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St. SIMON & St. JUDE |
FULL LICENCE |
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| JOHN De INGHAM |
1287 ( Robert the fowler stole goods from the said innkeeper
at Cook Rowe ) |
| ROGER COOPER, fishmonger,
WILLIAM HYLL, WILLIAM LYTYLWOOD & THOMAS NICHOLLS, hardwareman
- to 1535 |
| ROBERT TOMPSON fishmonger, JOHN
GARDENER, cordwainer, WILLIAM HEDDE, capper, &
RICHARD SCOYLS, brewer - from 1535 |
| NICHOLAS NORGATE |
to 1570 |
| AGNES NORGATE |
1570 |
| RICHARD BAKER |
to 1588 |
| MARGERY BAKER |
widow, from 1588 |
| THOMAS HURNE |
Purchased from the Baker family for £100. |
| Widow of THOMAS EDGBASTION |
1627 |
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EDWARD HOWELL |
to 1834 |
| Mrs WEBSTER |
from 1834 |
| EDWARD WEBSTER |
( son ) from 1834 |
| ..... WORTLEY |
as given 1845 |
| NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to
PS 1/8/4 ( 1867 - 1965 ) |
| ONLEY SAVILLE ONLEY |
of Stisted, Essex by 1867 |
| GEORGE RYE |
Solicitor of London, 1890 |
| E. A. SAUNDERS |
1898 |
| HENRY LEWIS CLARKE |
1895 |
| ROYAL HOTEL NORWICH Ltd |
1911 |
| QUEENS MODERN HOTELS Ltd |
1970 |
| QUEENS MOAT HOUSES Plc |
by 1990 |
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ROGER COWPER
mentioned in a petition to
Cardinal Wolsey ( 1475 - 1530 ) |
pre 1530 |
JOHN the Hoteler at the
Maides Head.
buried 26th January 1580 |
to 1580 |
| Mr. POTTINGER |
1745 |
| JAMES BRAY |
1749 - 1750 |
| NICHOLAS GILBERT |
1757 - 1763 |
| THOMAS DAYE |
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| Christian or Christopher BARET |
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| SAMUEL BALDRY |
1783 - 1798 |
| WILLIAM WEBSTER |
1802 - 1830 |
| ( GEORGE WEBSTER ) |
( 1811 ) |
| EDWARD HOWELL |
1836 |
| CHARLES GITTINGS
- see Tap |
1840 - 1846 |
| WILLIAM WRIGHT |
1842 - 1845 |
ROBERT FRANCIS
age 64 in 1851 |
1850 - 1851 |
| WILLIAM WEBSTER |
by 1854 |
| FRANK LEWIS POMEROY |
10.10.1889 |
| EDMUND ALFRED SAUNDERS |
27.03.1894 |
| HENRY LEWIS CLARKE |
12.02.1895 |
| JAMES BERRY |
16.01.1906 |
| GEORGE DURRANT HARMAN |
05.04.1911 |
| HERBERT PHILIP GOWEN |
19.06.1923 |
| FRANK GODWIN FREE PLATTEN |
20.11.1928 |
HENRY LEWIS CLARKE JP
managing director |
1935 |
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| Mr. & Mrs. PIKE |
1960 |
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Site of an inn from at least 1287.
Previously named the MOLDE FISH
and the MURTEL FISH
and MATHILDES HEAD.
``A carved representation of this somewhat
unrecognisable member of the finny tribe will be found over the fireplace in the smoking
room.''
The MAYDE'S HEDDE is recorded from 1472 when John Paston wrote to `Mestress Margret Paston,
or to John Paston Esquier, or to Roose dwylling afoor there gate'', regarding a visitor
who would `tarye at Norwich the whylys, it were best to sette hys horse at the
Maydes Hedde, and I shall be content for their expences.'
This was a meeting place for Royalists, but in 1643 the Parliamentarians `took prize of
the horses of Dame Paston, which were stabled here'.
Address 1783 as Cook Street,
1796 as at St. Simons,
1802 as 1 Fye Bridge Street.
The estate of the Coltishall Brewery was sold here 21st May 1796 in 28 lots.
It is recorded that Walter Rye purchased the interest that Edward Webster had in the house
in order to prevent the house being leased to a `big brewer, who intended to turn the
house into a commercial inn, with a coloured glass bar, a billiard room, and the rest of
it, in fact the whole place was to be spoiled, and no longer be a refuge for those who
like peace and quiet and old surroundings'
The MAIDS HEAD TAP is given with separate
address' and licensees in 1854, 1856 & 1858.
The Westminster Gazette of June 1894 said...
`Few hostelries are so rich in historic associations. There in olden days have the
Orfords, Walpoles, Howards, Wodehouses, and other Norfolk Notables stayed, while society
of all kinds have kept high festival. The oaken beams and mullioned windows in the room
where good Queen Bess slept in 1578 may be seen, as also a wide fifteenth century
fireplace'.
In 1898 a wholesale Wine & Spirit business was run from the premises by Henry L.
Clark. An invoice dated Christmas 1898 was made out to William Forster of Aylsham. The
items billed included £10/15/6d outstanding from a previous account. For the period
October 1st 1898 to November 26th 1898 the further sum of £2/6/0d was due, being for a
combination of Dinners at 4/-, Pilsner at 6d and Sherry at 6d,
Bailing ( ? for the horse ?
) at 1/6d.
Headquarters of the 43rd and 44th Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry in January 1900 (
raised by the Suffolk Hussars ).
The building has a Georgian frontage and ` Tudor ' facade to Wensum Street which was added
later.
The City Of Norwich Plan 1945 criticised the building. |
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