| Licensees : | 
       
      
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        | WILLIAM 
		RICHES | 
        1794 | 
       
		
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        | JOHN CHAPMAN | 
        1830 - 1839 | 
       
		
        RICHARD FOULSHAM 
        age 59 in 1851 | 
        1839 - 1858 | 
       
		
        WILLIAM BOWDEN 
        & bricklayer | 
        1864 - 1891 | 
       
		
        | Mrs CAROLINE BOWDEN | 
        16.02.1892 - 1898 | 
       
		
        | WALTER GEORGE DODMAN | 
        1900 - 1903 | 
       
		
        | WILLIAM BLYTH | 
        21.04.1903 - 1927 | 
       
		
        | HARRY PARK HALL | 
        1929 - 1933 | 
       
		
        | Mr. A. W. CORBETT | 
        1935 | 
       
		
        | FREDERICK WILLIAM WRIGHT | 
        1937 | 
       
		
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    In a criminal case of 26th May 1607 it was reported that Stephen Nichols of 
	Ely had stayed, one Wednesday night, at the 
	GRYFFIN, Wyndham. 
	 
    A coaching inn by the early 17thC, parts of which could date back to late 15thC, or early
    16thC. 
     
    In 1830 the coach the ROYAL MAIL from Norwich to London called daily at 6:00pm and
    returned at 8:00am. 
     
    An auction of land at Crownthorpe was held here 06.08.1841. The tenant of the land was
    Robert Lovick, who had notice to quit at Michaelmas next. 
    The land was being sold by James Blomfield Rush, later to be infamous for murders at
    Stanfield Hall. 
		 
		Richard Foulsham was charged Friday 24th September 1841 of having 
		allowed ten pins to be played on his premises. Mr. Foulsham admitted 
		that the game had been played, but only by a few respectable tradesmen 
		amusing themselves after the business of the day. The majority of the 
		magistrates were of the opinion that a conviction could not, nor ought 
		to be sustained under such circumstances and dismissed the case. 
     
    Richard Foulsham purchased a property in Vicar Street from John Fox, shoemaker, for the
    sum of £63 as per an agreement dated 2nd April 1847. The occupants of the house were
    Sarah Heron and a person named Lovick. 
	   
	  On Monday 1st March 1927 it was reported that the average trade for the 
	  past three years was, 74 barrels of beer and 21½ gallons of 
	  spirits. The "Bottle & Jug" trade averaged 110 barrels a year. 
	  The licence was renewed by the Bench, upon condition that Morgans Brewery 
	  would not oppose the consideration of closing the Two Brewers the 
	  following year. 
     
    Morgans sales for 1960 were :- 
    65 barrels of beer 
    10 spirits 
	  (gallons) 
     
    Became Wymondham Youth Centre from 1982. 
    (The panelled bar was still in situ then) 
		  
		See page 8 of `Wymondham in Times
    Past ' 
		 
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