Licensees :
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WILLIAM LAKEY TUCK	1830 - 1845
ALFRED KING	1854 - 1858
Ordered to put 5s into the poor box for allowing house to be open during prohibited hours on Sunday 30th August 1857
Mrs CATHERINE KING	1861 - 1865
WILLIAM HOWES	1869
Mrs CATHERINE KING (Beer shop keeper 1871)	1871 - 1874
WILLIAM CULLINGFORD	1875
ALFRED KING	1878 - 1879
Accused 22nd August 1878 of receiving property stolen from St. Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Mr. King claimed that it was his wife who purchased the property and that he had no knowledge of it. It was said that the house was the resort of convicted thieves. Past complaints about the house had been really concerned about the bad language used in the neighbourhood rather than conduct of business at the house. The brewery representative  advised that if there was objection to renewal of Mr. Kings licence, then a new tenant would be found.
Mrs. MARIA KING	1881 - 1883
WILLIAM GIBBS	1886 - 1888
ROBERT HUTTON	by June 1889
Summoned Friday 31st May 1889 of having house open during prohibited hours on Wednesday 22nd May. Pleading guilty, but under the circumstances that those served had been at sea all night, the Bench dismissed the case upon payment of costs.
Wednesday 13th July 1892 - Accused of serving beer to a number of men, from a side door, on the Sunday morning at 08:05 am. In spite of no evidence of drinking being found and witnesses confirming that beer had been refused to be served, the Mayor and magistrates decided to convict. Fined 10s and costs. Mr. Hutton said "You have convicted me wrongfully. A grosser charge was never got up".
WILLIAM JOSEPH CURTIS	23.07.1909
DANIEL STEWARD DYSON	16.04.1915
ALICE MARIA DYSON	19.05.1931
CHARLES JOHN ATKINSON (died 06.02.1948)	29.10.1935
HARRY BURGESS	05.03.1948

31 South Quay in 1822.

Located on the NW corner of Row 118, Middlegate to South Quay.

32 South Quay from at least 1871.

Robert Hutton was cautioned 23rd August 1889 regarding the way the house was conducted. The Chief Constable said that he knew the house traded on Sundays and that Hutton had men on watch. "as sure as he stood in the witness box, he would be caught".
Hutton denied he had "scouts" and said that "there are several trying to have me."
The Mayor warned Hutton to be careful.