Licensees :
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RICHARD LISTER	pre 1764
Ө   JOHN EVERITT	1789 - 1790
ELIZABETH EVERITT	1792 - 1794
...... BRIGHTMER	1795
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JOSEPH SCOTTOW	1807
-	1812
JAMES ISAACS	1822
GEORGE LUBBOCK	1830
ROBERT MIDDLETON	1836
JOHN KENDLE Age 50 in 1841	1839 - 1841
JOHN SHREEVE	1845 - 1877 +
Fine for selling beer after 11 pm on a Sunday - 12th August 1860
Monday 6th April 1861 - Fine of 8d and 9s 4d costs for using earthenware measures of short capacity. The earthenware measures to be as correct as pewter ones - in this case, if filled, the earthenware container would be One Pint short of the eight. (Similar offence at the Park Tavern)

The original JOLLY SAILOR stood from at least 1720 to March 1807 when it was demolished. The house reopened in new premises, close to the original site, on 11th October 1807.

Site described in 1813 as at the Eastern starting point of Burnham road.

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The Norfolk News of 29th June 1861 carried details of the forthcoming auction, Tuesday July 16th 1861, of :-
Lot 1 THE BREWERY  occupied by Mrs Rust.
and including the FAMILY HOUSE, licensed by the Magistrates and known as the BREWERS ARMS.

Lots 2, 3 and 10 were garden and land.

Lot 4 was the JOLLY SAILOR, adjoining the Tramway and occupied by J. Shreeve.

Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 were other public houses in Wells, Wighton and Hindringham.