1901
The Telephone Call Office is temporarily in Exchange Square, opposite the Corn Hall, but the
Company are requiring suitable premises for the establishment of an exchange
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1907
1908
1911
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
5 Feb
19 Feb
7 Apr
6 Jun
Sheepgate
Sheepgate
Exchange Sq
Exchange Sq
protest
approved
approved
approved
Building at back of Bond's in Sheepgate not complying with bye laws
Building at back of Bond's Shop in Sheepgate
Mr Campling to erect trade sign outside premises in Exchange Square
Alteration to house in Exchange Square for International Stores
1693
1700
1736
1749
1751
1764
1764
1767
1809
1812
1852
1860
1861
1862
favours so long
1890
1903
1919
Widow Barker, a tent in Sheepgate
James Barker, tent in Sheepgate (now Robert Purvis)
Bartholomew Purvis, [d 1749] part of tent in Sheepgate late James Barker
Bartholomew Purvis, tent in Sheepgate, late his Father, before Barker
Robert Purvis, [d 1760] tent late his father, before Ba[r]ker in Sheepgate
Arthur Artis
Robert Le Grys, [d 1767] tent in Sheepgate, formerly Purvis, late Arthur Artis
Robert Chinery, [d 1808 aged 79] tent in Sheepgate, Mary Purvis, Bartholomew
Purvis, Barker
Charles Chinery, tent in Sheepgate, formerly Purvis, before Baker, late
Robert Chinery, his father
George Grigson, collar maker, tenement in Sheepgate, formerly Purvis before Ba[r]ker & late of
Charles Chinery
George Grigson late Chinery
Miss Grigson, late George Grigson
James Brewer, saddler, leaving Beccles. Business taken over by Benjamin Brown
Benjamin Brown, [aged 22] having succeeded to the old established business of Saddler & Harness
ADVERTISEMENT: R Price, General Draper, Beccles, Mantles, Flowers, Haberdashery, Gloves,
Millinery, Feathers, Men’s & Boys’ Hats, Hosiery; Terms - Cash
ADVERTISEMENT: GW Bond, (late R Price); Draper & Milliner; Exchange Square, Becles;
Flanelettes, Calicoes and Shirtings at the very lowest possible price.
SALE: Executors of Richard Price: EXCHANGE HOUSE, SHEEPGATE, Business Premises.
Flourishing Draper’s Business carried on for many years. In the occupation of GW Bond
[purchased M Bond, the Tenant, £1325]
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
bestowed upon his predecessor.
1841
1851
1861
1861
George Grigson
George Grigson
James Brewer
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James Brewer
Grigson, George
Grigson, George
Grigson, George exors
£16 15s
Horse Collar Harness Maker
1881
Brown, Benjamin
Barnby, John
£24
saddler
5146
5147
5148
5149
5150
5151
5152
5153
5154
5155
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Catherine B. BROWN
Catherine K. BROWN
Benjamin B. BROWN
Lillian R. BROWN
Gertrude S. BROWN
Ernest E BROWN
Frank Cecil BROWN
Mary Elizth. BROWN
John KNIGHTS
Catherine KNIGHTSU
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Beccles, Suffolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
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Beccles, Suffolk,
Lowestoft, Suffolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
Wife
Daur
Son
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Harness Makers Son
Daur
Son
Beccles, Suffolk,
Father In Law
Niece
Dressmaker
1888
1889
1891
1891
Price, Richard
Price, Richard
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Richard Price
Margaret Price
Barmby, John
Draper
£20
born
Wolverhampton
Laxfield, Suffolk
draper
M 44
1891
1891
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1933+
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1965
1974
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Price, Richard
Price, Richard
Bond, George
Bond, GW
Bond, George, draper
Bond, George, draper
George Bond, draper
George W Bond, draper
George W Bond
George W Bond,
George W Bond,
George W Bond,
GW Bond (Beccles) Ltd
GW Bond (Beccles) Ltd
Leonard Price
Ellen Pointer
Price Richard
8
Scholar
General Servant
Islington
Ringsfield
Price, Richard
Price, Richard
£45
4 bedrooms
draper
2 sitting rooms & shop
dwelling & shop
draper
draper
draper
Lloyd’s Bank car park, was made into a two storey building
1600.1
Ann & Elizabeth Chapman late Hames in Sheepgate
Joseph Clarke, tenement in Sheepgate late his father (Theobald Ralph)
1693
1700
1706
1712
1721
Rent 4d
Rent 4d
PART;
OTHER PART;
WEST as the NORTH
WEST as the NORTH
WEST as the NORTH
INDENTURE, 3 October, between Joseph Clarke, (butcher) [died 1721] & Elizabeth his wife of ONE
Henry Green of Blundeston (yeoman) AND James Shyman (worsted weaver of Beccles) of the
called Ballygate [wrongly!] & others Sheepgate [Sheepgate my numbering 2 & 3]
BETWEEN the Messuage formerly of Peter Desbonett [Sheepgate - my numbering 4]as well on the
cannot positively identify] SOUTH
The Street EAST
ALSO: ALL THAT little House or tenement formerly in the occupation of Katherine Vyniard, adjoining
to the stable at the south end
BETWEEN the yard etc of William Crane (gent) [Newmarket 3] towards the WEST
The Messuage & yards late of Francis Keable [Hungate 2 & 4] EAST
The Messuage or tenement above to the NORTH
A lane [Hungate Lane] leading from Hungate Street to the New Falcon on the SOUTH
Part of which premises are in the occupation of Joseph Clarke & the other part in the occupation of
Charles Fever.
INDENTURE, 1 October, between Joseph Clarke, (butcher) & Elizabeth his wife FIRST PART
Nathaniel Welham of Carlton Colville (gent) AND John Mitchells of Carlton Colville (yeoman) of
SECOND PART; Mary Clarke of Carlton Colville spinster of THIRD PART; Thomas Singlar nnholder)
& Mary his wife AND Anthony Aldridge (joiner) & Sarah his wife (Mary Singlar & Sarah Aldridge are
only daughters & children of Joseph Clarke & Elizabeth his wife) FOURTH PART
ALL THAT Messuage & moiety of a pump, the half part of a stable yard situated on a street by some
called Ballygate [wrongly!] & others Sheepgate [Sheepgate my numbering 2 & 3]
BETWEEN the Messuage formerly of Peter Desbonett [Sheepgate - my numbering 4]as well on the
cannot positively identify] SOUTH
The Street EAST
ALSO: ALL THAT little House or tenement formerly in the occupation of Katherine Vyniard, adjoining
to the stable at the SOUTH end
BETWEEN the yard etc of William Crane (gent) [Newmarket 3] towards the WEST
The Messuage & yards late of Francis Keable [Hungate 2 & 4] EAST
The Messuage or tenement above to the NORTH
A lane [Hungate Lane] leading from Hungate Street to the New Falcon on the SOUTH
Part of which premises are in the occupation of Joseph Clarke & the other part in the occupation of
Charles Fever.
INDENTURE, 22 January, between Elizabeth Clarke (widow of Joseph Clarke, (butcher)) [died 1721]
AND Robert Smith of Ilkesthall (baker) & Mary his wife (who was the wife of Thomas Singlar late of
Beccles (innholder) deceased AND Anthony Aldridge (joiner) & Sarah his wife (Mary & Sarah only
daughters of Joseph & Elizabeth of ONE PART
John Schuldham the OTHER PART;
ALL THAT Messuage & moiety of a pump, the half part of a stable yard situated on a street by some
called Ballygate [wrongly!] & others Sheepgate [Sheepgate my numbering 2 & 3]
BETWEEN the Messuage formerly of Peter Desbonett [Sheepgate - my numbering 4]as well on the
1721
1736
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1751
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1788
1809
1810
1829
1844
1852
1861
1933
The Street EAST
ALSO: ALL THAT little House or tenement formerly in the occupation of Katherine Vyniard, adjoining
to the stable at the south end
BETWEEN the yard etc of William Crane (gent) [Newmarket 3] towards the WEST
The Messuage & yards late of Francis Keable [Hungate 2 & 4] EAST
The Messuage or tenement above to the NORTH
A lane [Hungate Lane] leading from Hungate Street to the New Falcon on the SOUTH
Formerly in the tenure or occupation of John Herod, Thomas Bilby & Rebecca Symonds or their
assignees & were late in the occupation of Anthony Aldridge, Charles Fever & Joseph Clarke.
Schuldham, John: All that messe with half a well or pump in Ballygate or
Sheepgate between messe formerly of Peter Desbunet [Shp H] on the west &
north; & the messe sometime of Thomas Barmby & after of Thomas Baker
on the south [see Plan XVI]; & Sheepgate to the east.
