Extracts from the ‘Accounts of the Poor-house’ in our Rate-books, from 1666 to 1715.

Appendix III

Index to Innkeepers

Saunders Wm. ‘Head tapster of the Kings Arms’

Henneker James See ‘Early references’, p.3 of my MS. ‘paid for burying a Spaniard, who died in james Hennekers stable, and for wine which he drunk when he was sicke.’

Meakings Sarah is mentioned in Accts. of Poor H., 1688, p. 132: probably the same

Bushell John. Also in Pier Accts, 1678, and in Accts of Poor H. 1680 and 1699.

Pamflett Stephen and his widow. In 1684 Stephen is mentioned by name, and there can be no possible doubt about the inn, for ‘the cripple’ is mentioned. In 1689 we find the widow Pamflett; so Stephen must have died between 1684 and 1689.

Stevens Richard and Ruth. In Poor H, Accts the earliest ref to Richard is 1682. In 1688 his widow comes in and we trace her till 1695.

Laming Roger. The full reference us from Burials. Par. Reg. ‘3 Sept. 1653. Phillipe du Marius of the island of Gersey, Master of the Shipp called the ‘Gift of God’, who died at the house of Roger Laming known by the name or the signe of the Dukes head in Margate.’ The Accts. of the Pier, give a still earlier reference to this inn, 1678. ‘Spent at Roger Lamings’. This is the usual formula, and is plain enough.

 

Additional Inns from other sources.

1580    Deal Thomas, victualler, Vis. Archd. of Cant. Arch. Court. Vol xxvi, p18

1597    Harbie Robert, victualler, Vis. Archd. of Cant. Arch. Court. Vol xxvi, p 25

1597    Coleman Roger victualler, Vis. Archd. of Cant. Arch. Court. Vol xxvi, p 25

1615    Cosbie John victualler, Vis. Archd. of Cant. Arch. Court. Vol xxvi, p 28

1615    Saynders William victualler, Vis. Archd. of Cant. Arch. Court. Vol xxvi, p 28

1639    Greedier Daniel  victualler, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1639    Pollard Goodwife victualler, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1639    Puidle Danie victualler, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1653    Henneker James vintner, bur 29 May: Par. Reg.

1659    Meakins  Goodwife vintner, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1659    Reynolds William vintner, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1660.2 Bushel John ‘Sign of the Rose’, John Lewis 2^nd ed pp [90, 91]

1679    Pamflett Stephen Queens Arms, Accts of Poor H. 1679 and 1684.

1697    Pamflett Mrs Queens Arms, bur 18 Aug. Reg. for Briefs, p. 28

1697    Stevens Widow, Victualler, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1697    Roberts Widow, Victualler, Churchwarden’s Accts.

1683    Laming Roger, ‘Signe of the Dukes Head’, Mention of him in Par. Reg.

1699    John Wells, ‘the signe of the Shipp’. Deeds of 20 Parade.

 

No inns mentioned in the 5 loose pages of 1666.

Goodman Pond = Abraham P. town crier and bumbailiff in 1666.

His last mention as an innholder is in 1688, and Widow Pond is found in 1694. In 1701 we have Armanel Pond (a woman, as proved by an entry), so she may be his widow. She does not appear after 1706.

Bushell John. For Ref. 1660-2, see John Lewis 2^nd ed pp [90, 91]

Names of Innholders. It will be noticed that in recording the names there are often considerable gaps in point of time. The magic formula ‘spent at . . .’ is just as frequent, but as no name is given the libations are not recorded. As it is, over 140 entries appear here, many names being repeated over and over again.

Stevens Richard. The favourite inn for ‘the Officers’ was unquestionably the Five Bells. A thick block of the same name in these records generally indicates this inn. This name is a case in point, for apart from unrecorded meetings there, 24 are actually entered. We trace Richard Stevens and his widow from 1682 to 1695.

Pamflett widow. Here again there is no element of doubt about the name of the inn, for in 1697 her death is recorded in the Reg. for Briefs, p. 28 ‘Mrs Pamflett at the Queens Arms.’

