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Angel Alley and Street
Angel Street possibly derived its name from the Aungell beerhouse, "which, in 1585, belonged to Sir Robert Copley, and was let to Henry Leake, brewer, chief founder of the St Olave's Grammar School, and one of the refugees from Flanders before the persecution under Alva." --[R. and N., 41.]It is difficult to identify the following tokens to the exact place of their issue. There was an Angel Street between the Old Barge House and St George's Fields; also Angel Court or Yard on the north side of Foul Lane; another Angel Court or Alley was in Montague Close, about where the Bridge House Hotel or London and Westminster Bank now is; and a fourth near the King's Bench Prison, still represented by a dingy little passage, called Angel Place, referred to by Dickens in his preface to "Little Dorrit." --[N.] |
W111: Southwark, Angel Alley and Street (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | Seven stars |
| IOHN ABETHELL |
| R | I A A |
| IN ANGELL STREET I A A | |
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W114: Southwark, Angel Alley and Street (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | An angel |
| IOHN SMITH AT ANGEL |
| R | I S |
| ALY IN SOVTHWARKE I S | |
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W118: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (1657)
| O | A cannon mounted |
| HENRY BAYLY AT THE |
| R | H S B |
| BANKE SIDE 1657 H S B | |
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W119: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A shuttle |
| DANIEL BARD |
| R | D M B |
| AT THE BANK SIDE D M B | |
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W120: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Haberdashers' Arms |
| WILLIAM BOORMAN |
| R | W E B |
| AT THE BANK SIDE W E B | |
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W123: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | St George and the Dragon |
| ALEX HILL AT THE |
| R | BANK SIDE |
| AT MASLIN STAIERS BANK SIDE | |
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W124: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | St George and the Dragon |
| IOHN LOVE ON THE |
| R | I M L |
| BANKSID SOVTHWARK I M L | |
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W126: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A hedgehog |
| THOMAS MARTIN |
| R | T E M |
| ON THE BANKSIDE T E M | |
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W128: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A stag |
| AT THE EARL OF ESEX |
| R | R E P |
| ARMES AT BANCKSIDE R E P | |
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W130: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A unicorn |
| THOMAS SEABRO |
| R | T E S |
| ON YE BANK SIDE T E S | |
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W131: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (1658)
| O | A unicorn |
| HANDREY STROVD ON |
| R | H E S |
| THE BANK SIDE 1658 H E S | |
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W132: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (1658)
| O | A unicorn |
| HENEREY STROVD ON |
| R | H E S |
| THE BANK SIDE 1658 H E S | |
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| The unicorn was included in one Henry Polstead's lands, which he purchased by exchange of Henry VIII., and came, no doubt, out of the forfeitures of the monks of Bermondsey, the Templars, and Knights of St John to him. In process of time the property came to Henslowe (of the Rose playhouse) and to Alleyn (of the Globe playhouse). In Alleyn's will the unicorn is among the property left to his wife, Constance. The unicorn is granted by King Charles in 1635 to Sydenham and others, who afterwards dispose of it. At a later period it was the Skin Market. --[R. and N., 242.] |
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W135: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A cooper's adze |
| GILES STVCHBERY AT YE |
| R | HIS FARTHINGE(??) |
| BANCK SIDE SOVTHWARK | |
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| 135 is originally given as a farthing variety of 134 (a halfpenny) reading SOVTHWARK in place of the date. Does this infer that the denomination is changed accordingly? Or should this be a halfpenny? |
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W136: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (1666)
| O | The Waterman's Arms |
| HENRY STILTAT |
| R | H M S |
| THE BANCKSIDE 1666 H M S | |
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W137: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A heart with a star above it |
| WILL TOMMAS AT BAN |
| R | W A T |
| SIDE SOVTHWARK W A T | |
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W138: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The arms of the Vavasour family; a fess dancettée, a crescent for difference |
| GEORGE VAVASOVR |
| R | G F V |
| ON THE BANKE SIDE G F V | |
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W139: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A plough |
| WILLIAM WILLIAMS |
| R | W B W |
| OF THE BANCKSIDE W B W | |
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| See Gravel Lane for two more |
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W140: Southwark, Bank Side (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Merchant-Tailors' Arms |
| R YOVNG IN SOVTHW |
| R | R E Y |
| ARK ON YE BANKSIDE R E Y | |
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