John Ralph Keable, [born 1713; Apothecary; Member of the XXIV 1736; Member of the Feoffees
1746; died 1786] late Joseph Clarke
John Smith, Tent in Sheepgate late Keable, before Joseph Clarke
John Smith, tent late Keable in Sheepgate
John Smith, tent. in Sheepgate late Keable before Joseph Clarke
John Smith, for a tent in Sheepgate late Ralph Keable formerly Joseph Clarke
Charles Stewart, infant, by John Stewart his father, tenement in Sheepgate, late John Smith
[John Stewart married Elizabeth Smith in 1770]
Rent 4d
Rent 6d
Rent 4d
Rent 4d
Copeman & James Copeman)
INDENTURE
BETWEEN Robert Rede, Esq. of ONE PART [Lawyer, lived in the present Lloyds Bank building. After
he had inherited his Father’s money he built himself Ashman’s Hall about 1814]
James Copeman, the OTHER PART;
Divers disputes & differences had arisen between Robert Rede & James Copeman concerning the new
raising, altering & erecting a certain building of James Copeman, coloured in the plan [no plan!] in which
he then lived adjoining the house of Robert Rede in which he lived - in such a manner as to obstruct,
darken & annoy the same and to prevent the water from falling and running as it ought and was
accustomed to do from the dwelling house and premises of Robert Rede. James Copeman agreed that no
windows should be made or continued on the first floor or upper storey of the newly raised building,
other than beside the two windows marked A & B, which will be blocked up - and will not be enlarged,
nor to raise or heighten the buildings - nor to erect any buildings on the rest of the back of the premises.
[The buildings concerned, now the Kebab Takeaway, were those overlooking his garden, now Lloyd’s
Bank car park.]
John Copeman late Stewart
Charles Copeman, yeoman, tenement in Sheepgate late James Copeman, Stewart,
Smith, (later George Woolnough)
Moiety of freehold houses
Copeman, James & Charles, a tent in Sheepgate
Rent 4d
ADVERTISEMENT: Gunn & Hill, Hardware Merchants, Exchange Square, Beccles; and at Lowestoft.
No 2
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Apprentices
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Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Louisa KETTLE
Alice KETTLE
Percy KETTLE
Susannah KETTLE
Kate WRIGHT
Alice REEVE
Julia SMITH
Sarah STUBBINGS
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Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk,
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk,
Beccles, Suffolk,
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk,
Norwich, Norfolk,
Bungay, Suffolk,
Whinstone, Suffolk,
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk,
Daur
Dur
Scholar
Scholar
Assistant
Apprentice
Apprentice
Draper Linen Apprentice
Draper Linen Apprentice
Domestic Servant General
1891
1891
1891
1891
1891
1904
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
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Mrs Louisa Kittle Gunn, AW
Louisa Kittle
Louisa Kittle
Anne Kittle
Susannah Read
Mary Smith
Louisa Kittle
W 47
U 27
U 22
W 77
U 20
head
dau
dau
mother-in-law
servant
Draper
Draper
Draper
Gen Domestic
Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Beccles
hardware dealer
ironmongers
ironmongers
[born 1875, Norwich; father a grocer]
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
RJ Pryce
Pryce, RJ & Co Ltd
hardware dealers
hardware dealers
hardware merchants
hardware merchants
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1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Kittle, Mrs
Walter Campling
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
Gunn & Hill
RJ Pryce
Pryce, RJ & Co Ltd
clothier
ironmongers
hardware dealers 1933+
hardware dealers
hardware dealers
hardware dealers
hardware merchants
hardware merchants
18th century with alterations. Bank since 1820. 3 storey. Probably stone with added stucco. Heavy bracket cornice. Pantile roof,
hipped. 7 windows, sash, without glazing bars. Good entrances, central in mutular Doric cases with triglyphs. Ground floor
windows altered to arched windows with 19th century stucco cases. (Interior: residence retains some early 18th century features.
1 Robert Podymor, Walter Halk, Henry atte Hole, John Glouere Bedweure of Beccles
2 John Motri of Beccles
Robert Podymor to John Motri of Beccles messuage with pightle adjoining of east side of grange, which Robert Podymor lately
purchased of Edmund de Welles, late parson of Becclys church, John Hales and William Hakun, in Becclys (except three pieces of
land (3 acres) lying in fields of Becclys, one piece of land lying on the east side of the messe. of Robert Podymor and a garden lying
on the east side of the said grange), the said messuage and pightel lying between the messe. late of John Tolmyer on the east; and
the messe. of Robert Podymor on the west; one head abutting south on the land of John Scherman, the other head abutting on
the Newmarket place of Becclys.
Christmas), John Motri also to provide for Robert Podymor, and wife Joan one servant for their lives, food, drink and fuel suitable
to their status, in John Motri’s hall or in Robert Podymor’s chamber, whenever and as often as they shall reasonably require:; as
often as it shall be fitting for them to eat and drink in chamber, they shall have sufficient food and drink in same manner as John
Motri and family, John Motri also to provide clothing for Robert Podymor and wife for their lives, as follows:
good colour lined with blanket and one hood lined with same coloured cloth, suitable to their status; and every feast of All Saints,
one gown of good woollen cloth called Russet, one hood lined with Russet and one shirt of good linen for Robert Podymor, and for
Joan one gown of russet lined with blanket and one chemise of good linen cloth.
one of own horse for Robert Podymor provided he is not thereby impeded in riding about his business; the horse to be kept at
Robert Podymor’s expense while he has use of it. John Motri not to alienate property without consent of Robert Podymor and Joan
or other trustworthy men of Becclys, nor to waste any part of tenement during their lifetime, but to keep it in good repair and satisfy
chief lords of fees for all services.
deaths, three trustworthy men of Becclys neighbourhood, chosen by Robert Podymor and Joan) all breaches of conditions to be
rectified within eight days on pain of repossession. Warranty clause.
Given at Becclys, Wednesday before the feast of St Hilary, 5 Henry IV
(Latin, 3 seals, 1 incomplete, 4th seal and tag missing)
9th January 1404.
1. William Birlingham of Becclys, Thomas Sweyn of Stratton Longa [Long Stratton], John Sweyn, his son, John Reve of Becclys,
William Sweyn of Thorpe
2. John Mannyng of Ilketshalls, John Lacebond of Gelyngham, John Halden, Philip Camon, William Andrews, John Furbysshour,
William Collys
William Birlingham to John Mannyng, messe. with adjoining pightle in Becclys, between messe. of Alexander Brathweyt, late of
Robert Maundevyle, formerly of John Tolymer and the messe. late of Richard Burny and common way called Houndegate on the
east; and the messe of William Andrews, lately of John Furbysshour and John Coteler on the west; abutting south on the messe
of John Hobbys, senior, and the close of Henry Mekylfeld, saddler, late of John Roo, formerly of John Sherman; and abutting on
the north on the new market place of Becclys.
and Philip Camon to hold of chief lords of fee for accustomed services.
Witnesses: Thomas Oulton, John Calton, Henry Spenser, John Spaldyng, John Stace, Robert Syluern, Alexander Brathweyt and
others.
Given at Becclys 10 December, 18 Henry VI
1576
The heirs of Richard Mason, for a tenement called the Crane, sometime
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Blyburgate is from Davey Moore’s at the Town’s end to the Crane, late Mason’s
Nicholas Lockington, for a tenement called the Crane late Mason’s
Peter Desbonet, for a tenement called the Crane in Sheepgate, sometime
Matthew Mason [folio 87]
Paid Peter Desbonet towards the charge of keeping and burying a dragoon soldier that died
there
Peter Desbonet, for the Crane
Thomas Brereton, messuage called the Crane, Peter Desbonet
Thomas Bryant, for the Crane in Sheepgate West
Samuel Nevill, for a messuage called the Crane
Samuel Nevill: tenement called the Crane
Philip Nevill, for the tenement called the Crane
Mrs Warner, widow, late Nevill, formerly the Crane
ORIENTATION to the east: Parcel of a messuagee now of Mary Warner & formerly of
Philip Nevill & a garden in her occupation
Fairchild, late Warner
Philip Sewell, [died 1759 aged 67] late Fairchild formerly Nevill called the CraneRent 9d
Philip Sewell, late Fairchild before Warner formerly Nevill heretofore called
the Crane
William Sewell, [d 1766] late Fairchild, House on the west side of Sheepgate
Mary Sewell, [d 1776 aged 77] widow for tenement in Sheepgate late Wm Sewell late Fairchild
SALE: To be sold genteel brick house near church & market, late William Sewell’s. Five Rooms to a
floor, three storeys high, upper rooms flat ceilings, Yard, cellars, laundry, wash house & garden. Stable
for two horses & room for a coach house if wanted. Apply John Price.
