- The White Hart
- 1) Tenement called the "Sygne de le Whyte Harte " in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary Colchurch, between Westchepe south and the tenement of the Mercers north, 1539, 30 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. i. p.254), and 3 Eliz. 1561 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 218). In Cheap Ward.Not further identified.This sign was the badge of Richard II.The legends of the White Hart with the golden collar date back to remote antiquity.2) A messuage so called in Knightrider street in parish of Holy Trinity, 1553 and 1566 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 68).Not further identified.3) A messuage so called in Knightrider street in parish of Holy Trinity, 1553 and 1566 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 68).Not further identified.4) Tenement called the "Sygne de le Whyte Harte " in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary Colchurch, between Westchepe south and the tenement of the Mercers north, 1539, 30 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. i. p.254), and 3 Eliz. 1561 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 218). In Cheap Ward.Not further identified.This sign was the badge of Richard II.The legends of the White Hart with the golden collar date back to remote antiquity.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.