Note 169 — XXXII.—GREAT QUEEN STREET (General.)

In January, 1669–70, references occur to “John Jones, the master of the White Swan in Queen Street, Drury Lane,” and “John Jones, victualler, at the White Swan in Queen’s Street” (Historical MSS. Commission, Ho. of Commons Calendar, App. to 8th Rep. I., 155b, 157a). As late as 8th April, 1677, a letter was addressed to “Don Manuel Fonseca, Queen Street” (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1677–8, p. 82). On the other hand, the title Great Queen Street is found in 1667 as the address of Viscount Conway (Ibid., 1667, p. 535), and occurs even in a passage which must have been written at least fifteen years earlier (see p. 50).