▁and ▁Ga unt ' s ▁Qu ay ▁was ▁" for ▁landing ▁of ▁bar rell ▁f ys he ▁and ▁su che ▁like ▁having e ▁no ▁c rane ". ▁The ▁three ▁qu ays ▁already ▁existed ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁though ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁their ▁establish ments ▁is ▁not ▁known . ▁They ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁smallest ▁of ▁the ▁legal ▁qu ays ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁combined ▁front age ▁of ▁only ▁ ▁– ▁ ▁for ▁C ox ' s ▁Qu ay , ▁ ▁for ▁Ga unt ' s ▁Qu ay ▁and ▁ ▁for ▁Hamm ond ' s ▁Qu ay . ▁▁ ▁All ▁three ▁qu ays ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁named ▁after ▁own ers ; ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Elizabeth ▁I ▁of ▁England , ▁C ox ' s ▁Qu ay ▁was ▁recorded ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁dem ised ▁from ▁Richard ▁Co ke ▁to ▁Anne ▁Co oke , ▁either ▁of ▁which ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁qu ay ' s ▁name . ▁Ga unt ' s ▁Qu ay ▁was ▁at ▁some ▁point ▁absor bed ▁into ▁Hamm ond ' s ▁Qu ay , ▁and ▁C ox ▁and ▁Hamm ond ' s ▁Qu ays ▁were ▁both ▁subsequently ▁un ited . ▁The ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁ownership ▁of ▁Ga unt ' s ▁and ▁C ox ' s ▁Qu ays ▁was ▁somewhat ▁unusual ▁in ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁both ▁owned ▁and ▁managed ▁by ▁a ▁professional ▁l ighter man . ▁Hamm ond ' s ▁Qu ay ▁was ▁owned ▁for ▁several ▁centuries ▁by ▁the ▁V int ners ' ▁Company , ▁to ▁which ▁it ▁had ▁been