Note 328 — The Table. (continued 2)

Aldersgate. In the Ordinary, by W. Cartwright, Moth the Antiquary says:—

"Yclose by Aldersgate there dwelleth one Wights clypen Robert Moth; now Aldersgate Is hotten so from one that Aldrich hight; Or else of Elders, that is, ancient men; Or else of Aldern trees which growden there; Or else, as Heralds say, from Aluredus."