Hart Paul was an important personage. From the historical Dept. of the General Post Office, London, we learn that he was one of our earliest postmasters, the term ‘deputy’ being used for that office at this period: ‘1691-1709 Paul Hart, Deputy of Margrett.’ Where his inn was is not known. We find him in these Accts in 1685. The inn cannot have been near the Church, as the references are but few. The last reference as an inn is in 1700. There are 3 references in 1715 all of which are payments in relief, the last one being ‘To Paul Hart in need’. His death is not in the Par. Reg., so he must have died elsewhere.

Ovenden widow. We find her in Pier Accts, in 1678. As she occurs there frequently, we are justified in concuding that her house was near the Pier and not near the Church.

Pamflett of the Queens Arms He was evidently a man of some position, as he is generally called Mr Stephen Pamflett. In the same way, his widow is called Mrs Pamflett, not goody or widow.

            Stephen Pamflett was bur. 2 June 1686 (Par. Reg.)

            Ann Pamflett, his widow, was bur. 18 Aug 1697 (Par. Reg.)

Her burial is recorded in Reg. for Briefs as ‘Mrs Pamflett of the Queens Arms.’

 

Pond Armanel. In 1704, p. 344 we have ‘Armanel Pond with her Apprentice’, Daughter of Abraham Pond I.

Widows always carried on after the death of their husbands. They often do so now; but the remarkable thing is the way in which women, especially widows, took over an inn when there has been trace of a man of the same name whom they followed.

Perkins and Stevens must have had the Five Bells.

Yeomans Stephen has not been mentioned since 1688. There are frequent references to Goody Yeomans after 1702, and two to Stepehen Yeoman’s wife; so it is probable that it is the same inn from 1702 to 1709, and indeed from 1688.

Pond family. The history of this family is briefly outlined on p. 7 of this M.S.

Perkins widow (no trace of a Mr Perkins as an innholder) from 1697 to 1707.

 

 

