Licensees :
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HENRY BUTTERS (House entered as MAIDS HEAD in 1794 register)	1789 - 1794
MARY BUTTER	to 08.1818
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JOHN BULTEA	1830
ROBERT KNIGHT See below	1836 - May 1837
ROBERT RAINBIRD (Rainbury 1841 - age 50)	1839 - 1841
WILLIAM JOLLEY	1845
GEORGE MURTON	1846
WILLIAM TRUDGILL according to Slater	1850
RICHARD HUTSON age 26 in 1851 (1850 according to Hunt)	1850 - *1851
THOMAS SMITH	1854
JOHN BARNARD	1856
ROBERT JOHN BARNARD & bootmaker age 45 in 1861	1858 - 1862
Bankrupt as reported 16th August 1862. Debts of £116 1s 1d with only a few trifling credits.
CHARLES BARNARD age 46 in 1871	1863 - 1872
HENRY THURSTON	1875
ARTHUR BENJAMIN FOOTER & fishmonger Benjamin FITTER 1879 Arthur Benjamin FOOTER 1881, 1888 & 1892 Benjamin FOSTER 1883 (White) Arthur Benjamin FOOTE 1883 (Kelly)	1877 - 1900
JOHN WILLIAM PADDLE	by 05. 1903 - 1906

Robert Knight had buried his second wife in about November 1836. He married for the third time, but he died six weeks later on 4th May 1837, aged 68.

c1905

Offered To Let with immediate possession 17th January 1784.
The SWAN also offered to let in the same advertisement. Both with or without their own small Farms.

For Sale by Auction Thursday 20th April 1797.
Part of an Estate, to be sold in 17 Lots, including the Manor House.


The Debtors and Creditors to the late Mrs. Mary Butter, were to meet at the Queens Head Tuesday 29th September 1818.

Licence not renewed at the East Harling Brewster Sessions held Monday 12th February 1906. Superintendent Lowe said that the house was not needed, in his opinion, since there were 8 public houses, 2 beerhouses and one off-licence serving a population of 1031. The nearest licensed house was 44 yards away and there were 6 fully licensed houses within 138 yards.
Licence referred to Compensation.

The Lynn Advertiser of 22nd February 1907 advertised the sale by auction, 8th March 1907, at the Swan Hotel, of all that valuable Freehold House
....until recently known as the Queens Head.
With 2 living-rooms, bar, tap-room, shop, kitchen and pantry, 5 bed-rooms, 2 attics and box room, large double cellar, newly erected coal-house at rear, 2 large barns in spacious yard, range of stables for 5 horses and cart shed; Also a piece of good Pasture adjoining, the whole abutting on the Market Place north, property of Miss Tillett and Messrs Bullard south, that of Mr E Barrett east, and that of Miss Tillett and - Hammond west. Also all that piece of Arable Land at rear .........The whole containing 4a 3r 25p (more or less), and now in the occupation of Mr J W Paddle.

Licence renewal refused 21st June 1906 and referred to Compensation.

Became a shop - The Market Stores.