Trig Lane was named after the Trigge family, notable fishmongers of the fifteenth century, and was not very far from the famous old fishmarket of Billingsgate. Keys of this type were most probably made to secure a small chest or boarded box used to house documents and precious personal items. Its loss could well be attributed to the owner tumbling into the river from one of the many crowded wherries then in use as ferry boats. The original key is at present in a private collection. Reproductions of tudor key antiquities and jewelry facsimiles.
Jewellery artifact tudor key keyring pendant artefact.