Devereux Court
Names
- Devereux Court
Street/Area/District
- Devereux Court
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Devereux Court
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Devereux Court
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Devereux Court
Descriptions
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Devereaux court, on the S. side of the Strand, the second without Temple bar, a passage into the Middle Temple, and Essex buildings.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
[Devereux Court.] ... at the [Palsgraves Head Court] Entrance out of the Strand, there is another Door made open with Iron Bars, to shut up on occasion, for the Security of the Inhabitants and Lodgers. Next to this is a small Alley note worth the naming. Then through a small Passage is an Entrance into Devereux Court, which leadeth to the Temple Back Gate. It is a large Place with good Houses, and by reason of its vicinity to the Temple, hath a good Resort, consisting of Publick Houses and noted Coffee Houses; from this Court is a Passage into Essex Street.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Devereux court, Without Temple Bar, near the place where the Lord Essex's mansion house formerly stood.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Devereux-Court, Strand,—at 218, the third on the L. about sixteen doors from Temple-bar, leading into Essex-st.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Devereux-Ct., Strand, is the third turning on the left from Temple-bar, going towards Charing-cross, and derives its name from the noble family of Devereux, whose mansion stood on its site.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Devereux Court, Strand, the first turning eastward after Essex Street, into which street it leads, so called after Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the parliamentary general. On what was once the Grecian Coffeehouse, in Devereux Court, is a bust of Essex, and beneath, "This is Deveraux Courte, 1676." At the house of one Kedder, in this court, died Marchmont Needham, author of three mercuries or newspapers: Mercurius Britannicus, for the Presbyterian cause; Mercurius Pragmaticus, for the King's party; and Mercurius Politicus, for the Independent party. Needham was buried in the neighbouring church of St. Clement Danes, November 29, 1678. Tom's Coffee-house, in this court, was the resort of some of the most eminent men for learning and ingenuity of the time. Here Dr. Thomas Birch was often to be found; and here Akenside, the poet, spent many of his winter evenings.1