Table of the Inns of Chancery – Medieval Londoners

Table of the Inns of Chancery (TIC)

Inn	Type of Inn			Map	Notes
Inn	IoCh after 1470?	IoC gone by 1470	Uncertain status	Map	Notes
Angel Inn		√	√	B, C	Listed as an Inn of Chancery in some earlier histories, although Baker claims it was never a legal inn but a coaching inn adjacent to several legal inns (IoC, 39)
Bardelby’s Inn		√	√	A, C	Named after Robert Bardelby (d. 1328), Chancery clerk under Edward I, who lived with law students on Fetter Lane near Fleet Street.
Barnard’s Inn	√			B, C, F	A legal inn from the mid-1430s
Clement’s Inn	√			B, C, D, F	Formed as a common law society in the first third of the fifteenth century.
Clifford’s Inn	√			A, B, C, D, F	One of the earliest Inns of Chancery. Leased in 1340 to the Keeper of the Rolls of the Chancery and in 1344 to apprentices-at-law.
Furnivall’s Inn	√			B, C, F	One of the earliest organized preparatory legal inns, dating probably from the 1380s after the death of Lord Furnival.
Lyon’s Inn	√			B, C, E, F	A legal inn from about 1415. Fortescue was a feofee.
Mirfield’s Inn		√		A, C, D	Short-lived but large legal inn run by William Mirfield, Chancery clerk, an amalgamation of several earlier legal inns leased by Chancery clerks. Gone by 1380. Not listed by Baker.
New Inn	√			B, C, F	Several other “New” inns existed from time to time in the area, including Tamworth’s first inn on Chancery Lane. New Inn near The Strand, the historical Inn of Chancery, possibly existed as a law society from the 1420s.
Outer or Utter Temple	√			B, C, F	The most elusive of all the Inns of Chancery. Its existence wasn’t even proven until this century, when Baker discovered three members named and a conclusive legal action from 1448 (IoC, p. 49-51).
St. George’s Inn/The Long Entry			√	B, C, D	References to both inns are found in the records, none very clear. Baker tentatively suggests that they were the same inn (IoC, 31).
St. Mary Inn					See New Inn.
Scrope’s Inn				A, B	Founded in 1334, mainly for Serjeants and judges but may have been used as a place of education in a minor way.
Staple Inn	√			B, C, F	A legal society from around 1415.
Strand Inn	√			B, C, F	Probably existed in 1420s, but the first clear references are from the 1450s.
Strange’s Inn				B, C	Apparently cited as a legal inn in 1415, but there is little other evidence about it. Baker (IoC, 43-46) raises the possibility that the society of Lincoln’s Inn originated at Strange’s Inn and then moved to its current site on Chancery Lane.
Tamworth’s “Great Inn”		√		B, C, D	Inn held on Chancery Lane, 1350-1425, by Chancery clerk John Tamworth and his heirs. First major inn run by a Chancery clerk. Raton Row, Plough Court, and other marked sites held by Tamworth possible also used as legal inns. Not listed by Baker.
Thavies Inn	√			A, B, C, F	Sometimes called “Davy’s” Inn. It was organized as a law society by the 1340s.
Willoughby’s Inn		√	√	A, C	Sir Richard Willoughby was a justice who had various rental properties and lodgings, including an inn in the 1330s where apprentices lived.

Table of the Inns of Chancery (TIC)

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