that Aylmer's house was near Ludgate.[2]
A February 1653/54 legal document states that the last meeting of alleged papish plotters was at the Ship tavern, Old Bailey, where they were arrested. The tavern master, Mr. Thomas Amps, denied any knowledge of the plot and though imprisoned with the alleged plotters, was later released without charge.[3]
Harben (1918) states that the Ship tavern in the Old Bailey was located in Ship Court, on the west side of Old Bailey; the court itself being named after the tavern.[4] The building was demolished in the nineteenth century and replaced by "Railway Companies' and carriers yards and stables."[5]
"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 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"[6]
Background material
"William Meere, the vintner at the Ship at the Old Bailey"[7]
"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)"[8]
"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"[9] [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)."[10]
"Ship Court, Old Bailey, west side, near Ludgate Hill; now absorbed in the Railway Companies' and carriers yards and stables..."[11]
"This day (Feb: 18.) [1653] 11 prisoners were sent from James's to the Tower, accused to be actors in the late Plot...They had many meetings in several places about their business, but removed from one place to another; and their last meeting was Tuesday 14 Feb. 1653, at Mr. Thomas Amps, Vintner, at the Ship Tavern in the Old Bailey...and the master of the tavern protesteth that he knew not any thing of their design, only they came to drink; he was brought away prisoner with them, but because no charge was by any made against him, he was after let go again"[12]
- ↑ BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir George Oexnden, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. ?
- ↑ This is the footnote text
- ↑ Anonymous, Cromwelliana: A chronological detail of events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged, from the year 1642 to his death 1658, with a continuation of other transactions To the restoration (Westminster, 1810), pp. 134-135.
- ↑ 'Ship Court - Shoemaker Row, Lane', A Dictionary of London (1918). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63308#s1 Date accessed: 08 October 2011
- ↑ Henry Benjamin Wheatley, London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, vol.3 (London, 1891), p. 239
- ↑ BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from Tobell Aylmer to Sir GO, Old Corner, nr. Ludgate, 20th March 1662/63, ff. ?
- ↑ Michelle O'Callaghan, The English wits: literature and sociability in early modern England (Cambridge, 2007), p. 195, fn. 42
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer, vol. 3, p. 385
- ↑ '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
- ↑ Henry Benjamin Wheatley, London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, vol.3 (London, 1891), p. 239
- ↑ Anonymous, Cromwelliana: A chronological detail of events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged, from the year 1642 to his death 1658, with a continuation of other transactions To the restoration (Westminster, 1810), pp. 134-135.