INDENTURE, 13/14 December
BETWEEN Mary Sewell of Beccles, widow of ONE PART
& Thomas Rede, of Beccles, gent of the other part
in consideration of £500 paid to Mary Sewell
ALL THAT Capital Messuage wherein Edmund Fairchild formerly dwelt, since of Philip Sewell & Mary
Sewell & wherein William Sewell did lately dwell, with the houses, buildings, stables, yards, garden
ground
ABUTTED upon a messuage or tenements, yards & outhouses late of Matthew Cutlove, grocer, then in
the occupation of Mrs Tingay in part AND the Yard & Ground of Thomas Blowers in part towards the
NORTH & WEST
A Messuage or tenement & Yards formerly of Joseph Clarke, deceased & then of John Smith, hatter on
the SOUTH
A Street called Sheepgate by some & by some Blyburgate on the EAST
(Ancient Free Rents of 2s 9d p.a.)
Philip Sewell, late Fairchild. House on west side of Sheepgate
Thomas Rede, late Wm Sewell
INDENTURE: 26 & 27 December
BETWEEN Thomas Rede of Beccles, gent of the FIRST PART
& Robert Rede one of the sons of Thomas Rede, gent of the Second PART
Charlotte Anderson of Lea of Lincolnshire, spinster, one of the daughters of Rev Sir William Anderson,
Bart, deceased THIRD PART
Sir Edmund Anderson of Lea, Bart, eldest brother of Charlotte Anderson & Hickman Young of Hatton
Garden, London, gent FOURTH PART
Marriage intended between Robert Rede & Charlotte Anderson
ALL THATY Capital Messuage or Mansion wherein Thomas Rede then dwelt, with the newly erected
Stable & Coach House & outbuildings.
The Premises bought from Mary Sewell & the land whereon the stable & coach house were built
purchased from Isaac Blowers.
Executed by all the parties, as to the part of the garden late Norman before Weeds & Blowers.
Rent 9d
Rent 9d
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Rent 9d
Value £6
Rent 9d
Rent 9d
Rent 2s
Rent 2s
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1844
BETWEEN John Norman of Beccles, carpenter o the FIRST PART;
Rev NT Orgill the SECOND PART
Robert Rede, the THIRD PART;
In consideration of £30
ALL SUCH part of the Yard as was staked out 103ft in length & in breadth 17ft, which premises John
Norman purchased of Thomas Weeds & Catherine his wife, Mary Blowers, Mary Blowers & Mary
Blowers & Catherine Blowers daughters of the first named Mary Blowers.
To the use of NT Orgill during the life of John Norman.
ALso ingress to Robert Rede & occupiers of the messuage late in the occupation of James Holmes
INDENTURE
BETWEEN Robert Rede of ONE PART
James Copeman, the OTHER PART; [He owned Nos 2 & 3 Sheepgate.]
Divers disputes & differences had arisen between Robert Rede & James Copeman concerning the new
raising, altering & erecting a certain building of James Copeman, coloured in the plan [no plan!] in which
he then lived adjoining the house of Robert Rede in which he lived - in such a manner as to obstruct,
darken & annoy the same and to prevent the water from falling and running as it ought and was
accustomed to do from the dwelling house and premises of Robert Rede. James Copeman agreed that no
windows should be made or continued on the first floor or upper storey of the newly raised building,
other than beside the two windows marked A & B - and will not be enlarged, nor to raise or heighten the
buildings - nor to erect any buildings on the rest of the back of the premises.
INDENTURE 1st & 2nd April, 1819.
BETWEEN Robert Rede & Charlotte his wife FIRST PART
David Fisher, Manager of the Norfolk & Suffolk Company of Comedians the SECOND PART;
ALL THAT Capital Messuage or Mansion House late in the occupation of Robert Rede and now in the
occupation of David Fisher together with the Stable & Coach House, late also in the occupation of
Robert Rede and now in the occupation of James Folkard - and the outhouses, buildings, yards, gardens
to the same belonging. All of which Thomas Rede, deceased, purchased of Mary Sewell.
ALSO all such part of the Yard or Garden extending in length 103ft & in breadth 17ft lying along the
west side of the yard or garden. Conveyed to Robert Rede 13 April 1794
BETWEEN John Norman of the First part etc.
INDENTURE 6 April 1819
BETWEEN David Fisher of the FIRST PART
HS Davey, gent of the SECOND PART;
Lent Fisher £800. Unto HS DAVEY for 1000 years. David Fisher to insure from fire and keep in repair.
To take so much of the Mansion, with the back houses and Dairy House to erect a Theatre & to convert
the Printing office into a dwelling House.
“New Play House opened”
David Fisher, Comedian, a messuage with edifices adjoining [Charles Fisher 1833]
ORIENTATION Indenture between David Fisher the elder & Simon Loyns, bookseller &
stationer: ALL THAT MESSE: being the north part of a mansion purchased from the late Robert Rede,
Esq., with shops & buildings on the north side separated by a passage. Also the garden, as all the
premises were late in the occupation of Miss Dennington & her under-tenants.
David Fisher, comedian, a double messuage in Sheepgate late Robert Rede, before
William Sewell & formerly Fairchild (later C Fisher)
HS Davey received £200 from David Fisher as part repayment
Will of David Fisher dated 1 February 1827
Devised to Thomas sadler of Norwich, grocer and William Weatherby of Newmarket, gent
ALL HIS THEATRES, Messuages, Lands, upon Trust.
Not to be sold during the lifetime of his three sons, David, Charles & George unless one of the sons
should request disposal in writing. Proved 6 November 1832
Stable Yard conveyed to John Kent , in occupation of James Folkard
Charles Fisher, comedian, Double messuage in Sheepgate, late David Fisher,
his Father, Robert Rede, Fairchild (later Edward Lock)
SALE: Monday 10 June 1844: Freehold Estate: The Beccles Theatre.
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house, cellar, coal house, Three Bedrooms on First Floor & two Attics
for its purpose.
Could be for a trifling expense converted to a Corn Hall or Covered Market.
The Garden & Stable communicate with the back street
AND Capital Dwelling House, with Shop adjoining & Garden & Stable attached, in the occupation of
Mr Mayhew. The accommodation consists of Front Parlour, Drawing Room, Kitchen, pantry, wash
Kitchen, wash house, pantry, store room, coal house, celar & three Sleeping Rooms.
The Garden & Stable communicate with the back street
Wholly Freehold; Frontage of 70ft;
Land Tax
Free Rent to the Manor of Beccles
Free Rent to the Manor of Rosehall
Free Rent to the Manor of Redisham Hall
Feoffment dated 30 April 1794
Purchased by Edward Lock of Hoddesdon, Herts for £1,270
Edward Lock, of Hoddeston, Herts, draper. Double messuage in Sheepgate
otherwise Sheepmarket , late Charles Fisher, before of David Fisher, formerly
of Robert Rede
Some 20 years ago, a mansion in the centre of Beccles, the property of Robert Rede, Esq., was bought
by Messrs Fishers & straightway transformed into two good dwelling houses & a neat & commodious
theatre. The taste for theatrical amusements has, however, been for sometime, in our locality, on the
decline.
The Theatre & adjoining houses have been put to the hammer & the purchaser, Mr Edward Lock of
Hoddeson, has produced a metamorphose as complete as the former. The Theatre is no more. Its four
walls now form one spacious room lit by day with 3 large sky-lights & at night by 2 gas chandeliers. It
will be opened this day as a Corn Exchange, & will be, likewise used generally for public meetings,
auctions, lectures, exhibitions, etc.
Edward Lock
£0-2s-0d
£0-2s-0d
£0-0s-6d
Black Cloth 38s. Boys’ jackets etc.
The original premises were on the site of the Midland Bank, but the owner of the building, Rev Wall of
Toft Monks went Bankrupt in 1838 and consequently the Bank moved away to these premises at the
time when the Theatre was losing its popularity, with the development of Victorian puritanism inspired
by the well-attended chapels.
