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Staple Inn, the only surviving building of the Inns of Chancery. This was one of the sites where lawyers and law students interacted. Today it is located near Chancery Lane tube station, London.

The Staple Inn is located in the top right-hand corner of this map, circled in red.

The Staple Inn itself is located on the south side of High Holborn Street, WC1 and is a Tudor style building. Today, the Staple Inn consists of two buildings that can be seen on the facade, one being the original building (the five bays on the left)…

This particular scene depicts a good samaritan leading an injured traveler to the door of an inn, with the innkeeper seen on the right. Although this is not the Staple Inn, it represents an inn used for housing travelers. This was the primary…