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68 HIGH STREET
COOKE ROW
CHEQUER WARD - See EARL OF DERBY
ELIJAH EYRES  
Licensees :
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CLARK CALLOW
(Callow Clark ?)
1791
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JOHN BLACKBURNE 1822
Mr. STEBBINGS
Died suddenly Thursday 20th April 1827 - Age 40
to 04.1827
WILLIAM ROBERT CAWSTON 1830
JOHN DURRANT 1836 - 1839
ROBERT MUNSON
age 48 in 1851
1845 - 1858
ROBERT HENSBY
& ironmonger
Age 38
1859 - 1861
On Monday 3rd October 1859  it was heard that on the previous Tuesday, at 9:30 pm, about 100 persons were discovered in a large room quarrelling and fighting. It was believed that 30 prostitutes were present. Later 8 navvies were lying on the floor, bleeding, and several Lynn sailors also on the floor, drunk.
Landlord fined 20s and 20s 6d costs - a first offence.
PHILIP SMITH 1864
JAMES EGLINGTON 1865
Monday 24th April 1865 - Fine of 5s and 16s 6d costs for allowing disorderly conduct on the night of Good Friday. (It was reported that some 17 or 18 persons had been discovered fighting and the house was like a slaughter-shop, from the blood was about.)
Monday 17th December 1866 - Fine of 10s and 19s 6d costs for allowing prostitutes to assemble and continue in the house for an unreasonable time.
On Thursday 13th December, four prostitutes, a young man and a musician had been found in the house at 11:25 pm. Mr. Eglington claimed that the girls were not in the house in pursuit of their vocation.
JOHN LEGGATT 1868
THOMAS GRIMES by 09.1868 - 1869
Monday 7th September 1868 - Charged of selling beer at illegal hours in the early morning of Sunday 30th August and of harbouring prostitutes. The police had entered the house at a few minutes to midnight on Saturday 29th and discovered drunken sailors and prostitutes, 23 persons in all. They had ordered the house to be cleared. However, some did not leave until 2:00 am, and others remained the greater part of the night. Mrs Grimes attended to answer the two charges and was ordered to pay costs of 9s 6d in each case.
See below
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  October 1859
" There is a large room in the yard, which is opened almost every night, and is the resort of some of the greatest blackguards in the town, both male and female, which has become an intolerable nuisance to all persons living in the neighbourhood, and it is much hoped, should fines prove ineffectual in suppressing it, some more strenuous measures will be resorted to."
 
     
On 12th September 1868, Mr. Benjamin Thomas Birch complained that, 7th September was not the first time that Thomas Grimes had been proved of misconduct, only to be dismissed on payment of costs.
Mr. Birch affirmed that on Sunday 6th September, the pavement near the Bull was polluted with vomit, the door-stall, shutters and frames foul with urine and abomination. With one exception, every householder, from the top of Norfolk Street, to the corners of the Tuesday market place, had signed a memorial, praying for more strict carrying out of the law, on disorderly houses, especially the Bull...........






The BULL in 1450

As the BLACK BULL 1777 & 1791

Address as 68 High street in 1836 but as number 66 in 1851 census.

On Wednesday 16th March 1859 Robert Hensby sued Mr. Butcher for the sum of 7s 9d, incurred for beer and tobacco. Since no books had been kept to show the account, the Judge deemed the claim nonsuited.

On Monday 4th April 1859, Robert Hensby attempted, for a second time, to recover the sum of 7s 9d from Christopher Butcher, a debt contracted for beer. At his first application it had been heard that he had been warned by Butcher's wife not to trust him and was so nonsuited.
His Honour remained unconvinced that the original judgement was wrong and again nonsuited the plaintiff.

The EARL OF DERBY by 1870.

The EARL of BEACONSFIELD c1879