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1666
- Dec
Golden Lion (The Strand)
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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The Golden Lion was "possibly" owned by a Mr Francis Jefferey at the time of Pepys's visit.
It may "possibly" be referred to as the Red Lion in the Strand in the 16th-century ballad "Bartholomew Fair" by Ben Jonson.
Source: “Taverns and Tokens of Pepys London” (1976) by George Berry, page 103,