" (
Lives of the Chief Justices
, vol. iii. p. 271, note). Mr. Wheatley, in
London Past and Present, sub voce
"Maiden Lane," says that the
"tavern continued to be frequented by young men, and 'much in vogue for devilled kidneys, oysters, and Welch rabbits, cigars, "goes" of brandy, and great supplies of London stout' (also for comic songs), till it was absorbed in the extensions of the Adelphi Theatre."