The Fisher family sold the theatre which was transformed to a successful Corn Hall
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Desbonet, Peter
Desbonet, Peter
Desbonet, Peter
£8
£8.06
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1861 Shop & Bank
1871 Shop
1881 House etc
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
James Mayhew
James Mayhew
Joseph Mayhew
Joseph Mayhew
Linen Draper
Linen Draper
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£30- 10s
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Edward MAYHEW
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Warden, Bedford, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Son
Son
Daur
Bank Clerk
Schoolmistress
5129
5130
Shp
Shp
Clara MAYHEW
Catherine MAYHEW
15
13
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Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Daur
Daur
Scholar
Scholar
5132
Shp
Alice MITCHELL
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Hales, Norfolk, England
Serv
Domestic Servant General
1891
1891
1891
1891
1896
1896
1902
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
CENSUS
CENSUS
CENSUS
CENSUS
Miss Lock
George Bond
Alice Bond
Grace Bond
Hannah Beals
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Mrs Lock
Lakman EE
Lloyds Bank
M 30
M 25
11 mths
U 19
dwelling & bank
Oxnam, WJ - manager
Bank Manager
wife
dau
Domestic Servant
Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Beccles
House etc
Lacon’s Bank
George Bond
George Bond
Ernest Larkman
4 bedrooms
Ernest Larkman
Ernest Larkman
Arthur Nicolle
Arthur Nicolle
Capital & Counties Bank
Capital & Counties Bank
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
Oxnam, William
FW Knights
FW Knights
AW Savage
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
1881 Corn Exchange
1896
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Miss E Lock
Corn Hall only
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Corn Hall (GJ Keith, inspector)
Corn Exchange
Corn Exchange
Corn Exchange
£35
Miss Lock
Corn Hall (OG Poulton, manager)
Corn Hall (Lloyds Bank, proprietors)
Corn Hall (AP Nicolle, manager)
Corn Hall (Lloyds Bank, proprietors)
Corn Hall (Lloyds Bank, proprietor)
Corn Hall (Lloyds Bank, proprietor)
Corn Hall (Lloyds Bank, proprietor)
1954
FW Knights
This was the site of the first Bank in Beccles, opened by Messrs Rede, Farr & Smith in 1793 and closed in 1803.
1593
?
1639c
1664
1693
1708
1712
1736
1736
1739
1741
1743
1749
1750.1
1768
PROPERTY DIVIDED: ANN CUTLOVE’S Moiety:
1774
1774
1793
Simon Smith for a tent. late William Tomson before Dr Rede
Thomas Smith ?
William Crane, for a tent in Hungate sometime Will Thompson before Crane
& since Rede
Mrs Crane, for a tent. late Mr Smythe
William Crane, for a tent, Mr Smith in Sheepgate
ORIENTATION in Deed to no 1 Newmarket of property to the east:
“another messe. late William Crane, now in use of John Rogers in part..”
John Seaman, for a tent late Crane in Hungate, before Thompson
LET: To be Let House & Shop. Good cellar, stable room, yard planted with
fruit trees. Right of Commonage. 4 acres & a Barn. Conveniently situated in
heart of Town. John Seaman, cheese monger, owner.
Matthew Cutlove, (1714-42) a tenement late Crane, before Smyth
Matthew Cutlove, freehold messe. in Sheepgate formerly Crane since Smith
& late Matthew Cutlove, his Father decsd
INDENTURE 7 April 1741
Between Matthew Cutlove of Beccles, grocer & Anne his wife FIRST PART
Nathaniel Colby of Great Yarmouth, mariner SECOND PART
William Kitteridge of Lowestoft, mariner, THIRD PART:
Matthew Cutlove had securities of Nathaniel Colby of the value of £317- 2s & borrowed a further £82
-18s. Matthew Cutlove did sell to William Kitteridge amnongst other hereditaments
[This seems to be a mortgage which is being partly trnsferred to Kitteridge.]
ALL THAT Messuage in the possession of Matthew Cutlove, with the Stable, outhouses, yards &
Subject to payment of £420
Thomas Tingey, gent, tent. late Cutlove, before Crane & formerly Smyth
in Sheepgate
Hannah Tingey, widow, tent. in Sheepgate, late Thomas Tingey, gent. before
Cutlove, formerly Crane heretofore Smyth
Hannah Cutlove & Ann Taylor, spinsters & Jeremiah Taylor, tent in Sheepgate,
late Hannah Tingey, widow, late T Tingey & Cutlove
INDENTURE 23rd & 24th February 1768
BETWEEN William Kitteridge & Nathaniel Colby of ONE PART
Ann Cutlove, (1739-74) spinster & Hannah Cutlove (b 1741), spinster, the two daughters of Matthew
Colby & Ann (d 1742) his wife, both deceased
Ketteridge & Colby conveyed the premises to the daughters, one moiety each.
Task 2d
Rent 1s 6d
Rent 1s 3d
BETWEEN Jeremiah Taylor, butcher & Ann his wife [they married in 1769] (late Ann Cutlove, spinster,
one of the daughters of Matthew Cutlove & Ann his wife, both deceased) FIRST PART
Samuel Barker of Lowestoft, merchant, SECOND PART
John Lillistone of Beccles, wherryman THIRD PART
[They were probably Trustees of the property]
INDENTURE Easter Term 14th George III
BETWEEN John Lillistone of ONE PART
& Jeremiah Taylor & Ann his wife, DEFORCIANTS [one who keeps another out of rightful estate]
A moiety of four messuages, four Stables, four Curtilages, four Gardens, 1 Orchard.
INDENTURE 22nd & 23rd of October, 1793
BETWEEN Jeremiah Taylor, butcher & Ann Taylor, spinster, the only children of Ann Taylor, spinster,
the late deceased wife of Jeremiah Taylor, (1724-90) deceased, FIRST PART;
Robert Rede, Thomas Farr & Jeremiah Smith of SECOND PART;
PROPERTY DIVIDED: HANNAH CUTLOVE’S MOIETY
1791
1792
PROPERTY JOINED TOGETHER AGAIN
1803
1818
1819
Lease &
1820
1827
were
1828 Lowestoft Rec Off: Rix: Geog
1833
1845
For £210
BETWEEN Hannah Cutlove, of the FIRST PART
Benjamin Newson of Lowestoft, linen weaver, of the SECOND PART
Thomas Ebbs of Mutford, farmer & William Crisp of Beccles, merchant of the THIRD PART
Marriage intended between Benjamin Newson & Hannah Cutlove
The Trustees, Ebbs & Crisp to sell pemises.
INDENTURE 6 & 7 November 1792
BETWEEN William Crisp, the surviving Trustee of the FIRST PART;
Benjamin Newson & Hannah his wife of the SECOND PART;
Robert Rede, Thomas Farr & Jeremiah Smith of the THIRD PART;
Rev NT Orgill, FOURTH PART
for £210
BETWEEN Robert Rede, Thomas Farr & Jeremiah Smith of FIRST PART;
Robert Rede, gent SECOND PART;
Charles Dashwood, THIRD PART
In consideration of £95 to Thomas Farr & £95 to Jeremiah Smith
Charles Dashwood, the Trustee;
To Robert Rede.
Robert Rede of Ashmans, tent in Sheepgate, formerly Thomas Tingey, before
Cutlove, formerly Crane, hereto Smyth & late of Hannah Tingey [d 1822] (later David
Fisher)
INDENTURE 1st & 2nd April, 1819.
BETWEEN Robert Rede & Charlotte his wife FIRST PART
David Fisher, Manager of the Norfolk & Suffolk Company of Comedians the SECOND PART;
Charles Maplestone the younger, cabinet maker, THIRD PART
Death of Thomas Rede in January 1811
No issue of Robert Rede, and no probability of issue.
Agreed to the sale of the Capital Messuage, together with the building in the occupation of Robert
Covenant by Robert Rede that he would levy a Fine Sur Consservunt, for the lives of Robert Rede & life
of longer liver.
ALL THAT Messuage adjoining the Messuage then belonging to and in the occupation of Zach Bullen;
formerly in the occupation of Benjamin Newson, converted into offices and occupied by R Jarman,
abutting on the messuage of Z Bullen to the NORTH WEST
Upon Sheepgate to the NORTH EAST;
On the Capital Messuage to the SOUTH EAST
And the Yard belonging to the same to the SOUTH WEST
David Fisher, the Elder, Manager of Norfolk & Suffolk Company of Comedians,
tent. or shop in Sheepgate, formerly Thos Tingey, Hannah Tingey, late Robert
Rede (later Charles Fisher)
“ALL THAT Messuage being the north part of a Mansion purchased from the late Robert Rede, Esq &
Shops & Buildings on the North side separated by a passage. ALSO the Garden, as all the premises
late in the occupation of Miss Dennington & her undertenants.”
David Fisher Theatre: North side of the premises, let for 14 years to Simon Loyns, from 6 January 1828
at £26 p.a. [this included the north of the house and the shop next to it & some garden]
Charles Fisher, a tent. a stationer’s, late David Fisher, Robert Rede, formerly
Tingey [ Stationer: probably Simon Loyns before he moved to no 15 NMar]
Edward Lock of Hoddeston, Herts, draper
Release for £1165 : £900 for the Capital Messuage, Tards, Gardens, etc & £165 for the others.
