MRP: The Mermaid tavern, Cornhill - Revision history

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-See [[MRP: Parish of St Michael Cornhill|Parish of St Michael Cornhill]]
+See [[MRP: 1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO|1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO]]
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 Mention of three minor companies (?linked to the Wax Chandlers) post 1620 spending 2s. 2d. at the Mermaid tavern in Cornhill.'<ref>John Dummelow, ''The Wax Chandlers of London: a short history of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers, London'' (XXXX, 1979), p. 64</ref>
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 St. Michael, Cornhill
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-[[MRP: 1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO|1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO]]
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-==The Mermaid tavern, Cornhill==
+'''The Mermaid tavern, Cornhill'''
 '''Editorial history'''
 '''THIS ENTRY IS IN PREPARATION'''
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 The Mermaid tavern in Cornhill was located at XXXX on Cornhill.  Less well known to historians than the Mermaid tavern in Cheapside, it was nevertheless an important commercial location in the mid-seventeenth century, used by London merchants and others who had business at the nearby Exchange.
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-===Background material on Mermaid tavern===
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 The Sandwich, Kent born vintner, Boniface Tatam (alt. Tatham) was buried in St. Peter's, Cornhill.  He presumably owned the Mermaid tavern, Cornhill, since in his will he "gave forty shillings yearly to the parson [of St. Peter's, Cornhill] for preaching four sermons every year, so long as the lease of the Mermaid in Cornhill (the tavern so called) should endure."<ref>William Boyne, ''Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland'', vol. 1 (London, 1889), p. 574; PROB 11/109 Huddleston 1-47 Will of Boniface Tatam, Vintner of All Hallows Barking, City of London 20 February 1607</ref>
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-===Background material on Cornhill===
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 The Angel, Cornhill

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 ==Background material==
-The Sandwich, Kent born vintner, Boniface Tatam (alt. Tatham) was bured in St. Peter's, Cornhill.  He presumably owned the Mermaid tavern, Cornhill, since in his will he "gave forty shillings yearly to the parson [of St. Peter's, Cornhill] for preaching four sermons every year, so long as the lease of the Mermaid in Cornhill (the tavern so called) should endure."<ref>William Boyne, ''Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland'', vol. 1 (London, 1889), p. 574</ref>
+The Sandwich, Kent born vintner, Boniface Tatam (alt. Tatham) was buried in St. Peter's, Cornhill.  He presumably owned the Mermaid tavern, Cornhill, since in his will he "gave forty shillings yearly to the parson [of St. Peter's, Cornhill] for preaching four sermons every year, so long as the lease of the Mermaid in Cornhill (the tavern so called) should endure."<ref>William Boyne, ''Trade tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales, and Ireland'', vol. 1 (London, 1889), p. 574; PROB 11/109 Huddleston 1-47 Will of Boniface Tatam, Vintner of All Hallows Barking, City of London 20 February 1607</ref>
 Mention of three minor companies (?linked to the Wax Chandlers) post 1620 spending 2s. 2d. at the Mermaid tavern in Cornhill.'<ref>John Dummelow, ''The Wax Chandlers of London: a short history of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers, London'' (XXXX, 1979), p. 64</ref>

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 Elizabeth Dallison wrote to her brother Sir George Oxenden on April 1st 1663, informing him of business she had conducted on his behalf at the Mermaid tavern, Cornhill, and that she had sought to shift the business to East India House.
-''I desired y:e Comissioners y:t these witnesses might come before them, & they gave order they should, & when they saw them & had talked w:th them they weare very well satisfyed & said they weare sober understanding men; Pusey was out of Towne soo hee appeared nott at y:e mermayd Tavern:e in Cornwall but I desired the Commissioners, y:t in regard I must attend them, that they would meete at y:e East India house whear S:r Tho:s Chamberlan was willing wee should have all fitting accomodations...''<ref>BL. MS. XXXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dallison to Sir George Oxenden, April 1st 1663, ff. 74-82</ref>
+''I desired y:e Comissioners y:t these witnesses might come before them, & they gave order they should, & when they saw them & had talked w:th them they weare very well satisfyed & said they weare sober understanding men; Pusey was out of Towne soo hee appeared nott at y:e mermayd Tavern:e in Cornwall but I desired the Commissioners, y:t in regard I must attend them, that they would meete at y:e East India house whear S:r Tho:s Chamberlan was willing wee should have all fitting accomodations...''<ref>BL, MS. XXXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dallison to Sir George Oxenden, April 1st 1663, ff. 74-82</ref>
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