| Licensees : |
| EDWARD AMOND |
1756 - 1780 |
| ROBERT COOKE |
1794 |
WILLIAM SMITH
age 60 in 1851
Died 26th July 1955
`Landlord for nearly 40 years' |
c1815- 1854 |
WILLIAM
BROWNE / BROWN
(Rising Sun) |
1856 - 1858 |
THOMAS
SAMUEL WARD
(Insolvent - Order of protection granted March 1861 with exception of
two debts) |
c1859 - 1860 |
JOHN FOULSHAM
Age 46 in 1861 |
1861 - 1865 |
| Fines and costs to a total
of 25s on Friday 8th September 1865. See below |
AMBROSE PASK HARPER
& carpenter
(William Past Harper 1875) |
1869 - 1877 |
| GEORGE WOODWARD |
1879 - 1882 |
| JOHN LAIN |
1883 - 1884 |
| ROBERT HARPER |
16.12.1884 |
| JOSEPH CARPENTER |
1888 |
Tuesday 28th February 1888 - Fine of £5
and 2s 6d costs for serving liquor to Charles Syder whilst he was
intoxicated on 15th February.
( Mr. Syder fell from his waggon later that day and the wheels passed
over him. He died from his injuries.) |
GEORGE CLABBURN
& carrier |
1890 - 1895 |
WILLIAM CHAPMAN GREATWOOD
Died 19th May 1896 - age 47 |
03.12.1895 |
| Mrs. ELIZA GREATWOOD |
16.06.1896
to 02.1899 |
| WILLIAM FISHERHARRY FENNELL |
21.02.1899 - 1900 |
| WALTER MALLETT |
1902 - 1904 |
| CHARLES WILLIAM HURRELL |
1908 |
| HARRY WEBSDALE FENNELL |
1912 - 1916 |
| Mrs. JESSIE GERTRUDE FENNELL |
21.11.1916 |
| Tuesday, 15th May 1917 - Fine of 10s
for selling during prohibited hours. Engine driver Walter Tuttle also
fined 10s for consuming at illegal hours. (Date of offence not reported) |
| HARRY W FENNELL |
by 1921 - 1933 |
| H. W. RUNACRES |
1937 |
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John Foulsham was found guilty of an assault on bricklayer Samuel
Smith.
The event had taken place at the
DUKE'S HEAD on 21st
August 1865.
|
Built by early 17thC.
Also given as the RISING SUN
Left by landowner Thomas Randall to his grandsons in 1738, one of several houses in his
estate.
At least 3 Lowestoft porcelain mugs are known to
exist bearing the words ` Edward Amond, The Rising Sun' and dated 1768.
(He was formerly a groom to the Earl of Buckingham).
The sign at one time was a carved & gilded image of the sun with radiating rays.
(As above photograph)
This sign is known to have survived at least to the late 1970's since it was propped up
against a wall in one of the rooms, then used as accommodation for students.
On Saturday 8th December 1860, Thomas Samuel Ward was described as an
insolvent, out of business, unemployed and former landlord of the Rising
Sun Inn. His debts were £230 1s with credits of £39 16s 3d.
(In 1858 he is given as Station Master, at Railway Station.)
See page 1 of `Wymondham in Times
Past'. |
