CARPENTERS ARMS - REGENT WARD

Lot No. 10 in the sale of Sixteen Freehold Public Houses in Yarmouth and Gorleston, held Saturday 25th September 1830.
Described as being situated opposite the Excise Office and communicating with the rows on each side. (Rows 57 and 59).
Immediate possession.

Advertised For Sale by Private Contract 9th May 1840, then in the occupation of Mr. Charles Rofe.

For Sale by Auction Thursday, 30th July 1840.
Freehold and Old-established; comprising front and back parlours, liquor shop, bar and large tap, club and upper sitting-rooms, bed-rooms, extensive beer, wine and spirit cellars, back kitchen, convenient offices and backyard. Immediate possession.

Became the GREAT EASTERN HOTEL by 1879 ,
later the SILVER HERRING,
then OAKWOODS, LEGENDS .......etc.

On the evening of Wednesday 13th April 1859, Joseph Deacon, a corporal in the Royal Marines, entered the house and offered James Lock a shilling to enlist, which was accepted. Later discovering that Lock was physically incapacitated for the duties of a soldier and had already enlisted on several previous occasions and had always been rejected, Deacon sought to recover the shilling, since he claimed it had been obtained under false pretenses.
On Friday 15th April, the magistrates dismissed the case since Lock had been enlisted when intoxicated.
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