From this inn, on 25 October 1598, Richard Quiney wrote a letter to William Shakespeare. This letter, the only one addressed to Shakespeare that has survived, is held by the museum at Strafford.
This was also where the United Wards Club was founded.
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The Bell, Carter Lane
From: the Devere Society: "1598 October - In the only letter ever discovered ...
Chairman of Barclays Bank, Ltd., chairman of the London Bankers Clearing Hous...
Shopkeeper and philanthropist. Born Camberwell. Aged 17 he and his brother Th...
