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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… most lanes bearing this name were originally given up to Stews, i.e., houses of ill fame. Occasionally such lanes were …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… [28 Oct.], A.D. 1328. Roll 56 (175). Finch Lane. i.e., the Stews, or licensed houses of ill fame, situate on Bankside, …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… chiefly confined women of bad character frequenting the Stews at Bankside. The Clink was also an extensive "liberty" …
Survey of London
… the bishops can be exonerated from the ownership of the Stews, though they came within their jurisdiction. See of …