Cock, Great Sampford
Provided by Adrian Gray
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
All detail up until about 1775 supplied by Andrew Clarence *+
In the Thaxted Burgus rolls (Kew Sc2/173/91) :
Court 1st May 1482
In mercy / amercement 3s 6d (in toto)
Fine 4d
John Claryvaunce / Claryvannce (inter alia)----- are common brewers of ale
and break the Assize, Therefore they are in mercy.
(John Clarance) as a Brewer, he is also amerced for breaking the assize of
ale, possibly overselling or selling ale of inferior quality. (at this time
the brewing of ale was usually carried out by the women of the household and
may have been that his wife was selling ale?). It seems John rented the
messuage formally of john Nasyng living in Wykere strete (Now Margaret
street)
The Cock Inn :
Consisting of a messuage with all the Houses Edifices and one piece of
ground being an Orchard containing half an acre And also a parcel of ground
being a hop ground called Londons containing one acre And also two parcels
of meadow ground called Havers containing three acres more or less with
their appints ( part of Sounds Meadow and Pasture)
It seems the Cock Inn was owned by Rev John Baker of Bartlow in the county
of Cambridge in May of 1641 when he sold the Inn to his brother Richard
Baker of Sampford
In 1656 the Cock Inn and land was owned by the children of Richard Baker
late of Great Sampford , being Richard, Mary and Elizabeth
In 1656 Edward Clarance of Byballs Farm Great Sampford ( Edward was married
to Ursula /Susan Baker widow of Jefferie Baker brother of Richard and John)
started to buy a messuage called the Cock Inn and Lands in Great Sampford
On the 13th June 1656 :
By Deed Poll of feossment (with livery & seisin indorsed) the said Richard
Baker the son, in consideration of Forty pound Did grant to Edward Clarance
and his heirs, All the said Messuage and lands and all the estate etc. To
Hold the same unto and the use of the said Edward Clarance his heirs &
assigns,
On the 14th December 1657 :
By Deed Poll of feossment (with livery & seisin indorsed) Peter Miller and
Mary his wife (one of the daughters of Richard Baker deceased) In
consideration of Fifty pound Did grant to Edward Clarance and his heirs, All
the said Messuage and lands To Hold the same unto and the use of the said
Edward Clarance his heirs & assigns, executed by Peter Miller and Mary his
wife.
In May of 1659 Edward through his wife was guardian of Elizabeth Baker and
was in court of complaint against Nicholas alias Smith of Great Sampfor
afore said yeoman being the tenant in possession of the said messuage and
premises and since your executor hath purchased the said two parts thereof
and since he hath been appointed the guardian of the said Elizabeth hath
detained and kept the possession of from your executor and refused to
deliver the same although he hath been unfriendly manor often requested so
to doe but still to detain the possession there of from your executor and
refused to deliver the same and therein he pendent and gives out mispeeches
that he hath a so use of the premises to him made by the said Richard Baker
for which he pays to yearly sent whereas in truth he hath no so use at all
or if he has one from the said Richard Baker the son cannot be effectual but
only for a third part and yet the said Nicholas alias Smith witholdets the
possession payeth no rent `
court found in favor of Edward, Nicholas told to leave.
14th Jan 1660 :
By Indenture Between the said Elizabeth Baker of one part, and the said
Edward Clarance of the other part - The said Elizabeth Baker in
Consideration of Eighty pounds. Did Grant to said Edward Clarance and his
heirs. All the said Messuage and lands To Hold the same unto and the use of
the said Edward Clarance his heirs & assigns,
29th August 1688 :
The said Edward Clarance by his Will duly executed And attested Did (int as)
Give and Devise the said messuage and lands to his wife until Susan his
Daughter should attain the age of 21 years, paying to said Susan forty
shillings yearly, And then Devised said premises to his said Daughter Susan
her heirs, paying an annuity of seven pounds to her mother for her life. The
said Susan Clarance, after attaining the age of twenty one years, Inter
married with James Norris and had issue by him, James and John.
Edward was fined 20 shillings and imprisoned for three days on the 11/7/1621
along with others in the Essex courts for keeping an Alehouse without a
license? (The date needs to be checked on the original document as the
assizes index date is to early? and also to check if there was an appeal as
there were no remand details) Edward Clarrence husbandman of Gt Sampford
It seems that the Cock Inn was rented out and no Clarence lived there.
James Norris died 5th Sep 1729 and left a Will. The said James Norris the
father by his Will duly executed and attested gave and devised All the said
Messuage and lands, (among others) to his son John Norris his heirs and
assigns forever ---- the said James Norris had no power to Devise the
premises to his youngest son John. James his eldest had right to the same,
as heir of his mother, however, he having no issue, and being otherwise
provided for by his father, permitted his brother John to enjoy the same,
22nd June 1759 The said John Norris having no issue, did by his Will duly
executed and attested ----- give and devise All the said messuage and lands
to Mary his wife and her heirs and assigns forever.
27th and 28th Dec 1765 By indentures of lease and release Between Mary
Norris, widow and Relict of John Norris decease, and also as devisee in his
Will, of one part, and James Norris (only brother of said John Norris) of
said as part. The said Mary Norris in compensation of Three hundred pounds
did grant and release unto said James Norris his heirs and assigns. All the
said Messuage and lands And the reversion To Hold the same unto the said
James Norris his heirs and assigns To the Use of the said James Norris his
heirs and assign absolutely
In 1766 John Clarance received the Cock Inn on the death of his cousin James
Norris who had no children.
On the 27th September 1780. Indenture of lease and release then dated made
the John Clarance the elder of the one part and the rev’d John Marriott of
the other part’ This was the sale of the Cock Inn to a Rev’d John Marriott
for the sum of £400. This property was own by Edward Clarance then passed to
Susan and the Norris family and back to John Clarance a total of 124 years
but seems doubtful that any of them lived there. *+
1775/John Fitch/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1779/John Fitch/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1785/John Fitch/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1791/Thomas Atherton/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1798/Thomas Atherton/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1832-3/George Cocke/../../../Pigot's
1839/Robert Cocke/../../../Pigot's
1845/William Chapman/../../../Post Office
1848/John Melcalf/../../../White's
1851/John Melcalf/../../../Post Office
1851/John Metcalf/victualler and wheelwright/40/Stradishall, Suffolk/Census
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1851/Rebecca Metcalf/wife/32//Hempstead, Essex/Census ***
1855/J. Melcalf/../../../Kelly's
1862/William Piggott/../../../Kelly's
1867/William Piggott/../../../Post Office
1870/William Piggott/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Piggott/../../../Post Office
1874/William Piggott/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Piggott/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1881/William Piggott/Carpenter/50/Clavering, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Piggott/Wife/50/Nuthampsted, Hertford/Census
1881/Sarah E. Piggott/Daughter/23/Clavering, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Wisbey/Mother/79/Foxton, Cambridge/Census
1881/William Woodley/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/36/Radwinter,
Essex/Census
1881/Thomas Goliddon/Lodger, Smith Fitter/22/Great Sampford, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Noble/Lodger, Smith Fitter/22/Suffolk/Census
1882/William Piggott/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1886/William Piggott/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1894/William Piggott/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1895/William Piggott/../../../Kelly's
1898/William Piggott/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1899/William Piggott/../../../Kelly's
1902/William Piggott/Carpenter/../../Kelly's
1908/Edmund Frederick Goldsmith/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Edward Boyes/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*+ Provided by Andrew Clarence
** Provided by Ken Harrison
*** Provided by John Mead