UPDATED BY CHARLOTTE APRIL 2023
May also appear as Jolly Malsters especially early on. On the Queens Road side of Dean Street, Spittal Street end.
1823 - Richard Clark. He was son of Thomas Clark, tailor of Marlow. Richard was a beer seller by 1809. May have already been at Jolly Maltsters then. His nephews were prominent engineers Edwin Clark - see here and Latimer Clark - see here
1830 - Richard Clark.
1831 - Richard Clarke. Well End as address, old name for Dean Street.
1833 - Richard Clarke. He then moved to the Rose and Crown, Dean Street.
1833 - 1839. Thomas Bowles. His wife was Emma nee Clarke, daughter of Richard Clarke above and his wife Hannah. Some of the Clarke family continued to live at the Jolly Maltsters with the Bowles for several years. Thomas died at the New Prison, Clerkenwell London in 1839. He had been arrested on suspicion of theft or handling stolen goods and put in jail to await trial. Soon afterwards he showed signs of madness - singing happy songs at one moment, begging to be allowed to go home and have breakfast with his wife at others as well as talking to himself. Within hours he was found dead in his bed in the hospital infirmary. It appears his mental health issues may have had at least in part a medical cause as his lips were described as having turned black and his pulse wild and he was uncontrollably shaking prior in the run up to his death. Thomas was buried in Marlow. The doctor suspected delirium tremens but decided after a post mortem that Thomas had suffered a "softening of the brain" and nervous collapse. Poor Thomas had appeared to think at times that he was at home at the Maltsters, and then became panicked when he understood that he was not there and feared that his victualler's licence would expire while he was away. You were required to reside upon the premises of any pub you had the license for so that was not an unfounded fear. Arrested as part of the same case were fellow Marlow men Jeremiah Humphreys (of the nearby Crown and Cushion Dean Street and son of Mary Ann Humphries nee Clarke who was daughter of Richard Clarke above) and Richard and George Clarke who were the brothers of Emma, (Thomas's wife) and the sons of Richard Clarke above. George would shortly become landlord of the new Bank of England pub in Dean Street. See here for more. Richard junior was transported for 10 years for burglary in 1840. He had targeted the premised of grocer and tobacco seller Mary Ann Wiggington in Dean Street. This crime was part of a politically motivated campaign of harassment against Mary's father James Lee who owned the business but had retired leaving his married daughter in charge of it.
In 1837 a customer Charles Russell had his coins snatched from his hands by another customer as he went to pay. The offender then fled!
1840- Emma Bowles widow of above. Married William Brown below. She was at the Mint Dean Street by 1861,and later at the Cherry Tree Dean Street.
1843 - William Brown who had married Emma Bowles, widow as above. Fined £2 plus 10 shillings costs for allowing cards to be played on his premises. The fine was regarded as severe and a turn around of previous turning of a blind eye to card parties at pubs during Christmas week. However the landlord had been cautioned for the same offence just before.
1851 - William Bowles, son of Thomas and Emma Bowles. Later at Three Tuns. Also fruiterer.
1853 - William Bowles
1854 - John Bowles (also fruiterer and boot and shoe maker, b. c 1800) Wife Eliza.
1861 - John Bowles
1863 - John Bowles
1864 - Jn Bowles. Address given as Well End an old name for Dean Street, not to be confused with Well End, Little Marlow.
1865 - John Bowles dies, Mrs Bowles takes over
1868 - Mrs Eliza Bowles (Widow of John Bowles)
1871 - Eliza Bowles as above.
1872 - Eliza Bowles as above. Fined for allowing drunkenness on her premises and harbouring "people of notorious character". She received a soft warning for the former but a few weeks later in June, P.C George Parsons found a man named Harris drunk in the passage with a cup in his hand (showing he had been drinking there) and another man, East, drunk further in. He also found two women there drinking with East who he said were known prostitutes - Elizabeth Woodley, and Matilda Cooper. Henry Davis the pork butcher was helping out Eliza on the night and strongly denied anyone was drunk although some were a "little worse for liquor"! Henry also said the two ladies accused of acting as prostitutes had behaved themselves with perfect propriety while there. The defence did not dispute the women's alleged profession but argued that they were not there on business. Did they not have the same right to enjoy refreshments at a public house when "off duty" as everyone else asked the defence. The bench found against Eliza on both offences and she had her licence endorsed. Combined fine £2 plus £1 1s costs.
1881 - David Miles. "Licensed victualler" Wife Ann.
Charlotte thinks it may have become the Chairmaker's Arms (1883+). If not they were next door.
Written and researched by Kathryn Day.
Related Posts:
There are posts on this blog about individual families associated with certain pubs, as well as on individual pubs themselves so have a look at the Pub Related index here & don't forget the Person Index for all mentions of someone on this blog. Find it on the top drop down menu.
Posts about life in Dean Street and neighbouring streets here
More beer sellers than bakers -Temperance in Marlow here
Lists of posts about everyday life in old Great Marlow here
Additional research by Charlotte Day.
SOURCES
1853 Mussons and Cravens Commercial Directory
1833 Parochial Assessment, transcribed by Charlotte from the original copy owned by our family.
Kellys Post Office Directory 1864,1869
Pigots Directory 1823, 1830
Slaters Commercial Directory 1852
Census 1861,1871,1881.
Historic newspaper articles, accessed via the BNA :
Windsor & Eton Express 25 January 1868, as above
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