Licensees :
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Mrs FRANCES BLAGG	1858
MARY ANN CUTTING	1859
Fine of 5s on Thursday 7th April 1857 for having her house open at prohibited hours the previous day.
WILLIAM HARMAN	*1861 - *1865
WILLIAM PAGE & ships caulker Age 43 in 1871	*1868 -1872
WILLIAM HOUGHTON	*1875
PHILIP HOUGHTON & boatbuilder age 36 in 1881	1879 - 1883
(W Benjafield - carter)	(1886)
JAMES NEWMAN	1888 - 1890
JONATHAN PLATTEN	1891 - 1900
ALBERT H HOWLETT (Hazell ?)	by 1901
WILLIAM ALLAN VINCE	16.10.1903
JAMES MITCHELL	15.01.1904
ROBERT WILLIAM BROWN	20.05.1904
JAMES THOMPSON	17.11.1905
JOHN BARBER	12.10.1906

 
Address as 47 North Quay from at least 1881

In February 1907, the house was still displaying the Morgans livery. At that time S&P had contracted to take the house over, but the purchase had not yet been completed.
At the time, licensee John Barber had only been in the house for four months and it was his first employment in the licensed trade, he was however willing for the licence to be surrendered.

Licence given up 11.10.1907 in consideration a licence for new premises, the GORDON ARMS, Southtown.