DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

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Page Updated:- Wednesday, 31 March, 2021.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Barry Smith and Paul Skelton

Earliest 1632-

 Queen of Bohemia

Latest 1632+

Address unknown

Dover

 

A token coin initialled with IC, which circulated the town in the seventeenth century may suggest a licensed house. It bore the portrait of that queen, who was Elizabeth, daughter of James 1st. Widowed in 1632 she came to this country at the restoration, dying here thirty years later.

The inscription says "AT THE QVEEN OF BOHEMIA. 1652 I.E.C."

 

Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was briefly the Queen of Bohemia she was crowned three days after her husband, Frederick V, who was crowned King of Bohemia on 7 November 1619 till 8 November 1620. She was also known as the Winter Queen

Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia after Unknown artist line engraving, 17th century 5 3/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (137 mm x 112 mm) paper size.

 

LICENSEE LIST

IC 1632

 

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