13.12.1998



1998

Providing good accommodation according to an article dated 9th April 1826.
Said to be one of the only two public houses in Reedham.
(Other one being the BRICKMAKERS ARMS)

 In January 1833, Manners Mott, John Hastings, John Nout, William Bandy and Thomas Cammock were accused of a violent assault on landlord William Shepherd. 
On the morning of 6th November 1832, upon a dispute arising over charges made, a constable had been called and it was upon his arrival that the violence broke out. A sixth person by the name of York had broken Shepherd's arm with a spade and absconded. The constable had been beaten until assistance arrived.
Mott's brother was drowned in a dyke as the group ran away.
Manners Mott was sentenced to 6 month's imprisonment in Walsingham Bridewell for assaulting the constable.
Thomas Lincoln had only taken part in the affray when he saw his companion drowning and so received 2 month's imprisonment.
Mott, Hastings, Bandy and Cammock were each sentenced to three month's imprisonment for the assault on Shepherd.
(Manners Mott, Hastings, Nout, Bandy and Cammock were bankers employed on the new river)

See page 90 of THE NORFOLK BROADS IN OLD POSTCARDS first published 1990, by Basil Gowen.