| Licensees : |
JOHN NUNN
worsted weaver |
1760 - 1764 |
| - |
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| Under-tenants of WILLIAM BISHOP |
1788 |
| - |
|
SAMUEL
COUSHEN
(28 King Street) |
*1802 |
| CHARLES
CROSS |
1806 - 1807 |
| THOMAS BELL |
1810 |
| JOHN
STRATFORD |
pre 1828 |
| THOMAS PARKERSON |
here 09.1828 |
| ROBERT LADELL |
1830 - 1834 |
| JAMES MANTHORPE |
1836 - 1839 |
JAMES FROST
age 35 in 1841
(a James Frost died Q1 1842) |
1841 - 1842 |
JOHN FARRA
according to Magistrates
John Ferra
according to White
(John Ferrar 1846) |
1845 - *1846 |
JOHN WEST
age 44 in 1851
(a John West died Q3 1855) |
1849 - 1851 |
| Wednesday 15th August 1849 - Ordered
to pay 12s 6d costs having been charged of having house open during the
hours of divine service on the previous Sunday. Warned that a
further such offence would incur the full penalty. |
THOMAS SNELLING
journeyman shoemaker
age 62 in 1861 |
1854 - 1861 |
Accused Tuesday 18th March
1856 of selling out of hours on the previous Sunday.
Case dismissed the following day upon it being proved that one of the 7
men discovered drinking and smoking on the premises was a legitimate
lodger and the others were labourers in search of employment, and had
walked from Ipswich. |
ROBERT
PINNOCK
( a Robert Pinnock died Q4 1866) |
1862 - *1865 |
| Licence refused 29.08.1865
on grounds of running a disorderly house in 1862. |
| JAMES
WILKINS |
*1869 |
CHARLOTTE
WILKINS
age 40 in 1871 |
1871 |
GEORGE WILLIAM DAWSON
(Hope
Stores 1877, 1879 & 1883)
& wood carver
age 39 in 1881 |
1877 - 1888 |
SAMUEL
KEDDINGTON
(At Old Swan) |
1890 |
| WILLIAM
FISHER |
1891 - 1896 |
ROBERT
HOUGHTON
(At Hope Stores 1896, Swan Tavern 1901)
age 39 in 1901 |
24.03.1896 - 1901 |
| WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCIS |
10.10.1901 |
EDWARD JOHN POPE
( At Hope Stores 1905, 1908 & 1911 - Swan Inn 1914)
age 61 in 1911 |
16.06.1903 |
Convicted
01.08.1924 of selling out of hours.
Fine £5 or 26 days detention. |
| JOHN HOLMES |
06.01.1925 |
| HARRIETT HOLMES |
22.11.1927 |
| JOHN HENRY HALES |
05.04.1933 |
| CLARA HALES |
26.08.1941 |
| EDWARD NORMINGTON |
30.12.1941 |
| ARTHUR WHITE |
25.08.1942 |
Convicted
31.03.1944 on 3 cases of selling out of hours.
Fine £1 on each case. |
Convicted
31.03.1944 on 3 cases of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine 10/- on each case. |
| ARTHUR JOHN COGMAN |
01.01.1946 |
| JACK PYE |
03.01.1950 |
| MARK HANNER |
10.02.1959 |
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Offered to Let with immediate entry 22nd September 1781. Enquire of Mr.
Jacksons Brewing Office.
As the SWAN when offered for
sale 12th May 1788.
Lot 4 - Then the property of the late Isaac Jackson, Brewer.
Offered for sale again Monday 18th August 1788, Lot 1, then in occupation of
William Bishop and his Under-tenants.
John Stratford is said to have been licensee of the White Swan at some
time before 1829.
In early 1829 he was a married man living in St Faiths Lane and working as
a blacksmith.
In that same year he had an affair with Jane Briggs, a married woman who
became pregnant by him. Fearing that her husband would expose his
infidelity, he attempted to murder him by poisoning. Unfortunately the
flour laced with arsenic, intended for consumption by Thomas Briggs, was
used by John Burgess, who died from eating a dumpling. Found guilty at
trial, Stratford had an appointment with the hangman on 17th August 1829.
At the sessions held 19th August 1862 the licensee was one of many who
were reprimanded for omitting to assist the police, were in the habit of
allowing prostitutes to assemble or conducted themselves in a manner
that, although they had not been summoned or fined, yet were considered
by the magistrates to be improper persons to be entrusted with licenses.
(Mr. Pinnock was admonished for allowing prostitutes to assemble at his
house and his license was refused, although apparently renewed upon
appeal.)
Licence renewal opposed August 1891 on the grounds that it was not of
sufficient value. For a beerhouse, to be licensed, should have a value of at
least £15 and the assessment was £13 10/-.
However the Assessor for the Board of Guardians said, that in his opinion,
the SWAN was worth £16 yearly.
Objection withdrawn.
Licence renewed.
Known as the HOPE STORES
1877 - 1911
Full licence granted 13.10.1964.
Closed 17.04.1967
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