The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, vol. 2
Allen, Thomas
1828
Shipwrights. 59.
. an antique hulk, the stern terminating with the head of a dragon; in the hulk the ark with doors in the side, a step-ladder, all , on a chief the cross of St. George , charged on the centre with a lion passant guardant of the . . An ark , on ground ; on the top of the ark a dove holding in the beak an olive branch | |
This was a society by prescription for a great number of years, but was at length incorporated by king James I. in the year , by the name of
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It is governed by a master, wardens, and assistants; and was admitted to have a livery in the year . Their hall, which stood at Ratcliffe Cross, being pulled down, they now meet in the Irish chamber, at . | |