INDENTURE: David Fisher the elder & Simon Loyns, bookseller & Stationer.
1868
1890
1893
ADVERTISEMENT: J Mayhew, next door to the Corn Exchange, Beccles; Good & Cheap Clothing;
Has now a very large & fresh stock of Overcoats & Reefing Jackets, Men’s & Boys’ in various materials
from 5s 6d to 44s. He sells also A useful Cloth Coat for Business Purposes for 10s 6d; Trousers to
match 7s 6d; Waistcoat 3s 6d; Black Cloth Trousers 12s 6d; Waistcoat 6s 6d; An entire Suit in Black
Cloth for £1 17s 6d; A useful Business Suit for £1 11s 6d; A Suit of Black Cloth in the Better Quality
£2 -8s Velveteen & Cord Goods - Men’s and Boy’s - Cheap
ADVERTISEMENT: CT Field, Genuine Boot Stores
ADVERTISEMENT: CT Field, The Genuine Boot Stores; The Largest & Best Stock Of Boots &
Shoes in Beccles; Men’s & Boys’ Nailed. Men’s & Boys’ Light; Ladies’ & Childrens’
[Contains photograph of the front of the shop - which is the same front today]
1841
1851
1851 CENSUS
1851 CENSUS
1851 CENSUS
1851 CENSUS
1851 CENSUS
1851 CENSUS
John Mayhew
Sarah Mayhew
Joseph Mayhew
Sarah Mayhew
Hannah Mayhew
2 female servants
Charles Fisher
Edward Lock
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Bank Agent & Draper
James Mayhew
Newmarket
£27- 5s
65
32
29
27
Beccles
Beccles
1881 Bank
1896
1904
1904
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Mrs Lock
Mrs Lock
Lacon’s Bank
Lacon’s Bank
Capital & Counties Bank
Ernest Larkman
Bank
}
1827
1871 Shop
1881 House etc
1893
1900
1902
Edward Lock
Edward Lock
Joseph Mayhew
Joseph Mayhew
Field, CT
Field, CT
Field, CT
Linen Draper
Linen Draper
Boot & Shoe Maker
Boot & Shoe Maker
Boot & Shoe Maker
£50 }
1904
1906
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
?
Poulton, O
dwelling
Lloyds Bank
Oliver Poulton
Oliver Poulton
boot maker
Shop
Siddall & Kirby Ltd
G Dalliston
G Dalliston
quality shoes
shoe retailer
shoe retailer
1576
1593
1615c
1646
1664
1668
1671
1681
1693
1700
1713
1729
1736
1761
1800.1
1815
1829
1849
1850
1851
1852
1855
1858
1918
so to Raynold Neve’s corner” Description of the Streets of Beccles
Reynold Neve, for his tent late John Allens
Reynold Neve, for his tent late John Aleyn’s (later Murdoch)
Richard Pringe, [see his will 1633] tent formerly William Welton before Randall Neave
in Sheepgate (folio 75)
Tobyas Murdoche, for a tent in Sheepgate late Pringe, vid Richard Pring
Thomas Drane, late Gosling, Sheepgate east
Toby Murdoch, tenement in Sheepgate, late Aldous
Tobias Murdoch, tent in his own use
Everard Wyatt, tent in Sheepgate sometime Pringe late Murdoch vid John
Murdoch (folio 275)
Everard Wyatt for part of Drane’s tent
Thomas Wyatt, senior, part of tent in Sheepgate, late Drane
Francis Wyatt, [d 1717] tenement in Sheepgate late Everard Wyatt
James Wyatt, [d 1754] late his mother’s
Matthew Cutlove, tent in Sheepgate late Wyatt’s
Cutlove heirs, late Wyatt; A house at north corner of Sheepgate
Daniel Delf
Sarah Delf, widow; [of Daniel Delf died June 1812 aged 54, buried in Congregational graveyard] two
bow windows projecting from her dwelling (later Thomas Delf)
Thomas Delf, draper, messe & shop in Sheepgate, late Daniel Delf, his father,
formerly Cutlove
& 2 bow windows projecting on south & west sides
ADVERTISEMENT: May 1849: Thomas Delf: Plain & Fancy Goods, British & Foreign Shawls, Lace
& Brocade Silks for dresses & Mantles, Anglian Robes, Lindianas, Gauzes, Francais etc for dresses.
Parasols etc.
ADVERTISEMENT: Alfred Pigg: His Show room will open on Wednesday, 23rd of October 1850 with
a striking display of Bonnets, Caps, Riobbons, Cloaks, Shawls, Dresses, Furs etc.
ADVERTISEMENT: 1 March: Bonnets at Alfred Pigg’s, Cheap Drapery Establishment.
Large quantities at 4d 1/2d, 5d 1/2d, 8d 1/2d, 1s & upwards
Thomas Delf, messe in Sheepgate, free
Task 8d
Rent 1s 1d 1/2d
Rent 8d
valuation £3
Rent 6d 3/4d
Rent 6d 3/4d
Task 8d
Rent 8d
Rent 8d
Rent 8d
Rent 1s
increased facilities for an extended business Alfred Pigg intends to commence selling off the remaining
portion of his Summer Stock.
This building became the Post Office between 1896 & 1902
SALE: Property of Nathaniel Pells: LOT 12 :POST OFFICE & Postmaster’s RESIDENCE adjoining at
rent of £100.
[withdrawn. Later added A Elliott £1,400]
they had been pulled down.
1841
1851
1861
1871
Thomas Delf
Thomas Delf
Thomas Delf
Thomas Delf
William Kent
Alfred Pigg
WJ Sharpe
George Yallop
draper
linen & woollen draper
linen draper
draper
£15 -10
£38 - 10
£47
£55
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6970
6971
6972
6973
6974
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Shp
Emily YALLUP
Emily L. YALLUP
Edith H. YALLUP
George H. YALLUP
Ada M. YALLUP
Mary Ann HALLS
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Walsoken, Norfolk, England
Downham, Norfolk, England
Bourn, Cambridge, England
Bourn, Cambridge, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
Daur
Son
Daur
Serv
Drapers Wife
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Domestic Servant General
1896
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1934
Nathaniel Pells
Pells exors
Pells, Arthur
dwelling & Post Off
William Spaul
William Worley
William Worley
William Worley
Arthur Till
Charles FN Clark
CFN Clark
draper & boots store
William Worley
-[listed as 2 Smallgate]
Post Master & stamp distributor
Post Master & stamp distributor
Stamp Office
Post Master & stamp office
Messrs Youngs, Crawshay & Youngs, Ltd [who owned the King’s Head] dedicate piece of land of 90 square yards at the
junction of Exchange Square and Smallgate, to the use of the public as an open space, without compensation.
The Mayor etc undertake that no building other than shelters will at any time be erected or placed on the land and the
Mayor etc. will provide, erect and maintain a suitably constructed brick wall along the agreed boundary line.
ON GROUND FLOOR.—Public POST OFFICE, with Slow Combustion Stove and fitted with Mahogany-topped Counter and Writing Shelves, Spacious
Lavatory, with Lean-to Covered-in and Paved Yard with Entrance from Smallgate.
On UPPER FLOOR—Telegraph Room with Stovc and Messengers’ Waiting Room amid Lavatory.
ON SECOND FLOORS—Large Bedroom with Stove and Closet, Four other Bedrooms, Fitted Bath Room with hot and Cold Water Supply, Cistern,
ON THIRD FLOOR.—Two Attics.
[this house does not appear to be in the Beccles or Rosehall manor lists & I have not identified it in the Task Books]
1502
1500.3
1576
DIVISION OF PROPERTY
1588
1593
4d
1641
Blythburgh
1642.1
1641
1641
1660.1
1668
Tasburgh, Edw
Gonvell
Manclarke, Hy, for his house late Gonette & Edward Tasburgh & Herynge
Divided in three tents: Manclerk 4d; Dowsing 4d; Coffin 4d.
William Hodgkyns of Beccles, tailor, of the other part; for £30.
One messuage or tent with a garden & orchard and a part of a well to the same belonging, now in the
possession of William Hodgkyns, late parcel of another messe sometime called the Falcon & lieth
between the messe & garden of John Denny, north; & the messe of Everard Isaac, sometime parcel
of the same on the south; part abutteth upon a street called Smallgate towards the east; and the other
side upon the street leading from the Newmarket towards Blyburgate to the west.
