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“Ye Harte Lodgings” mentioned as in the possession of 
Masters, were two houses on the east side of Stall Street, occupying 
the whole of the west side of the Queen’s Bath, they are shewn 
on Johnson’s drawing, 1675; the parapet of the largest house 
bore the inscription, ANNE * REGINA + SACRYM + 1618 +, 
commemorating the fact that Anne of Denmark, Queen of 
James 1st, used the Bath it overlooked, during her visit to the 
City. 
The picturesque frontage to Stall Street is shewn on Gilmore’s 
map, 1694, as “The Hart Lodgings in Stauls Street.” The Inn 
known as the White Hart from early in the 16th century, was on 
the west side of the street, almost opposite the Lodgings, and 
Gilmore enumerating the “Inns of Rath” mentions “the White 
Hart in Staule Street.” The Inn, then a comparatively small 
building (enlarged in after years and famous from its associations ; 
removed in 1867), appears on his map next the “way to the 
Cross Bath” (later known as White Hart Lane), Alderman John 
Bush’s lodgings being next to it, and the ‘“ Beare Inne” com- 
pleting the corner into Westgate Street. 
It may be that John Masters in 1657 obtained the “Coppie 
Licence” with the idea of disposing of the lease of the “ Harte 
Lodgings,” but the premises remained in his possession to a 
much later date. When Masters acquired the White Hart Inn 
from which he issued the token, I cannot ascertain, but the Inn 
was occupied by him prior to 1668, as the Chamberlain notes 
amongst the rents due on the 24th of June, 1668, 
“Mr. John Masters for y° White Hart 05 —oo—oo” 
and for other premises then rented by Masters in 
“ Stauls Streete 02 — 02 —oo.” 
During excavations adjacent to the Queen’s Bath, some years 
ago, a metal lamp was found representing a Stag or Hart standing 
on a pedestal, with a place for the light between the antlers. 
From the finding of this on the site of the Lodgings, it is not 
