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A list of the names of some of the hackney coachmen lycensed by the City of London [manuscript], ca. 1692.

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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.686

Title
A list of the names of some of the hackney coachmen lycensed by the City of London [manuscript], ca. 1692.
Description
1 leaf.
Scope and content
List includes the King's Coachmen, sundry "Gentlemen in the Country," and the Lord Mayor's Coachmen, also a number of women "Coachmen," apparently all widows. With: a printed ticket ordering the renewal of their licenses 16th May 1692, beginning, "By virtue of an order of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor & Court of Alderman . . ."
Note
Title from caption. Date based on printed ticket.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 953.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from J.A. Allen in 1989 (list 007:66).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. Reign of the Horse (catalog p. 63)
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.686
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
X.d.686
Folger accession
MS Add 953

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