Hodgins, Wm, for his tent he dwelleth in assessed a third part of the whole tenement, late Tasburgh
BETWEEN John Denny, messe & garden North; Everard Isaac, south; Smallgate east; New Market to
Bryant, Arth, for the third part of a tent sometime Tasburgh (folio 177)
Hodgins, Rev Wm of Rushmer, clerk to Arthur Bryant of Beccles, haberdasher. Messe adjoining
Falcon
Indenture between William Durrant & Elizabeth, his wife, Willaim Hodgkins & Alice his wife of the
first Part; Thomas Bradford of Great Yarmouth of 2nd Part; Arthur Bryant of 3rd Part; The Old
Falcon (& property in Gorleston) .’
Artis, Edm, for a tent late Arthur Bryant, sometime Tasburgh, vid Ed Arth Bryant
ORIENTATION: Indenture between Edmund Artis of Beccles, timbermaster & Elizabeth his wife & John Artis,
timbermaster of the one part; and John Morse, knacker of the other part; for £100. One messe with ard & garden &
one part of a well,
BETWEEN the messe & garden of Margaret Leman, widow, on the north ;[second wife of William Leman
1668
1688
Peter’s
Matthew
1689
4d
1696
Premises late of Arthur Bryant, yeoman, deceased. By his will 14 April 1656 & devised after the
decease of his wife unto the said Elizabeth Artis & Edmund Artis, during the life of Elizabeth Artis,
and after her decease to John Artis.
Morse, Jn, collarmaker, for a tent late Arthur Bryant, sometime Tasburgh; vid Ed Artis
(Post: Manby) Folio 239
ORIENTATION: Indenture between Richard Burrows of Uggeshall & Elizabeth his wife, Mary Morse of St
Baker of Gislam, gent & Mary his wife, William Barber, yeoman & Joan his wife of the one part;
John Manby of Beccles, yeoman & Margaret, his wife of the other Part; for £66.
ALL THAT messe with yard & garden and one part of a well, now or late in the tenure of William Broad &
BETWEEN messe or garden of Margaret Leman on the north;
messe now or late of Thomas Utber on the south; abutting on Smallgate east; the street leading from
Newmarket to Blythburgate, west.
Manby, Jn, a tent late Morse, & sometime Bryant
John
his
Cutlove
a
Utber,
from
Manby, yeoman, deceased, John Manby of Bury & his wife, John Durrant of Lowestoft, beer brewer & Margaret,
wife, the daughter of the wife of Isaac Debenham & heiress of William Keable, deceased and the only son of Isaac
Debenham, of the one Part; John Keable, apothecary of the other Part.
ALL THAT messe with yard & garden & one part of a well, late in the tenure of William Broad & Matthew
and now or late of Nicholas & Richard Gowing & purchased by John Manby &Margaret his wife, formerly part of
messe caled the Falcon.
BETWEEN the messe & garden late of Margaret Leman, widow on the north; & the messe late Thomas
since of John Dady & now of Isaac Debenham south: abutting on Smallgate east; on another street there leading
the Newmarket Place to Blyburgate west.
1759
1786
1785
1799
1800.1
the ‘Glory’
Pering.]
1841
1841 Tithe Map 335
1847 30 November
1851
1855
1855 11 April
Portreeve 1780]
Bankruptcy order against Timothy Carter, apothecary, late of Beccles, by order of assignees to be sold.
Farm at Layham, House & Shop in Beccles, in occupation of Timothy Carter. Benjamin Schuldham,
Attorney.
[from the Diary of Isaac Blowers, who was a draper, a record four times Portreeve, lived at 8
Newmarket:
Monday, 27 March, 1786: Being election day for Portreeve, went about 11 to Mr Arnold and my
master (ie Portreeve that year). Came up to the hall about 12.Elected Mr Tyrell Carter Portreeve and
his father Chief Surveyor. All two came to the King’s Head to dine. Good dinner. Spent the afternoon
and evening till near 1. NB a very coarse cold windy day as any in the preceding winter.]
Conveyance [no information]
Tyrell Carter, surgeon, [born 1752, son of Timothy Carter, Portreeve 1786 ]
Mary Carter was the widow of Tyrell Carter, surgeon, born in Beccles 1752, died 1799.
[His will dated 1792: “All my messuages in Beccles in my own occupation & in occupation of my
man of war”. He married Mary Nestling in 1784. Their daughter Mary married Rev Benedict
butler’s pantry & other domestic offices; excellent cellarage;
Owner: Mary Carter;
SALE: Executors of Mrs Mary Carter; Freehold Mansion
Genteel Family Residence in Corn Exchange lately occupied by Mary Carter decsd, comprising:
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, lofty Dining & Drawing rooms each 18ft x 14ft, Kitchen, store room,
Occupier: Mary Carter;
Garden;
0a 0r 31p;
stable with lofts; & walled-in garden extending to Newgate & containing with the site of the buildings
upwards of a quarter acre.
Freehold. Land tax redeemed. Eligibly situated near the centre of the town; has a frontage of 64ft with 2
entrances from the square & back entrance from Newgate.
Title commences with conveyance 11 October 1785.
Henry Read
each 18ft x 13ft, Kitchen, store room, ale & wine cellars & other domestic offices.
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, Breakfast Room, lofty & well proportioned Drawing & Dining Rooms,
closets.
Second Floor: 4 large & well lighted appartments
Detached from the main building are scullery & knife houses; & at the extremity of the property &
communicating by folding doors with Newgate are a recently built brick & slated stable with 2 loose
boxes, hay & straw houses & harness room; also a double chaise house, coal & wood house & other
convenient out-door offices. Large pleasure garden with vinery newly erected 21ft x 19ft 9ins & rustic
Summer House. Upwards of quarter acre.
Land Tax redeemed. Tithe commutation 2s p.a.
(written on sale notice: EC Sharpin £960 - £144)
1865
1887
1887
1899
Volunteer
the Beccles
Eastern Counties
elected a
Beccles, 9th November
1919
1919
SALE of Furniture of Edward Swatman, Esq. “who declines housekeeping”. Upon the Premises in
Exchange Square.
TO BE SOLD or TO BE LET: Twyford House, Exchange Square. Apply RS Block
of Suffolk. Born in 1861, he was educated at Queen Elizabeth School, Dedham, Essex; he was admitted
a solicitor in 1888, in which year he came to reside at Twyford House, Beccles. In January 1895 Mr
Larkman was appointed Registrar of the Beccles and Bungay County Court, which office became
INDENTURE 7 April 1919
Between James Preston Larkman, solicitor of the ONE PART
& Water Thomas Campling, Clothier & Outfitter of the OTHER PART
An Indenture 6 July 1914
Between Alfred Robert Block & William Read of ONE PART
& James Larkman, the OTHER PART
ALL THAT Messuage etc formerly of George Peskett [died 12 January 1869 in his 46th year],
afterwards of Robert Shimmon Block & late of Harriet Block, deceased
BETWEEN land formerly of JK Garrod and then or late of Alexander Elliott on the SOUTH
Messuage & land formerly of John Thompson after of Thomas Pert & then of the International Tea
Company on the NORTH
Sheepgate WEST
Newgate EAST
Known as Twyford House, in the occupation of the Vendor.
Tithe Rent 2s p.a.
Alterations to Twyford House to shop for WT Campling
Waterworks Company; is Honorary Secretary to the Beccles Hospital; also to the
Asylum for Idiots; Treasurer to the Beccles Poultry Society, etc, etc. Mr Larkman was
member of the Town Council, 18th January 1892; and Mayor of the Borough of
1898.
1861
1871
1881
G Peskett
Harriet Block
H Peskett [doctor died ]
Mary Tracy
6087
6088
6089
6090
6091
6092
6093
6094
6095
6096
Exch
Exch
Exch
Exch
Exch
Exch
Exch
Exch
Exch
Arthur G. TRACY
Alice M. TRACY
Ethel B. TRACY
Kate A. TRACY
John F. TRACY
Emily GENMAS
Mary A. COOK
Catherine A. JONESU
Emily S. FRY
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Croydon, Surrey, England
Croydon, Surrey, England
Croydon, Surrey, England
Croydon, Surrey, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Strumpshaw, Norfolk, England
Laxfield, Suffolk, England
Frocester, Gloucester, England
Greenwich, Kent, England
Son
Daur
Daur
Daur
Son
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Handicap: Blind
Serv
Domestic Servant Housemaid
Visitor
Nurse
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
Mrs Block
Mrs H Block
Larkman, JP
dwelling
Larkman moved to the Close, Barsham probably about 1919
James Larkman
James Larkman
5 bedrooms
James Larkman
James Larkman
1927
Walter Campling
clothier
1936
1948
1954
1954
1965
1974
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
Mrs E Foster
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
outfitter
outfitter
outfitter
outfitter
This Building is North of Twyford House, set back from the Street
When Twyford House was sold by Larkman he retained the County Court Office
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Larkman, James P
Larkman, Jas P
Offices
James Larkman
James Larkman
James Larkman
James Larkman
£40
Larkman & Robinson
Larkman & Robinson
Larkman & Robinson
Larkman & Robinson
Larkman & Grice
registrar & high bailiff
registrar & high bailiff
Solicitors etc
Solicitors etc
Solicitors etc
Solicitors etc
THIS IS THE PROPERTY NEXT TO TWYFORD HOUSE was Suffolk Florists etc,
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1500.3
1576
DIVISION OF PROPERTY
1588
1593
4d
1641
1642.1
1641
1641
1660.1
1668
1668
1688
Tasburgh, Edw
Gonvell
Manclarke, Hy, for his house late Gonette & Edward Tasburgh & Herynge
Divided in three tents: Manclerk 4d; Dowsing 4d; Coffin 4d.
