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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… of Kemp as archbishop, (d) dogs attacking deer or boar, (e) shield-of-arms of Kemp as Bishop of London, (f) …
A Dictionary of London
… Tavern North out of Aldgate High Street, near the Blue Boar Inn (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27). In Portsoken Ward. …
A New History of London
… Henry V. 1. Oldest tavern in London. In this street is the Boar's-head tavern, the house that Shakespeare represents …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This is almost certainly an idiosyncratic spelling of BOAR sty, that is a shelter for the boar. In [Inventories (1573)] it was apparently empty. Not …
Calendar of Border Papers
… shield with 2 cinquefoils in chief; crest: on a helmet a boar's head couped. 1303. Willoughby to Nottingham and Cecil. …
Calendar of Border Papers
… with speed." Indorsed by Cecil's clerk. Wax signet: a boar's head. 814. Lord Hume to Sir W. Bowes. [Nov. 1.] Answer …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Stour, derives its name from the Saxon words signifying "Boar's Pasture." The manor, at the time of the Norman survey, …
A Dictionary of London
… of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87). Boar's Head, Cripplegate, mentioned in 1648 (L. and P. Chas. I. XXII. 188). Perhaps on site of Boar's Head Court, Barbican (q.v.). Bore's Head Alley In … Alley At Belyngate, 1555 (Machyne's Diary, p. 87). See Boar's Head (The), Thames Street. Bores Head Court South out …