Re: Green Dragon

On 31/10/2007 14:39, Phil C. wrote with interest:
White's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1856, gives my 3xg grandfather as
victualler at the Green Dragon, West Ashby near Horncastle. There
still seems to be a Green Dragon there though I don't yet know if it's
the same building.

Searching for other refs to the pub I was surprised by the sheer
number of Green Dragons over a wide area of the country. A quick
Google (producing no authoritative results) suggest most popularly
that the name is heraldic in origin and relates to the Earls of
Pembroke. If so, does anybody know why it should have become so widely
dispersed? There seem to be links to the Tudors but that's going back
an awfully long way. Just wondering.

William Herbert (1501?-1570), 1st Earl of Pembroke. He held high office throughout the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth. His first wife Anne was sister to Catherine Parr. When he died in 1570 he was buried at St. Paul’s with almost unparalleled magnificence. The Earl’s badge was a green dragon.
He was obviously one of the rich and famous and as such would have owned property all over the place.

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Joe
Wakefield
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