With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of - the Metropolis During the 17Th, 18Th, and 19Th Centuries
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Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2) - With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of - the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries By Timbs, John English A Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book This book is indexed by ISYS Web Indexing system to allow the reader find any word or number within the document. produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by underscores. On page 31, either 1660 or 1669 is a possible typo. On page 131, "The 4th Edward IV." is possibly a typo. On page 154, "Dan Rowlandson" should possibly be "Dan Rawlinson". On page 262, "Belvidere" is a possible typo for "Belvedere". CLUB LIFE OF LONDON WITH ANECDOTES OF THE CLUBS, COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS OF THE METROPOLIS DURING THE 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH CENTURIES. BY JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A. [Illustration] IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1866. PRINTED BY JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS. CONTENTS. Coffee-houses. Page EARLY COFFEE-HOUSES 1 GARRAWAY'S COFFEE-HOUSE 6 JONATHAN'S COFFEE-HOUSE 11 RAINBOW COFFEE-HOUSE 14 NANDO'S COFFEE-HOUSE 18 Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book Page 1 DICK'S COFFEE-HOUSE 20 THE "LLOYD'S" OF THE TIME OF CHARLES II 21 LLOYD'S COFFEE-HOUSE 24 THE JERUSALEM COFFEE-HOUSE 30 BAKER'S COFFEE-HOUSE 30 COFFEE-HOUSES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 31 COFFEE-HOUSE SHARPERS IN 1776 42 DON SALTERO'S COFFEE-HOUSE 44 SALOOP-HOUSES 48 THE SMYRNA COFFEE-HOUSE 49 ST. JAMES'S COFFEE-HOUSE 50 THE BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE 55 WILL'S COFFEE-HOUSE 56 BUTTON'S COFFEE-HOUSE 64 DEAN SWIFT AT BUTTON'S 73 TOM'S COFFEE-HOUSE 75 THE BEDFORD COFFEE-HOUSE, IN COVENT GARDEN 76 MACKLIN'S COFFEE-HOUSE ORATORY 82 TOM KING'S COFFEE-HOUSE 84 PIAZZA COFFEE-HOUSE 87 THE CHAPTER COFFEE-HOUSE 88 CHILD'S COFFEE-HOUSE 90 LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE 92 TURK'S HEAD COFFEE-HOUSE, IN CHANGE ALLEY 93 SQUIRE'S COFFEE-HOUSE 96 SLAUGHTER'S COFFEE-HOUSE 99 WILL'S AND SERLE'S COFFEE-HOUSES 104 THE GRECIAN COFFEE-HOUSE 105 GEORGE'S COFFEE-HOUSE 107 THE PERCY COFFEE-HOUSE 108 PEELE'S COFFEE-HOUSE 109 Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book Page 2 Taverns. THE TAVERNS OF OLD LONDON 110 THE BEAR AT THE BRIDGE-FOOT 122 MERMAID TAVERNS 124 THE BOAR'S HEAD TAVERN 124 THREE CRANES IN THE VINTRY 128 LONDON STONE TAVERN 128 THE ROBIN HOOD 129 PONTACK'S, ABCHURCH LANE 130 POPE'S HEAD TAVERN 131 THE OLD SWAN, THAMES-STREET 132 COCK TAVERN, THREADNEEDLE-STREET 133 CROWN TAVERN, THREADNEEDLE-STREET 134 THE KING'S HEAD TAVERN, IN THE POULTRY 135 THE MITRE, IN WOOD-STREET 141 THE SALUTATION AND CAT TAVERN 142 "SALUTATION" TAVERNS 144 QUEEN'S ARMS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD 145 DOLLY'S, PATERNOSTER ROW 146 ALDERSGATE TAVERNS 147 "THE MOURNING CROWN" 150 JERUSALEM TAVERNS, CLERKENWELL 150 WHITE HART TAVERN, BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT 152 THE MITRE, IN FENCHURCH-STREET 154 THE KING'S HEAD, FENCHURCH-STREET 155 THE ELEPHANT, FENCHURCH-STREET 156 THE AFRICAN, ST. MICHAEL'S ALLEY 157 THE GRAVE MAURICE TAVERN 159 MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, SPITALFIELDS 160 GLOBE TAVERN, FLEET-STREET 161 THE DEVIL TAVERN 162 Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book Page 3 THE YOUNG DEVIL TAVERN 169 COCK TAVERN, FLEET-STREET 170 THE HERCULES' PILLARS TAVERNS 171 HOLE-IN-THE-WALL TAVERNS 173 THE MITRE, IN FLEET-STREET 175 SHIP TAVERN, TEMPLE BAR 177 THE PALSGRAVE HEAD, TEMPLE BAR 178 HEYCOCK'S, TEMPLE BAR 178 THE CROWN AND ANCHOR, STRAND 179 THE CANARY-HOUSE, IN THE STRAND 180 THE FOUNTAIN TAVERN 181 TAVERN LIFE OF SIR RICHARD STEELE 182 CLARE MARKET TAVERNS 184 THE CRAVEN HEAD, DRURY LANE 185 THE COCK TAVERN, IN BOW-STREET 187 THE QUEEN'S HEAD, BOW-STREET 188 THE SHAKSPEARE TAVERN 189 SHUTER, AND HIS TAVERN PLACES 191 THE ROSE TAVERN, COVENT GARDEN 192 EVANS'S, COVENT GARDEN 194 THE FLEECE, COVENT GARDEN 196 THE BEDFORD HEAD, COVENT GARDEN 197 THE SALUTATION, TAVISTOCK STREET 197 THE CONSTITUTION TAVERN, COVENT GARDEN 199 THE CIDER CELLAR 199 OFFLEY'S, HENRIETTA-STREET 201 THE RUMMER TAVERN 202 SPRING GARDEN TAVERNS 204 "HEAVEN" AND "HELL" TAVERNS, WESTMINSTER 206 "BELLAMY'S KITCHEN" 208 A COFFEE-HOUSE CANARY BIRD 210 Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book Page 4 STAR AND GARTER, PALL MALL 211 THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN 217 "THE RUNNING FOOTMAN," MAY FAIR 219 PICCADILLY INNS AND TAVERNS 221 ISLINGTON