Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Sir Thomas Bond
The Thomas Bond who would later give his name to Bond Street in London (technically Old Bond Street and New Bond Street). This is because Bond developed this area after he (together with a couple of other financiers) bought the former Duke of Clarendon’s gardens from the Duke of Albermarle (the new owner) for
“Non sufficit orbis”
And an alternative translation is “The World Is Not Enough”, which interestingly enough is the title of one of the recent cinematic adventures of Sir Thomas Bond’s latter-day descendant James, 007.
Thanks, Dirk, for that fascinating tidbit.