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| WILLIAM MOORE |
1826 |
| MARY MOORE |
1836 - 1845 |
JOHN MOORE
age 31 in 1851 |
1846 - 1865 |
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On Saturday 29th September 1866 it was
reported that the Manor of Forncett, which included the whole
Deanery of Depwade, was given by the Conqueror to Roger Bigot,
the ancestor of the Duke of Norfolk, in whose family it had ever
since remained. Their courts continued to be held, until 1865,
in the Norfolk Arms, or "Sope House" as it was commonly called,
which no longer needed for that purpose, was about to pass into
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A sale of properties took place here Monday, 25th April 1813.
The Real Estate of Mrs. Ann West, deceased took place at the
SOAP-HOUSE, now called the
NORFOLK ARMS, Monday, 18th October 1819.
Appears on Bryant's 1826 map.
Although found as the
NORFOLK ARMS from at least
1826, on Saturday 7th August 1841 a meeting was held at the
SOAP HOUSE,
Forncett St. Mary by the Tithe Commissioners for England and
Wales to discuss the Apportionment of the Rent-charge to be paid in lieu
of Tithes........
On 7th January 1842 it was reported that the landlord would relate that
the house was formerly a jail. It was further suggested that it was
originally known as the Soke House, a place where the Court for the Soke,
or liberty of the Manor, was immemorially held, not merely a public
house, but as the site of the ancient Manor House.
Wednesday 18th October 1848
- 23 year old William Serjeant was found guilty of stealing two drinking glasses from John Moore.
21 days hard labour, the last three days to be in solitary.
At the Norfolk Sessions held Wednesday 3rd March 1852, William Randy,
William Carr Moore and Henry Moore were sentenced to six months
imprisonment, with hard labour, for stealing money from Mr. Eldon
Knights by false pretences. On 5th February 1852, they had used loaded
dice in a game played at the
SOUP HOUSE of Mr.
John Moore.
At Wymondham on Saturday 8th December 1860, John Moore, innkeeper was
declared insolvent, the debt on which judgement had been obtained, but not
scheduled, was accepted from the order of protection.
The Parish records of Forncett St Peter contain papers dated 1865 to
1889 and contain reference to the the purchase of the
NORFOLK ARMS
`alias the SOPE
HOUSE'.
Closed c1865.
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