Curiosities of London Exhibiting the Most Rare And Remarkable Objects of Intere
Curiosities of London Exhibiting the Most Rare And Remarkable Objects of Intere
John Timbs
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Gascoyne wines were sold in London at 4d. T and Rhenish at 6d. , the gallon. The Vintry, which gives name to the Ward, was part of the north bank of the Thames, where Vintners' Hall and Queen-street-place are now built; it was at the south end of Three Cranes-lane, so called from the implements with which the mer- chants " craned their wines out of lighters and other vessels, " and landed them : it was so magnificent a building, that Henry Picard, vintner and Mayor in 1356, entertained therein ...the kings of England, Scotland, France, and Cyprus, in 1363. After the Great Fire, the Vintners' Almshouses were rebuilt in the Mile-End-road. This Company, as well as the Dyers, continues to keep swans on the Thames (see p. 415). 12. CLOTHWOEKERS' HALL (which just escaped destruction by the Great Fire), on the east side of Mincing-lane, Fenchurch-street, was an edifice of red brick, adorned with fluted brick pilasters. The Hall was richly wainscoted, and had life-sized carved figures of James I.
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