| Licensees : |
| BENJAMIN HARVEY |
1760 - 1762 |
| JOSEPH TRUNDLE |
1763 - 1764 |
| Mr COBB |
1776 |
|
Said to have been built by Abraham Duel-Cresse in the reign of Henry I
( King from 1216 - 1272 )
Became an inn c1619.
Listed ( 1745 - 1760 ) by Arderon as
ABRAHAM OFFERING UP HIS SON.
The Norfolk Chronicle of 20th April 1776 advertised
that
`William Baxter, at the RED LION, St. Stephens, begs to inform his friends and public in general that as ABRAHAMS ALL is now
rebuilding so that customers cannot have any accommodation, should think himself happy to
be honoured with their company until the house is rebuilt...'
Recorded 1819Described
in 1842 .....
Was a very ancient inn......Known by the sign of Abraham offering up his
son Isaac, and stood where is now the shop of Mr Fletcher, in the
Haymarket.
It derived its name from Abraham, son of Deulecresse, a jew, who being
convicted of, and burnt for blasphemy, forfeited his estate to the crown,
which was granted in the reign of Edward I to Vincent De Kirkley. ( King
from 1272 - 1307 ) |