Brewer's: Islington

(The Marquis of). One of the skilful companions of Barlow, the famous archer, was so christened by Henry VIII. (See Shoreditch, The Duke of.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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