| 
			
      
        | Licensees : |  
        | - |  |  
        | - |  |  
        | ANTHONY 
		GREEN | 1789 - 1794 |  
        | - |  |  
        | - |  |  
        | WILLIAM CHILDER & cattle dealer
 | 1836 |  
        | WILLIAM
          CHILDERHOUSE age 49
 (Died Q4 1841 ?)
 | 1841 |  
        | JOHN COOK 
		/ COOKE (Died Q4 1852 ?)
 | 1844 - 
		1850 |  
        | JAMES LARKMAN age 26 in 1851
 & blacksmith
 | 1851 - 1861 |  
        | ISAAC EVERITT & dealer
 age 35 in 1871
 (bricklayer 1881)
 | 1863 - 1871 |  
        | CHARLES
          EDWARDS | 1872 |  
        | SAMUEL EDWARDS & carpenter
 age 34 in 1881
 age 64 in 1911
 (Died Q1 1927 - age 80)
 | 1875 - 1922 |  
        | Monday 24th April 1893 - Fine and costs 
		of 11s, or 5 days,  for selling intoxicating liquors after 10:40 pm 
		on 7th April. Customers John and Robert Watts pleaded guilty of being on 
		the premises and were each fined  8s 6d or 5 days. Shepherd, John 
		Peck, pleaded not guilty and was fined 10s, including costs. |  
        | JOHN EDWARDS | 1925 - 1933 |  
        | JOHN HERBERT
        EDWARDS | 1937 - 1940 |  
        | - |  |  
        | ...... WEBB | c1962 |  | 
	   c1934
 
	Although situated in Shropham Hundred this house appears in Guiltcross 
	Registers in 1789, 1794 and on Bryant's 1826 map
 as RULE & COMPASSES.
 In 1846 directory and in 1847
 as RULE & COMPASS.
 
 SQUARE & COMPASSES 1836, 1845 & 1854
 
	Rent in May 1837 was £13 per annum.Sold by Auction, May 1837 for £350.
 
 
	Lot No. 22 in the sale of the Diss Lower Brewery Thursday 30th March 1876. 
	Purchased by Youngs, Crawshay & Co. |