Licensees :
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ROBERT HOWARD	1836
WILLIAM CRISPIN HOLLAND age 74 in 1851	1839 - 1851
WILLIAM THOULESS (41) cordwainer	1851
WILLIAM BENJAMIN DICKERSON	1854 - 1859
ROBERT LARKMAN	by 1864
ROBERT MANTHORPE	23.03.1886
HARRY FOOTE	03.01.1888
WILLIAM BARRETT	10.10.1889
GEORGE CAREY	10.10.1900
Convicted 11.10.1902 of keeping open out of hours. Fine £3 plus 7/- costs or 1 months detention - see opposite.
ALFRED BERNARD JAMES	30.12.1902
ELIZABETH JAMES	05.04.1904
Convicted 04.11.1914 of permitting gaming. Fine 5/- plus 8/- costs or 7 days detention.
ALBERT WYETT	20.11.1917
Convicted 08.09.1920 of selling out of hours. Fine £1 or 13 days detention.
Convicted 13.07.19210 of selling out of hours. Fine £1 or 13 days detention.
ERNEST THURLOW	29.11.1921
JAMES COOPER	22.11.1927
WALTER ETHERIDGE	08.05.1934
FREDERICK DONALD GEORGE DANIELS	12.05.1953
ARTHUR BEALES	1968
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PAUL DAVIES	1979 - 1986
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JIM McNALLY	1993 - 1995
COLIN WARD	1996
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June 1988
 
Address given as St Bartholomew Street (1851 / 1852 ?).

Described as Liquor Shop and Tavern, free of Brewer and Spirit Merchant when offered for sale Friday 1st August 1851. Occupant then Mr. W. C. Holland. `Commanding situation for trade, fronting the best part of Ber Street and comprising an excellent Spirit Shop and Porter Room, Sitting Room, Bed Rooms, and Kitchen, the whole replete with every convenience. Also a spacious Club Room, 25 feet in length and Excellent Cellarage.

An application was made Saturday 22nd August 1891, by William Barrett, for a music and singing licence in order that his sons could play the dulcimer and fiddle for the amusement of his customers. Refused.

Labourer Benjamin Newman was fined 10/- with 4/6d costs or 7 days detention with hard labour for bring drunk and disorderly and for maliciously breaking a window at the Thorn Tavern, upon being ejected. - according to the Norfolk Chronicle of 11th July 1896.

The case against George Carey was heard Saturday 11th October 1902. Accused of keeping his house open during prohibited hours on 5th October, he pleaded guilty.
P.C. Sheldrake gave evidence that no fewer than 18 persons entered the house over a period of two hours
The Chairman said the case was a very bad one and hoped the brewers would quickly get rid of Carey. For Bullard and Sons it was said that they had previously found no fault, but had served notice to quit that morning.