Daniel Rawlinson (died 1679), of

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and

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, was a

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in London, where he kept the Mitre Tavern on Fenchurch Street.

Biography

Rawlinson was educated at

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. He was a friend of

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and is mentioned a number of times in Pepys' diary. According to a letter from Dr. Richard Rawlinson to Tom Herne, an antiquary at Oxford, he seems to have been a staunch royalist: "The tell this, that upon the king's

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] murder, January 30th, 1649, he hung his in mourning". His wife Margaret died in 1666 of plague and his business burned down in the Great Fire of London, Great Fire of that year. He later rebuilt the Mitre. His son Thomas Rawlinson (1647–1708), Thomas Rawlinson became

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in 1705, and his grandsons include Thomas Rawlinson and

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, the latter a great benefactor to the

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Year of birth unknown 1679 deaths Drinking establishment owners People educated at Hawkshead Grammar School {{UK-business-bio-stub