| Licensees : |
| - |
|
| GEORGE STEBBING |
1806 - 1807 |
| STEPHEN MALLETT |
1822 |
| THOMAS HOLMES |
1830 |
| SUSANNA HOLMES |
1836 - 1839 |
| GEORGE JAY |
1840 - 1846 |
ELIZABETH STEWARD
age 49 in 1851
( as Elizabeth Stewart 1854 ) |
1850 - 1854 |
| JOHN SMITH |
1856 - 1859 |
| JOHN THOMPSON |
by 1861 |
| STEPHEN PLUNKETT |
05.05.1868 |
| JOHN BANGAY |
20.02.1872 |
| JOHN LEGGATT |
04.01.1876 |
| HENRY TUDDENHAM |
10.10.1876 |
| EDWARD BROCK |
20.07.1877 |
| JOHN BENSLEY |
02.04.1878 |
| JOHN HORACE HUGGINS |
27.11.1878 |
Convicted
22.09.1881of being open out of hours.
Fine £2 plus 17/6d costs |
| JOHN OATES |
03.01.1882 |
| FREDERICK WATSON |
20.06.1882 |
Convicted
30.08.1884 of selling out of hours.
Fine 20/- plus 7/- costs or 10 days detention. |
| FRANCES LYDIA WATSON |
04.01.1887 |
| JOHN CREAMER PLOWRIGHT |
1887 |
Convicted
11.03.1891 of selling out of hours.
Fine 20/- plus 7/- costs or 7 days detention. |
Convicted
19.07.1892 of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine 20/- plus 7/- costs or 14 days detention. |
| MARY ELLEN PLOWRIGHT |
05.04.1907 |
| GEORGE WALTER PRATT |
25.11.1907 |
Convicted
07.12.1907 of allowing drunkenness
Fine 10/- plus 7/- costs or 7 days detention. |
| EDWARD ARTHUR MERIDITH |
1908 |
| FREDERICK JOHN ROBERTS |
13.10.1908 |
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Also found listed under St. Giles.
Named the
BEAR & RAGGED STAFF ( 1822 )
Named after the Earl of Warwick, who defeated Robert Kett.
( Coat of Arms being a muzzled bear chained to a ragged staff )
The Norfolk Chronicle of 8th February 1908 reported that the Chief Constable opposed
renewal of licence.
The house was said to be within 200 yards of 4 other houses and the customers who used the
premises were of the lower class.
The house was frequented by women of ill repute and convicted criminals had been found
there. The present tenant, Mr Meredith had only been at the house for two weeks, previous
to which the house had been shut up and nobody had slept there for the previous six
months.
In reply it was said that the owner had not been aware that the house had been under day
and night police surveillance, to which the police said there were no grounds for such a
suggestion.
It was further said that the next nearest house was the OPERA
HOUSE in St. Giles and there was no suggestion that it catered for the
same class of customer.
The tenant confirmed that his weekly sales were 4½ barrels of beer, 8 dozen ( pints ) of
bottled beer and ¾ gallon of spirits.
The tenant further said that he had rid the place of the undesirable customers.
The licence renewal was granted.
Licence provisionally refused 09.02.1909 and referred to Compensation.
Closed under Compensation 29.01.1910 |
