There are also carved heads of Henry IV and Henry V. These motifs refer to the celebrated Boar's Head tavern which features in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays as the scene of drunken revelry between Young Prince Hal and Falstaff.
There are also carved heads of Henry IV and Henry V. The motifs refer to the celebrated Boar's Head tavern. A real Eastcheap tavern, the Boar's Head, features in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays as the scene of drunken revelry between Young Prince Hal and Falstaff.