| Licensees : |
WILLIAM CLABBORN
worsted weaver |
1760 - 1763 |
| ISAAC SAINT |
1793 - 1794 |
| - |
|
| THOMAS ALGAR |
1806 - 1807 |
| SAMUEL BETTS |
1822 - 1830 |
MICHAEL FENN
( given at the Peacock 1842 & 1845 ) |
1840 - 1845 |
HENRY HOGG
& cabinet maker |
* 1850 - 1851 |
| WILLIAM CORDAN |
1854 |
| THOMAS WADE |
1856 |
| ISAAC SANDS |
1859 |
| ISAAC JONES
( Sands ? ) |
1861 |
| J. MARSHALL |
1865 |
|
The licensee from Christmas 1793 was Isaac Saint. He was arrested 14th May 1794 and taken
to London to be questioned in the Whitehall Council Chamber by a Privy Council formed of
the Lord Chancellor, 2 Dukes, 2 Earls, 2 Lords, the Secretary of State and the Attorney
and Secretary General. The reason for the questioning was that a United Society, for the
purpose of Parliamentary reform, met at the Pelican.
Saint admitted to be secretary to the club and was detained for at least 2 months. No
record found of his return to Norwich.
( This was at the time of the French Revolution and it seems the Government was nervous.
Saint had admitted that similar societies met at the LYON, St. Pauls, at the TYGER, the
CHEQUERS and the GLOBE in St. Martins, also at the ROYAL OAK, the BOAR and the SHAKESPEARE in St.
Michaels. The QUEEN OF HUNGARY in St Swithins and the FORTUNE OF WAR in St. Edmunds were
also named. )The PEACOCK is named in Steward & Patteson
records dated 1837 to 1851 as a freehold property, owned by Steward, Patteson &
Steward.
The name PELICAN is however inserted beside PEACOCK. |
