1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (09)

Allusion
Date	1720
Author	Strype, John
Title	A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster
Mentions	Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, Holborn

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Site of Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, Holborn.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-27. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.

Allusion

I shall begin at Holbourn Bridge, and so run Westward to the Bars. And then the first is Horn, or Horners Alley, the Bull head Tavern, Plumtree Court, St. Andrew's Church, St Andrew's Court, Thavies Inn, Bartlets Court and Buildings, Kings head Court, Bernards Inn, Castle Yard, and White's Alley. Then on the North side, beginning at the Bars, are these Places. Warton's Court, Ely Court, Scroop's Court, Sutton Court, Plough Yard, and Cock Yard, near the Bridge. The Courts and Allies in that part of Shoe lane which are in this Parish, are Well Alley, Plumbtree Court, Molin's Rents, Spectacle Rents, Cockpit Court, Eagle and Child Alley, Brewers Yard, and Robin Hood Court. In the part of Fetter lane, which is is in this Parish, are Dean street, Churchyard Alley, Plough Yard, Horseshoe Alley, Blewit's Court, Magpie Yard and Inn, Bernard's Inn, the Passage into Bartlet's Buildings, and Kings head Court. Then Castle Yard, with part of Cursitor's Alley, and Duck's Court.

Lists

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
• Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Editions

• John Strype's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Book 3, Ch. 12, p. 252 (hriOnline).

Also see

• Robin Hood Court (Holborn)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (01)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (02)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (03)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (04)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (05)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (06)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (07)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (08)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (10)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (11)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (12)
• 1720 - Strype, John - Survey of London and Westminster (13).

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