Landlords found from court cases, wills, adverts, census etc.
This pub was routinely used to hold coroner's inquest and auctions of both goods and real estate. The earliest mention I have of it is in 1839 but this doesn't give a landlord name. The pub is a much older building so I hope eventually to find some names for earlier landlords.
1841-43 William Suthery /Suthury
1843 -63 George Tyler "late of Box, in the county of Oxford.". In 1844 Robert Lunnon of Well End was fined and bound over to keep the peace for a year for breaking a window of the pub and damaging the pub sign by shooting at them not to mention threatening to shoot Mrs Tyler, George's wife. Presumably this was Sarah who is on 1851 census. Perpetrator was apparently known for his drunken antics which left him "very violent"*. George was also one of the parish poor rate collectors for Little Marlow and Well End which could have led to tensions with some. Robert however was said in court to be comfortably off, in receipt of an income paid by the executors of an unnamed individual who had desired the money to be dished out gradually so he wouldn't spend it too easily! George Tyler had been assaulted by another customer in 1843. You had to be tough to be a Victorian landlord!
1863 William Nutt, must have been briefly.
1863- 80 Stephen Nutt
Above, the grave of Stephen and Sophia Nutt in Little Marlow Church yard. Stephen died Sept 16 1880 age 65, Sophia "his beloved wife" died January 15 1887 age 62.
1880-87 Sophia Nutt taking over from her dead husband Stephen Nutt. Pet canary stolen from her premises 1882.
1887 Edwin Alma Bruce for few weeks only, caretaker publican following the death of Sophia Nutt.
1887-89 Robert Way.
1889-96 Thomas Henry Jeffreys. 1891 census publican and gardener. Thomas suffered a serious assault in 1896 and is on the 1901 census as a gardener only. In 1895 customer Arthur Hughes was fined for assaulting another customer after a hypothetical argument as to whether it was acceptable to shoot a dog that strayed into your garden got out of hand. Arthur said he would do it, fellow drinker William Green said if any man turned a gun on his dog he would shoot that man. I'm with you, William.
1899-11 George Benjamin Hughes. Wife Sarah.
1914 Edward Walker, J Gilby at different times (holdovers)
1915 George Benjamin Hughes (see also the Carrier's Arms)
1920 George Benjamin Hughes.
1928-29 Mr and Mrs Benning. Mrs Benning's father retired naval lieutenant Alfred Edward Parnall lived with them. He died at the pub aged 71 in 1929.
1932 Edward Henry Lloyd transferred licence to Albert Ernest Holder**. Albert is perhaps the same man who was earlier at the Bricklayers Arms, Marlow.
1933 Louisa Holder (could be a widow of Albert above perhaps) transferred license to Charles Hawkes Todd.
1936 A.W Brinkman.
1941 Arthur Thomas Granville.
GAPS IN DATES REPRESENT GAPS IN MY KNOWLEDGE. SOME OF THE ABOVE LANDLORDS WILL HAVE BEEN IN THE PREMISES LONGER THAN STATED.
*Windsor and Eton Express 27th April 1844, via the BNA/ British Library Archives.
** Bucks Free Press October 21st 1932 via the Bucks Free Press Archives.
Written and researched by Charlotte Day.
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