TAVERNS 224 COPENHAGEN HOUSE 229 TOPHAM, THE STRONG MAN, AND HIS TAVERNS 232 THE CASTLE TAVERN, HOLBORN 234 MARYLEBONE AND PADDINGTON TAVERNS 236 KENSINGTON AND BROMPTON TAVERNS 242 KNIGHTSBRIDGE TAVERNS 249 RANELAGH GARDENS 255 CREMORNE TAVERN AND GARDENS 257 THE MULBERRY GARDEN 258 PIMLICO TAVERNS 259 LAMBETH,--VAUXHALL TAVERNS AND GARDENS, ETC. 260 FREEMASONS' LODGES 263 WHITEBAIT TAVERNS 267 THE LONDON TAVERN 274 THE CLARENDON HOTEL 279 FREEMASONS' TAVERN, GREAT QUEEN-STREET 280 THE ALBION, ALDERSGATE-STREET 283 ST. JAMES'S HALL 284 THEATRICAL TAVERNS 285 APPENDIX. BEEFSTEAK SOCIETY 286 WHITE'S CLUB 287 THE ROYAL ACADEMY CLUB 289 DESTRUCTION OF TAVERNS BY FIRE 290 THE TZAR OF MUSCOVY'S HEAD, TOWER-STREET 291 ROSE TAVERN, TOWER-STREET 292 Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book Page 5 THE NAG'S HEAD TAVERN, CHEAPSIDE 293 THE HUMMUMS, COVENT GARDEN 295 ORIGIN OF TAVERN SIGNS 296 INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME 305 INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME 313 [Illustration: "The Lion's Head," at Button's Coffee-House.] CLUB LIFE OF LONDON. Coffee-houses. EARLY COFFEE-HOUSES. Coffee is thus mentioned by Bacon, in his Sylva Sylvarum:--"They have in Turkey a drink called Coffee, made of a Berry of the same name, as Black as Soot, and of a Strong Sent, but not Aromatical; which they take, beaten into Powder, in Water, as Hot as they can Drink it; and they take it, and sit at it in their Coffee Houses, which are like our Taverns. The Drink comforteth the Brain, and Heart, and helpeth Digestion." And in Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, part i., sec. 2, occurs, "Turks in their coffee-houses, which much resemble our taverns." The date is 1621, several years before coffee-houses were introduced into England. In 1650, Wood tells us, was opened at Oxford, the first coffee-house, by Jacobs, a Jew, "at the Angel, in the parish of St. Peter in the East; and there it was, by some who delighted in novelty, drank." There was once an odd notion prevalent that coffee was unwholesome, and would bring its drinkers to an untimely end. Yet, Voltaire, Fontenelle, and Fourcroy, who were great coffee-drinkers, lived to a good old age. Laugh at Madame de Sévigné, who foretold that coffee and Racine would be forgotten together! A manuscript note, written by Oldys, the celebrated antiquary, states that "The use of coffee in England was first known in 1657. [It will be seen, as above, that Oldys is incorrect.] Mr. Edwards, a Turkey merchant, brought from Smyrna to London one Pasqua Rosee, a Ragusan youth, who prepared this drink for him every morning. But the novelty thereof drawing too much company to him, he allowed his said servant, with another of his son-in-law, to sell it publicly, and they set up the first coffee-house in London, in St. Michael's alley, in Cornhill. The sign was Pasqua Rosee's own head." Oldys is slightly in error here; Rosee commenced his coffee-house in 1652, and one Jacobs, a Jew, as we have just seen, had established a similar undertaking at Oxford, two years earlier. One of Rosee's original shop or hand-bills, the only mode of advertising in those days, is as follows:-- "THE VERTUE OF THE COFFEE DRINK, "First made and publickly sold in England by Pasqua Rosee. Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book Page 6 "The grain or berry called coffee, groweth upon little trees only in the deserts of Arabia. It is brought from thence, and drunk generally throughout all the Grand Seignour's dominions. It is a simple, innocent thing, composed into a drink, by being dried in an oven, and ground to powder, and boiled up with spring water, and about half a pint of it to be drunk fasting an hour before, and not eating an hour after, and to be taken as hot as possibly can be endured; the which will never fetch the skin off the mouth, or raise any blisters by reason of that heat. "The Turks' drink at meals and other times is usually water, and their diet consists much of fruit; the crudities whereof are very much corrected by this drink. "The quality of this drink is cold and dry; and though it be a drier, yet it neither heats nor inflames more than hot posset. It so incloseth the orifice of the stomach, and fortifies the heat within, that it is very good to help digestion; and therefore of great use to be taken about three or four o'clock afternoon, as well as in the morning. It much quickens the spirits, and makes the heart lightsome; it is good against sore eyes, and the better if you hold your head over it and take in the steam that way. It suppresseth fumes exceedingly, and therefore is good against the head-ache, and will very much stop any defluxion of rheums, that distil from the head upon the stomach, and so prevent and help consumptions and the cough of the lungs.