The Boar's Head Inn was an inn at Southwark in London, owned by Sir John Fastolf,[1] who was the inspiration for the Shakespearean character of Falstaff.[2] While the Boar's Head Inn in Eastcheap is not known to have existed during the reign of Henry IV, this inn may have.
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References
edit- ^ Shelley, Henry C. (1909). Inns and Taverns of Old London. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Cooper, Stephen (23 February 2011). The Real Falstaff: Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84468-774-9. Retrieved 24 November 2023.