ROW EIGHTY ‑ (Palmer gives no name)
Hardware's
Row, bailiff 1612,21; M.P.1614,23. *2
Bailiff
Harmer's row, 1652*2
Worship's Row, 1800*2
Miss Peterson's Row, 1834*2
Lone the pawnbroker's Row,
1829*2
Harbord the pastry cook's Row*2
From Middlegate Street to King
Street:
“George Hardware, on behalf
of the
town presented as
a gift, 100 Jacobuses to James
I. Hardware's residence was at the south‑east
corner, extending to
the next row. This
mansion contained some
remarkable panelling and an oak
staircase.
Suffield House, now occupied by
Hill's Restaurant, at the north‑east
corner was formerly Harbord's, and took it's name from Lord Suffield”.
(Johnson)
The ground between this row at row 82, fronting King Street, is
occupied by a large Elizabethan House
now divided into two occupations with
modern shops on the ground floor. The
front was originally adorned with
moulded bricks forming festoons of
fruit and flowers, all vestiges of which have long been obliterated. The
rooms were panelled with wainscot, having massive wooden chimney pieces reaching from
floor to ceiling. The open staircase with its
broad and fleet
steps, and heavy balustrade, was peculiarly characteristic. This house*3 was
erected by George Hardware, who purchased
the site in
1604, and was Bailiff in 1612
and 1621, and
represented the town in Parliament in 1614 and 1623.[1]
In the auction details
of April 3rd.1884,
no.5 was described
as containing- a front sitting‑room, kitchen, yard
opening into row
79, bedroom and attic, let to Mrs.Fulcher at 6 pounds ten shillings
per year. There was a cistern of soft water, and the company's water was laid
on.
*3 The staircase of this
house is depicted by Palmer
between pages 50 and 51,
vol.2, of his
Perlustration.