Moll King (coffee house proprietor)

Elizabeth Adkins
Scan of print from book Wits, Wenchers and Wantons by E. J. Burford
Born	1696 Vine Street, St Giles in the Fields, London, England
Died	17 September 1747(1747-09-17) (aged 50–51) Haverstock Hill, London, England
Nationality	English
Other names	Moll King
Occupation(s)	Coffeehouse proprietress, prostitute
Known for	Co-owning Tom King's Coffee House, Allegedly inspiring Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders
Criminal charge	Disorderly house
Spouse	Tom King
Children	One

Elizabeth Adkins, who was also known as Moll King, Moll Bird, Mary Godson, Mary and Maria Godson (1696 – 17 September 1747), was a prominent figure in London's underworld during the early 18th century. She owned King's Coffeehouse with her husband Tom King and she also allegedly worked in the sex trade and as a pickpocket.

Adkins has been connected in historical analysis to a London criminal named Moll King, and court documents suggest Moll King was born at least twenty years before.^[1]