ɹˈɪtʃɚd ˈɛdz, ɐn ᵻlˈɪzɐbˌɛθən pˈoʊɪt, plˈeɪɹaɪt ænd klˈɜːdʒɪmən, ɪn hɪz lˈætɪn pˈoʊᵻm ˈaɪɾɚ bˈoːɹiːl, ɹˈɛkɚdz ðə pɹəpɹˈaɪəɾɚɹ ʌvðə bˈɛɹ ˈɪn ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː æz ɐ mˈæθjuː hˈæɹɪsən, hˌuː hæd ɐ pˈɛt bˈɛɹ nˈeɪmd fˈɜːz kənsˈɪdɚd təbi pˈɑːsᵻbli ɐ ɹˈɛfɹəns tə ðə pɹˈiːviəs lˈændlɔːɹd, fˈɜːz.
Richard Edes, an Elizabethan poet, playwright and clergyman, in his Latin poem Iter Boreale, records the proprietor of The Bear Inn in 1583 as a Matthew Harrison, who had a pet bear named Furze (considered to be possibly a reference to the previous landlord, Furres).