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Arnold's court. 1 Barbican. 2 New lane,
Shad Thames.†
Arnold's yard, Barbican, Aldersgate
street.†
Artichoke alley. 1 Barnaby street.* 2.
Holiwell street, Shoreditch.*
Artichoke court. 1 Cannon street, Wal-
brook.* 2 Whitecross street.*
Artichoke hill, Ratcliff Highway.*
Artichoke lane. 1 Virginia street.* 2 Near
the Hermitage, Wapping.* 3 Newington
Causeway, Southwark.*
Artichoke head lane, near the Hermi-
tage.*
Artichoke yard. 1 Shoreditch.* 2 New-
ington Causeway, Southwark.*
Artillery Ground. The Old Artillery
Ground was a little north east of what is
now Devonshire square in Bishopsgate
street. This was originally a spacious
field called Tassel Close, from its being
planted with tassels for the use of the
clothworkers. It was afterwards let to
the cross-bow makers, who used to shoot
there; but being at length inclosed with
a brick wall, served as an artillery ground,
to which the gunners of the Tower re-
paired every Thursday, when they level-
led brass pieces of large artillery against a
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butt of earth raised for that purpose.
The last Prior of St. Mary Spital granted
to the gunners of the Tower this artil-
lery ground for thrice ninety nine years,
for the use and practice of great and
small artillery; and King Henry VIII.
gave the company a charter. Hence this
artillery ground became subject to the
Tower; the streets, &c. compose one of
the Tower hamlets, and the inhabitants
are still summoned on juries belonging to
the courts held on Tower hill.
In the year 1585, the city being put to
great trouble and expence by the con-
tinual musters and training of soldiers,
some brave and active citizens, who had
obtained experience both at home and
abroad, voluntarily exercised themselves,
and trained up others in the use of arms,
so that within two years there were al-
most three hundred merchants, and
other persons of distinction, qualified to
teach the common soldiers the manage-
ment of their guns, pikes, and halberts,
as well as to march and countermarch.
These met every Thursday, each person
by turns bearing office from the cor-
poral to the captain, and some of these
gentlemen had the honour of having a
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