Boar's Head Inn, Southwark

The Boar's Head Inn was an inn at Southwark in London, owned by Sir John Fastolf, who is the source for the character-name of Falstaff.[1] While the Eastcheap Boar's Head Inn is not known to have existed during the reign of Henry IV, this inn may have done.

References

  1. Wm. E. Baumgaertner, Squires, Knights, Barons, Kings: War and Politics in Fifteenth Century England, Trafford Publishing, 2010, chapter "Sir John Fastolf".


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