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was a tavern located on the south bank of the river thames, at the foot of London Bridge in Southwark, England.

History
The tavern was often frequented by the aristocracy.

Records show that in 1463 John Howard paid for dinner there.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9m05AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA430

A 1633 order to facilitate law enforcement stated that "all back doors to taverns on the Thames are commanded to be shut up, only the Bear at Bridge-foot is exempted, by reason of the passage to Greenwich". https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R2MCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32