William Hodgkyns of Beccles, tailor, of the other part; for £30.
One messuage or tent with a garden & orchard and a part of a well to the same belonging, now in the
possession of William Hodgkyns, late parcel of another messe sometime called the Falcon & lieth
between the messe & garden of John Denny, north; & the messe of Everard Isaac, sometime parcel
of the same on the south; part abutteth upon a street called Smallgate towards the east; and the other
side upon the street leading from the Newmarket towards Blyburgate to the west.
Hodgins, Wm, for his tent he dwelleth in assessed a third part of the whole tenement, late Tasburgh
Denny, messe & garden North; Everard Isaac, south; Smallgate east; New Market to Blythburgh
west.
Bryant, Arth, for the third part of a tent sometime Tasburgh (folio 177)
Hodgins, Rev Wm of Rushmer, clerk to Arthur Bryant of Beccles, haberdasher. Messe adjoining
Falcon
Indenture between William Durrant & Elizabeth, his wife, Willaim Hodgkins & Alice his wife of the
first Part; Thomas Bradford of Great Yarmouth of 2nd Part; Arthur Bryant of 3rd Part; The Old
Falcon (& property in Gorleston) .’
Artis, Edm, for a tent late Arthur Bryant, sometime Tasburgh, vid Ed Arth Bryant
Indenture between Edmund Artis of Beccles, timbermaster & Elizabeth his wife & John Artis, timbermaster of the
one part; and John Morse, knacker of the other part; for £100. One messe with ard & garden & one part of a well,
now in the occupation of John Morse, formerly part of another messe called the Falcon;
BETWEEN the messe & garden of Margaret Leman, widow, on the north;
a messe of Everard Isaac, late of Thomas Utber, south; Smallgate east.
Premises late of Arthur Bryant, yeoman, deceased. By his will 14 April 1656 & devised after the
decease of his wife unto the said Elizabeth Artis & Edmund Artis, during the life of Elizabeth Artis,
and after her decease to John Artis.
Morse, Jn, collarmaker, for a tent late Arthur Bryant, sometime Tasburgh; vid Ed Artis
(Post: Manby) Folio 239
Indenture between Richard Burrows of Uggeshall & Elizabeth his wife, Mary Morse of St Peter’s
spinster, Francis Morse late of Boston in New England in America now of Beccles, saddler, Robert ,
Baker of Gislam, gent & Mary his wife, William Barber, yeoman & Joan his wife of the one part;
John Manby of Beccles, yeoman & Margaret, his wife of the other Part; for £66. ALL THAT messe
with yard & garden and one part of a well, now or late in the tenure of William Broad & Matthew
Cutlove, formerly part of the Falcon. BETWEEN messe or garden of Margaret Leman on the north;
messe now or late of Thomas Utber on the south; abutting on Smallgate east; the street leading from
Newmarket to Blythburgate, west.
Manby, Jn, a tent late Morse, & sometime Bryant
1689
4d
1696
1706
Indenture between Isaac Debenham, cordwainer & Margaret his wife, late widow & relict of John Manby, yeoman,
deceased, John Manby of Bury & his wife, John Durrant of Lowestoft, beer brewer & Margaret, his wife, the
Cutlove
a
1710
1729
1736
1756
1756
1761
1772
1799
ALL THAT messe with yard & garden & one part of a well, late in the tenure of William Broad & Matthew
and now or late of Nicholas & Richard Gowing & purchased by John Manby &Margaret his wife, formerly part of
messe caled the Falcon. BETWEEN the messe & garden late of Margaret Leman, widow on the north; & the messe
late Thomas Utber, since of John Dady & now of Isaac Debenham south: abutting on Smallgate east; on another
street there leading from the
Newmarket Place to Blyburgate west.
Keable, John, tent late Manby before that Morde & Bryant
Keable, John, late Debenham
Keable, Jn , for a tent late Manby, before that Morse & Bryant, late his father
Keable, Ralph, for the tent late above mentioned late his father
Verdon,Wm, tent next (Shp AA) late Ralph Keable, formerly Manby
Verdon, late Keable & Debenham
Verdon, Wm, late Keable, a house in the North East side of Sheepgate
Verdon, Wm [he died in 1802] occupant Verdon, Wm
Rent 1d
Task 4d
Task 4d
Task 4d
Rent 1d
Rent 1d
Value £1.16
1853
1862
vendors
1871
1902
JK & WH Garrod
Rent 1s 2d
closets, 6 bedrooms; bathroom; wood, coal & knife houses; useful trade buildings; stable, coach house,
small ornamental garden & large paved yard with back carriage entrance from Newgate Street.
LOT 3: The well-built, handsomely white brick fronted & spacious Family Residences & Business
Premises in Exchange Square, Beccles:
a) Convenient & handsomely fitted house occupied by Miss Margaret Woolner: extensive cellars. large
Entrance Hall, Dining Room & Drawing Rooms, Kitchen well fitted with closets & cooking range; store
room with dressers & drawers, 4 bedrooms, attic & look-out; wash house with iron oven, coppers &
rain water pump; knife, coal & wood houses; & yard laid with York pavement.
b) A very comfortable Dwelling house recently occupied by Mr William Henry Garrod adjoining the
above with separate entrances from Exchange Square to the house & back premises; large vaulted
cellars; Dining Room; handsome Drawing room 21ft x 16ft covered with lead terrace; Kitchen with
the occupation of Robert Weeds.
Opposite the Corn Hall; well adapted for a wine merchant or other business.
Free Rent to Manor of Rosehall & Ashmans 1s 2d
All the windows, doors & openings in the north side of the house and buildings retained by the
Miss Woolner is under covenant to rebuild, at her own expense, if requested, the wall heretofore
dividing the entrance passage from a parlour now laid at the entrance hall, and to leave the entrance
passage and parlour in the same state as before the alteration.
The Purchaser is, at his own expense, to remove the south post of the back gate, so as to leave the
ground clear in a line with the brick wall as shown.
George Woolnough
SALE by executors of George Woolnough: Exchange Square: two superior family residences, one
lately occupied by deceased proprietor & the other in the occupation of Messrs Ferrier & Ferrier.
1841
1851
1861
1871
1881
John Garrod
John Garrod
John Garrod
John Garrod
J & W Garrod
J & W Garrod
George Woolnough
George Woolnough
George Woolnough
John Garrod
Dan Kerridge
J B Garrod
Margaret Woolner
J & W Garrod
Caroline Bishop
George Woolnough
Robert Ward
£39-15
£17-10
£25
£22-10
1902
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1927
1933+
1936
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
ALSO!
Elliott, Alex
William Elliott
dwelling
London Central Meat
George Woolnough
William Huson
William Huson
4 bedrooms
William Huson
3 sitting rooms
solicitor & commissioner of oaths
4 occupants
London Central Meat Co
Jarman, Herbert
Bailey Seth
London Central Meat Co
Bailey & Freemansolicitors
London Central Meat Co
London Central Meat Co
Baxters
Baxters (Butchers) Ltd
butchers
butchers
butchers
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Leonard Moulton
Leonard Moulton
George A Wilson
George A Wilson
George Wilson
1593
1613.1
The wife or heirs of John Dykerson for tent late William Denny before Cave
& Mr Bury (post: Thomas Wright 8d; Will? Smith 4d; Simon Welton 4d)
Henry Smith, [yeoman] for the moiety of a messe in Blyburgate late Dickenson
1656
1699
1779
1785
(folio 64) (The other moiety to Henry Smith)
Bernard Prime [tallow chandler] tent late Simon Welton vid Simon Welton
(folio 200)
Nathaniel Newton, late Bernard Prime & Welton (now T Rede)
Thomas Rede, tent late Bird, before Nathaniel Newton formerly Bernard
& Welton
Robert Chinery, tent late Mr Rede, before Bird, formerly Bernard Prime
& Welton
Task 4d
6102
6103
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Beccles, Suffolk, England
Lodden, Norfolk, England
Wife
Serv
Ann WOOLNOUGH
Eliza FICHE
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
Elliott, Alex
Merrels, David
dwelling
5 bedrooms
3 sitting rooms
3 occupants
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
T Gore & Son
T Gore & Son
T Gore & Son
T Gore & Son
jewellers
jewellers
jewellers
jewellers
with glazing bars and exposed frames. Stucco, lined and painted. Rusticated quoins. Ogee brick cornice below low parapet. Ground
floor shop with wood case. Interior hewn chamfered beam. Important position.
