| Licensees : |
THOMAS PORTER
age 44 in 1851
& Chelsea Pensioner |
1850 - 1859 |
| JEREMIAH COOK |
by 1867 |
| JAMES BROCK |
24.01.1868 |
| JAMES WATSON |
15.06.1868 |
| WILLIAM SHEWARD |
22.09.1868 |
| FRANCIS LONERGAN |
02.07.1869 |
| EMILY LONERGAN |
21.11.1871 |
| WILLIAM CLARKE |
11.06.1872 |
| MARY CLARKE |
30.03.1880 |
| WILLIAM STAFF |
17.04.1883 |
| JAMES ALLTHORPE |
10.10.1883 |
| WILLIAM STAFF |
12.04.1884 |
Convicted
21.05.1884 of permitting gaming.
Fine £2 plus 18/6d costs or 7 days detention. |
SARAH ANN STAFF
( widow ) |
05.04.1913 |
| WALTER BELL |
22.07.1924 |
Convicted
09.02.1925 of selling out of hours.
Fine £2 or 21 days detention. |
| LEONARD EDWARD BARBER ALLEN |
05.04.1928 |
| STANLEY GEORGE BRIGHTON |
20.07.1937 |
| BERTRAM CHARLES HIPPERSON |
24.08.1943 |
| CECIL GEORGE HIPPERSON |
05.04.1946 |
| FRANCIS HARRY HUGHES |
10.10.1950 |
| ERNEST FREDERICK NORMAN LUNN |
18.11.1958 |
|
William Sheward purchased the house in 1868.
`Upon taking to drink he is said to have confessed to the police that he had murdered his
wife in 1851. He had chopped her into small pieces and distributed her about the City. At
his trial he retracted his confession saying that he was drunk at the time of making the
statement. He was however found guilty, convicted and sentenced to death.
At that point he again confessed.'
It is said that he became the first person to be privately executed, by the hangman
Calcraft, at Norwich City Gaol.114 5/8 barrels of beer
sold in the final year of trading.
Although closed 1958 S&P held the licence until 1960, when they advised the
Magistrates 25th September that they wished to surrender the licence.
Property sold to Norwich Corporation. |
