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Article EARLY HAUNTS OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.
the novelist ; Nichols , the historian , of Leicestershire ; and Alderman Waithman , to whose memory is erected the obelisk in Farringdon Street . Among the vicars may be mentioned Dr . John Thomas , who died in 1795 , contemporary with whom was another clergyman of the same name , and it is a curious coincidence that these two Reverend
John Thomases were both chaplains to the King , both good preachers , both squinted , and both died bishops . It is hardly necessary to mention that No . 85 , at the corner of St . Bride ' s Lane , is occupied by our comic contemporary , " Punch , " and has been so occupied since its establishment in 1841 . Yet
without some reference to it , our sketch would certainly be incomplete . A little further on , at No . 93 , we come upon traces of Charles Lamb , for it was at this house that , in 1823 , he published his immortal "Essays of Elia . " Other shops hereabout ^ hat deserve mention are No . 102 , once a " saloop house , " where the poor purchased a beverage
made out of sassafras chips ; No . 103 ( now the " Sunday Times " office ) and 104 , which together formed the shop of Alderman Waithman , who was Sheriff in 1820 , Lord Mayor in 1823 , and was five times elected one of the Members of Parliament for the City . At No . 106 , in Garrick ' s time , John Hardman opened a tobacconist's
shop , and here it was that he sold his celebrated No . 37 snuff , which was composed of several ingredients , and owing to the patronage of the great actor just named , became all the fashion . Hardman died in 1772 , and by will bequeathed the sum of over £ 22 , 000 to his native city of Chichester . At the south-west corner of Shoe Lane stood the
Castle Tavern , of which mention is made as far back as 1432 , and where the Clockmakers' Company held their meetings before the Great Fire . In 1708 it possessed the largest sign in London , and its proprietor , in the early years of last century , Alderman Sir John Task , a wine merchant , is said , at his death in 1735 , to have left property worth a quarter of a million of money .
A little west of Shoe Lane was the famous Fleet Street conduit , which was begun in 1439 , by a former Lord Mayor , Sir William Estfielde , and finished in 1471 . At the coronation of Anne Boleyn it was newly painted , and over it was raised a tower with four turrets , in each of which stood one of the Cardinal Virtues , while , to the
delight of the citizens , the taps ran with claret and red wine . According to Mr . Noble , this conduit was supplied with water from the conduit at Marylebone , and the holy wells of St . Clement ' s and St . Bridget ' s ( or St . Bride ' s ) . The last well is said to have been drained dry for the supply at the coronation banquet of George IV . Near this noted conduit lived the famous printer Wynkyn de Worde , a native of Lorraine , who is said to have been one of Caxton ' s
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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.
the novelist ; Nichols , the historian , of Leicestershire ; and Alderman Waithman , to whose memory is erected the obelisk in Farringdon Street . Among the vicars may be mentioned Dr . John Thomas , who died in 1795 , contemporary with whom was another clergyman of the same name , and it is a curious coincidence that these two Reverend
John Thomases were both chaplains to the King , both good preachers , both squinted , and both died bishops . It is hardly necessary to mention that No . 85 , at the corner of St . Bride ' s Lane , is occupied by our comic contemporary , " Punch , " and has been so occupied since its establishment in 1841 . Yet
without some reference to it , our sketch would certainly be incomplete . A little further on , at No . 93 , we come upon traces of Charles Lamb , for it was at this house that , in 1823 , he published his immortal "Essays of Elia . " Other shops hereabout ^ hat deserve mention are No . 102 , once a " saloop house , " where the poor purchased a beverage
made out of sassafras chips ; No . 103 ( now the " Sunday Times " office ) and 104 , which together formed the shop of Alderman Waithman , who was Sheriff in 1820 , Lord Mayor in 1823 , and was five times elected one of the Members of Parliament for the City . At No . 106 , in Garrick ' s time , John Hardman opened a tobacconist's
shop , and here it was that he sold his celebrated No . 37 snuff , which was composed of several ingredients , and owing to the patronage of the great actor just named , became all the fashion . Hardman died in 1772 , and by will bequeathed the sum of over £ 22 , 000 to his native city of Chichester . At the south-west corner of Shoe Lane stood the
Castle Tavern , of which mention is made as far back as 1432 , and where the Clockmakers' Company held their meetings before the Great Fire . In 1708 it possessed the largest sign in London , and its proprietor , in the early years of last century , Alderman Sir John Task , a wine merchant , is said , at his death in 1735 , to have left property worth a quarter of a million of money .
A little west of Shoe Lane was the famous Fleet Street conduit , which was begun in 1439 , by a former Lord Mayor , Sir William Estfielde , and finished in 1471 . At the coronation of Anne Boleyn it was newly painted , and over it was raised a tower with four turrets , in each of which stood one of the Cardinal Virtues , while , to the
delight of the citizens , the taps ran with claret and red wine . According to Mr . Noble , this conduit was supplied with water from the conduit at Marylebone , and the holy wells of St . Clement ' s and St . Bridget ' s ( or St . Bride ' s ) . The last well is said to have been drained dry for the supply at the coronation banquet of George IV . Near this noted conduit lived the famous printer Wynkyn de Worde , a native of Lorraine , who is said to have been one of Caxton ' s