Year	Page	Name
1678	4	Goodman Pond and Abraham Pond. First entry as innholder
1679	6	Lithered Ann. This was John Lithered's first wife
1679	6	Pond Abraham
1679	13	Biyse Nicholas
1679	14	Mr Pamflett = Stephen P. of Queens Arms
1680	16	Laming Roger, master of the 'signe of the Dukes head'
1680	20	Lithered John
1680	20	Harnett Wm.
1680	20	Mr Bushell = John Bushell of the 'signe of the Rose'
1680	20	Pond Abraham
1680	21	Lithered John
1680	23	Boyce Nicholas
1680	23	Lithered John
1680	26	Pond Abraham
1681	29	Lithered John
1681	30	Seeley Goodman = William Seeley
1681	33	Pond Abraham
1681	33	Lithered Thomasine = John Lithereds second wife
1682	43	Stevens Goodwife = wife of Richard Stevens
1683	54	Stevens Richard
1683	58	Seeley William
1684	63	Seeley William
1684	70	Pamflett Stepehen, master of Queens Arms
1684	70	Stevens Ruth
1684	73	Stevens Richard
1685	77	Seeley William [bur 1685: see p. 126]
1685	82	Hart Paul (his first mention here)
1686	90	Hart Paul
1686	98	Stevens Richard
1687	101	Stevens Richard
1688	129	Stevens Richard
1688	125	Goatley John
1688	125	Pond Abraham
1688	126	Yeomans Stephen (first mention here)
1688	129	May Goodman (or Goodwife) : only entry
1688	132	Meakins Sarah (see Churchw. Accts 1659): only entry
1688	132	Stevens Wid: widow of Rich. Stevens
1689	137	Ladd Robert ? Ship
1689	140	Pamflett widow. Mistress of Queens Arms
1689	148	Stevens widow
1690	163	Stevens widow
1691	167	Stevens widow
1691	176	Stevens widow
1691	179	Stevens widow
1691	180	Stevens widow
1692	184	Stevens widow
1692	190	Hart Paul
1692	190	Stevens widow
1692	194	Stevens widow
1692	198	Pamflett Mrs, mistress of the Queens Arms
1692	198	Goodson widow
1693	202	Webb widow. The only mention
1693	202	Stevens widow
1693	206	Goodson widow
1693	209	Stevens widow
1693	211	Goodson widow
1694	214	Pamflett widow. Mistress of Queens Arms
1694	215	Goodson widow
1694	220	Stevens widow
1694	220	Pond widow (ie of Abraham P.)
1694	220	Ovenden widow. Her only entry
1694	222	Goodson widow
1694	224	Goodson widow
1695	230	Stevens widow
1695	232	Stevens widow
1695	235	Stevens widow
1695	235	Pond widow = Pond, wid. of Abraham Pnd I
1696	238	Swanton Goody
1697	242	Swanton Goody (twice) Her only entries
1697	248	Perkins widow (twice) Her first entry
1697	250	Perkins widow
1698	260	Perkins widow
1698	263	Perkins widow
1698	267	Perkins widow
1698	269	Perkins widow
1698	269	The Five bells: first mention by name : no innholder
1699	272	Perkins widow (twice)
1699	274	Perkins widow
1699	274	Mr Bushell = John B. of the Rose
1699	279	Mr Bushell the Rose
1700	290	Perkins widow
1700	298	Perkins widow
1700	299	Hart Paul
1701	305	Pond Armanel: a woman
1701	305	Perkins widow (5 times)
1701	308	ye 5 bells' second mention by name: no innholder
1702	311	Yeomans Goody = wife of Stephen Yeomans (should be p. 317)
1702	311	Perkins widow
1702	321	Yeomans Goody
1702	322	Perkins widow ( 3 times)
1703	331	Perkins widow
1704	344	Pond Armanel
1704	344	Yeomans Goody
1704	348	Yeomans Goody (3 times)
1705	351	Yeomans Goody (twice)
1705	355	Yoemans Stephen wife (same as Goody Y.)
1705	361	Yeomans Stepehen wife
1705	361	Yeomans Goody
1705	365	Yeomans Goody
1705	365	Perkins Goody = widow P. (twice)
1706	368	Yeomans ('spent at Yeomans')
1706	368	Perkins widow
1706	370	Pond Armanel
1706	372	Yeomans Goody
1706	373	Perkins widow
1706	373	Watling widow (twice)
1706	378	Perkins widow
1706	384	Perkins widow
1706	387	Yeomans (as before)
1706	387	Perkins widow
1706	387	Welling widow ?Ship
1706	387	Massingall widow: her first entry
1706	387	Goatley widow. ? Wid of John Goatley, 1688
1706	387	Jennings widow: her first entry
1707	391	Dickson widow: her first entry: spelt Dixon later
1707	395	Perkins widow
1707	395	Yeomans Goody
1707	398	Perkins widow (twice)
1707	398	Yeomans (as before)
1707	398	Welling widow ?Ship
1707	402	Massingall widow
1707	402	Pannell Roger: his first entry
1708	410	Dixon widow
1708	411	Massingall widow
1708	411	Jennings widow
1709	416	Dixon widow (3 times)
1709	421	Savage Mrs, Mary S. wid. of John S.: White Hart
1709	423	Dixon widow
1709	423	Yeomans Goody
1710	426	Dixon widow (twice)
1710	430	Dixon widow
1710	431	Miller George. Only entry
1711	436	Dixon widow
1711	436	Browne widow. First entry ?Bull head
1711	437	Dixon widow
1712	456	Dixon widow
1714	490	Dixon widow
1714	497	Knott Elizabeth Only entry
1714	497	Dixon widow
1715	500	Hart Mr 'To Mr Hart (Paul) at Saverall Times 11s' (relief)
1715	501	Hart Paul 'To Paul Hart 5s' (relief)
1715	504	Dixon widow (3 times)
1715	508	Dixon widow