[17] The number of taverns in these ten shires was “686, or thereabouts.”
[18] “The original court roll of this presentation is still to be found amongst the records of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.”—Lyson’s Env. of London, vol. iii. p. 74.
[19] “Whosoever shall brew ale in the town of Cambridge, with intention of selling it, must hang out a sign, otherwise he shall forfeit his ale.”
[20] “Art. XXIII.—Tavernkeepers must put up signboards and a bush. . . . Nobody shall be allowed to open a tavern in the said city and its suburbs without having a sign and a bush.”
[21] A Cheat loaf was a household loaf, “wheaten seconds bread.”—Nares’s Glossary.
[22] Froe—i.e. Vrouw, woman.
[23] This was in those days a slang term for a mistress.
[24] i.e. Walk about in St Paul’s during the dinner hour.
[25] “I have seen, hanging from the shops, shuttlecocks six feet high, pearls as large as a hogshead, and feathers reaching up to the third story.”
[26] “Koddige en ernstige opschriften op Luiffels, wagens, glazen, uithangborden en andere tafereelen door Jeroen Jeroense. Amsterdam, 1682.”