Pope’s Head Tavern
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- Gazetteer (K)
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- King’s House in Cornhill
- Pope’s Head Alley
- Survey of London: Aldersgate Ward
- Survey of London: Aldgate Ward
- Survey of London: An Apology for the City of London
- Survey of London: Antiquity of London
- Survey of London: Bassinghall Ward
- Survey of London: Billingsgate Ward
- Survey of London: Bishopsgate Ward
- Survey of London: Bread Street Ward
- Survey of London: Bridge Ward Within
- Survey of London: Bridge Ward Without (Southwark)
- Survey of London: Bridges
- Survey of London: Broad Street Ward
- Survey of London: Candlewick Street Ward
- Survey of London: Castle Baynard Ward
- Survey of London: Cheap Ward
- Survey of London: Coleman Street Ward
- Survey of London: Cordwainer Street Ward
- Survey of London: Cornhill Ward
- Survey of London: Cripplegate Ward
- Survey of London: Dedicatory Epistle
- Survey of London: Division of the City
- Survey of London: Dowgate Ward
- Survey of London: Errata
- Survey of London: Farringdon Ward Within
- Survey of London: Farringdon Ward Without
- Survey of London: Fitzstephen’s Descriptio Nobilissimae Civitatis Londoniae
- Survey of London: Gates
- Survey of London: Honour of Citizens
- Survey of London: Hospitals
- Survey of London: Langbourn Ward
- Survey of London: Law Schools
- Survey of London: Lazar Houses
- Survey of London: Lime Street Ward
- Survey of London: Orders and Customs
- Survey of London: Parishes
- Survey of London: Portsoken Ward
- Survey of London: Queenhithe Ward
- Survey of London: Schools
- Survey of London: Singularities of London
- Survey of London: Spiritual Government of London
- Survey of London: Sports and Pastimes
- Survey of London: Suburbs
- Survey of London: Table of Chapters
- Survey of London: Temporal Government of London
- Survey of London: The City of Westminster
- Survey of London: Title Page
- Survey of London: Tower Street Ward
- Survey of London: Towers and Castles
- Survey of London: Vintry Ward
- Survey of London: Walbrook Ward
- Survey of London: Wall about the City
- Survey of London: Waters
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The Pope’s Head Tavern in Cornhill lay at the
north end of Pope’s Head Alley, to which it gave its name. It was a substantial
stone building dating back to the reign of Edward IV (Harben), and was commonly believed to have once been a King’s Palace, but this belief
may have arisen purely out of the fact that its walls carried the arms of England
(Sugden 418, Moser 14). It was bequeathed to the Merchant Taylors’ Company in 1615, and they were still drawing rents from the property in the early
20th century (Sugden 418, Harben).
The tavern was in use until 1756.
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Harben, Henry. A Dictionary of London. London: Henry Jenkins, 1918. British History Online. Reprint. Open.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Moser, Joseph.Vestiges, collected and recollected.
The European Magazine, and London Review. 47 (1805): 9–15. Open.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Sugden, Edward. A Topographical Dictionary to the Works of Shakespeare and His Fellow Dramatists. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1925. Open. Internet Archive.This item is cited in the following documents:
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