A drawing by Arthur Pells (ref 10/17) shows a proposed alteration for the dwelling house & shop in Exchange Square , Beccles for
Mr John Clements, boot and shoe manufacturer and leather merchant. The drawings show its appearance before the alteration and
afterwards. The proposed alterations to the upper storeys accord with the present appearance. The shop front has been replaced. It
must date from about 1900.
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1614c
1671
1700
1723
1765
1766
1767
1779
1786
1787
1809
1827
1829
1830
1839
1842
Thomas Buck, for his tent, sometime John Denny called Monucks
William Denny, Esq., [d. 1645] tent in Sheepgate near Newmarket late
Thomas Buck
Mr James Aldous, his house & orchard in his own tenure
Arthur Artis, [1640-1719 Member of the XXIV 1707] tent formerly Denny
late Mr Aldous
Arthur Artis, [grocer, 1674-1764, Portreeve 1727,1741, 1758] tent formerly
Denny after Arthur Artis, his father
Stanton Penny, [1726-1766, XXIV 1759] for a tent formerly Denny late
Arthur Artis in Sheepgate
Stanton Penny, Tent in Sheepgate where he dwells, Arthur Artis, Purvis
Stanton Penny, [b 1756] an infant, Stanton Penny his Father, Arthur Artis
Thomas Rede [lawyer, 1732-1811, Portreeve 1760, 1779, 1796] for a tent
adjoining late Penny before Arthur Artis & formerly Denny in Sheepgate
John Brooks junior, late Mr Rede, before Penny & formerly Arthur Artis
in Sheepgate
John Brooks, the younger, [hairdresser, 1751-1808, XXIV 1784] tent in
Sheepgate, formerly Arthur Artis since Penny
Susan Broks, widow [1751-1826] of John Brooks, hairdresser. Tent in
Sheepgate formerly Stanton Penny, before Arthur Artis
John Bobbett Brooks, upholsterer, under Susan Brooks’ will; Tent in Sheepgate
(later John Garrod 1830)
John Garrod, late Susan Brooks
John Garrod, shoemaker,
Garrod, his father, & Susan Brooks, widow, before John Brooks, formerly Penny
John Garrod, [1790-1852] tent in Sheepgate late John Garrod, his father,
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
[1754-1838, XXIV 1816] tent in Sheepgate late John
SALE: [No 1 BLYBURGATE] Centre of Town, Range of Sash Fronted Buildings on 19 August.
Dwelling in the occupation of Charles Rogerson as Tenant from Year to Year & spacious Shop recently
used by James Feltham, Boot & Shoe Maker
ALSO Dwelling in the occupation of William Stebbens, Pawnbroker. Yearly Tenant, & Stable, Paved Yard
& outbuildings, enclosed Garden.
A considerable outlay in Repairs & Improvements recently completed. Pump. Freehold.
1861
1903
J K & WH Garrod [tanners in Northgate]
ADVERTISEMENT: J Clements: Leather Merchant & Grindery Warehouse, is now showing his large
stock of Winter Boots & Shoes. Agents for the Cekebrated “Beehive” Boots & Shoes; Blacksmith’s
Aprons, Chamois Skins, Glove Leather, Purses, Gaiters, Leather Gloves, Straps, Brushes, Boot Trees
etc
Rubber Heels fitted to any Boots. Brown White & Black. Boot Polishes always in Stock
Exchange Square, Beccles
Garrod, Jn
1851
£10.10
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Utbert, W
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6107
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Emma A. KING
Emma G. KING
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Beccles, Suffolk, England
Homersfield, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
1904
£30
V
Clements, Jn
Clements, Jn
This property is listed under Sheepgate in the Directories of 1907 onwards:
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Clements, John
Sturgess, William
Harry Sayer
HE Sayer
leather seller
boot maker & leather seller
boot maker
boot maker
HE Sayer
HE Sayer
BJ Bingham
BJ Bingham
boot makers
boot makers
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1500.3
1576
DIVISION OF PROPERTY
1588
Tasburgh, Edw
Gonvell
Manclarke, Hy, for his house late Gonette & Edward Tasburgh & Herynge Task Is
Divided in three tents: Manclerk 4d; Dowsing 4d; Coffin 4d.
William Hodgkyns of Beccles, tailor, of the other part; for £30.
One messuage or tent with a garden & orchard and a part of a well to the same belonging, now in the
possession of William Hodgkyns, late parcel of another messe sometime called the Falcon & lieth
between the messe & garden of John Denny, north;
& the messe of Everard Isaac, sometime parcel of the same on the south;
part abutteth upon a street called Smallgate towards the east;
and the other side upon the street leading from the Newmarket towards Blyburgate to the west.
1600.1
1637
1676
1681
1680
Isaacs, Frank
Dinnington, Edw, for tent called the Old Falcon late Frank Isaacs, before Manclerk & Tasburgh
(folio 143) vid Isaacs
Denny,Wm, tent in Blyburgate, sometime Dennington late Isaac; vid Ed Dennington (folio 250)
Alden, Ste, tent in Blyburgate, sometime Dennington, Isaacs, late Wm Denny; vid Wm Denny (folio 275)
Indenture between Robert Lincoln of Gisleham, gent & Sarah his wife, John Bitton of Shipmeadow,
yeoman, son & heir of Thomas Bitton, late of Beccles, John Payne of Ringsfleld, yeoman & Mary his
wife, William Denny of Beccles, locksmith & his wife, Edward Laws of Mutford, yeoman & Mary
his wife, and one of the co-heirs of Robert Candler, late of Threelthorpe, yeoman, deceased,
Margaret Horth of Gisleham, widow, sister & another & Francis Payne of Rushmere, cordwainer &
Tabetha his wife.
ALL THOSE messe or parts or pieces of the messe & tent anciently called or known by the name of
the Old Falcon & all the houses, stables, yards, gardens, grounds, now in the occupation of Stephen
Alden. BETWEEN that parcel sometimes called the Pallons [Plains] & the little yard sometime of the
premises lately severed & divided with a pale fence & now or late of Robert Girling & late in the
Task 8d
1692
shop sometime of Frank Isaak, late of Barnard Prime, deceased/& in part, & the messe sometime of
Christopher Welton & late of Barnard Prime in Part, & the houses and grounds sometime of Robert
Kent & late of Arthur Mann & now of William Boyce South; -Smallgate east; Upon the great street
leading from Newmarket Place of Beccles into Blyburgate, towards the west.
ORIENTATION: Indenture between Thomas le Febur, dishturner & Mary his wife only surviving daughter & heir
of Andrew Leake, her late father, deceased of the first Part; John Dady, carpenter, of 2nd Part; William
Bell of Sotterley, gent & William Randall of Furnivalls June, gent in the County of Middlesex 3rd
Part. ALL THAT messe or tent called the Queen’s Head with the yard & part of the well;
BETWEEN Smallgate east; upon the great street leading from the Newmarket to Blyburgate west; A
messe in the possession Stephen Alden south messe or tent late Stephen Alden, sometime
in the tenure of Andrew Leake and now of John Dady, sometime part of the Old Falcon & purchased
by Andrew Leake of William Girling.
1904
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1593
1613.1
1613.2
1614
1655
1669
1669
1671
1671.1
1902
1904
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
The wife or heirs of John Dykerson for tent late William Denny before Cave
& Mr Bury (post: Thomas Wright 8d; Will? Smith 4d; Simon Welton 4d)
Henry Smith, [yeoman] for the moiety of a messe in Blyburgate late Dickenson
Thomas Wright
John Coate for one tent in Blyburgate George Deering before Dickerson
Samuel Nevill, entered his tax for a tent Kent, Deering, Dickerson, Court & Smith
Francis Haylock, for a tent sometime Coates & Deering vid John Coate
Francis Haylock, tent sometime Cootes & Deering
Francis Haylock, his tent now Arthur Mann
Arthur Mann [cordwainer] d 1684
Valuation £3-10
Task 8d