Difference between revisions of "MRP: The Mermaid tavern, Cornhill"
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| − | The Mermaid tavern in Cornhill was located | + | 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. |
| − | Elizabeth Dallison wrote to her brother Sir George Oxenden | + | 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. |
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| + | ''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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Revision as of 14:41, October 4, 2011
The Mermaid tavern, Cornhill
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.
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...[1]
Sources
Primary
1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
Secondary
- ↑ BL. MS. XXXXX, Letter from Elizabeth Dallison to Sir George Oxenden, April 1st 1663, ff. 74-82
