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Tuesday 7 February 2012

CROWN AND THISTLE, Friargate

CROWN AND THISTLE  #
63 Friargate
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Until about 1885 the building was thatched, but around that time
it was un-thatched and slated.

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MINE HOSTS:
1728    See piece from "The History of St. Mary's Church", below.
1745   At this time it was known as the "Rose and Crown," but after the rumpus with the rebels, it was deemed appropriate to rename it "Crown and Thistle."
1805              ?  Richwood 
1812 - 15      Thomas Blackburn 
1825             John Gardner
1829             John Prescott
1833             John Craven
1834 - 40     Thomas Lund
1840 - 41      James Howard
1841             Robert Sherliker (Shelliker)
1846             John Lennon
1851             Elizabeth Lennon
1851 - 54     Richard Kitchen
1859             Thomas & Alice Hall
1861             William Mawdesley  - died:
1864             Martha Mawdesley
1864 - 73     Thomas Seddon
1876             Robert Clarkson
1876 - 77     William Monk
1881 - 85     Robert Livesey    - died February 1885, aged 70 years
1885 - 86     Eileen Livesey
1885 - 86     Thomas Noblet
1886 - 90     Michael Horrocks
1890             William Smith
1890 - 96      John Archer
1896 -1906  Thomas Gregson
1907             John S. Smith
     NO REFERENCE AFTER 1907
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The following is taken from "A History of St. Mary's, Friargate, written in 1967 by James Roe. 
"Fr Alex Leigh, alias John Layton, came to St. Mary's in 1728. It was this Priest which bought the property in Friargate and used the house for Sunday Mass when trouble was about.
There was an Inn next door called 'The Crown and Thistle' and when the pursuivants were about, the people would quickly slip out at the back and the men sit down to their tankards of ale which would be on the tables, and carry on their conversations at the Inn, just as if nothing had happened."
Contributed by Jeremy Rowlands, proprietor of the Continental Hotel and Moorbrook Inn, North Road, and others.
Thanks Jeremy. 
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DEATH:  On Wednesday, se'enight, Mrs. Blackburn,
wife of Mr. Blackburn, of the Crown and Thistle,
in Preston.
Lancaster Gazette  30th December 1815
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John Darlington, was on Thursday last, was committed for trial 
at the Sessions,  charged with stealing a sack and a quantity of hops 
from the Crown and Thistle public house in Friargate. The prisoner
sold one half of the hops to a retail brewer in North Street, and he was 
offering the other half for sale to the landlord of the Bowling Green
in Friargate, when he was apprehended  by George Holt, a constable. 
The prisoner is the son of the late celebrated Tommy Darlington,
of dying speech and match-selling notoriety.
Preston Chronicle  12th March 1831
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CONVICTION UNDER THE BEER ACT.
Yesterday, at the Town Hall, John Craven, keeper of the Rose and Crown beer house in Friargate, was convicted before Alderman Mounsey and Alderman Troughton, in the penalty of 40s plus costs for selling ale at hours when such a sale is restricted by the Act.
Preston Chronicle   23rd March 1833
I believe that the above John Craven was the son of James and Nancy Craven, born 1805 and died 1845. In 1836 he married Agnes Lancaster. 
The 1841 Census shows John as an innkeeper at an un-named property on Friargate, with his wife and three children.
In 1845, following John's death, Agnes married James Rigby, who at the time was landlord at the Sir William Wallace at 5, Canal Street.
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Preston Chronicle   31st October 1846
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Taken from a report about a robbery at Mr. Miller's house, Clayton Villa, in Fulwood. The robbers had been in the Crown and Thistle during the day of the robbery:
Preston Chronicle   28th November 1846
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PUBLICAN FINED:  Thomas Seddon, publican, Friargate, was fined 10 shillings for having a disorderly company in his house on Tuesday last. The information was laid by PC 8 and PC 19.
Preston Herald   26th November 1864
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Preston Herald   11th August 1888
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CENSUS.
1841
Robert Sherliker               30 years                Innkeeper                    b. Lancashire
Elizabeth Sherliker           30                         Wife                                    do
Jane Gilmore                    10                         Servant                                do

1851
Elizabeth Lennon             30 years, widow   Innkeeper                    b. Whittingham
Ellen Lennon                    9                           Daughter                     b. Broughton
Mary Lennon                    7                               do                            b. Preston
Martha Grime                  15                       General Servant             b. Birkenhead

1861
William Mawdesley        55 year                   Publican                     b. Walton-le-dale
Martha Mawdesley         40                           Wife                           b. Preston
May J. Mawdesley          17                           Daughter                           do
James Mawdesley           14                           Son                                    do
William Mawdesley        11                           Son                                    do
Thomas Smith                 21           Boarder  /  Bricksetter                      do

1871
Thomas Seddon                58 years                Innkeeper                    b. Preston
Ellen Seddon                    59                          Wife                                   do
Elizabeth Mount               52                          General Servant          b. Lancaster
William Seddon                33                   Iron and Brass founder      b. Preston
Jane Seddon                      31                       Wife of William            b. Hesketh
John T. Seddon                 10                          Son of William           b. Preston
Margaret Seddon               3                        Daughter of William             do
Alice A Seddon              4 months                        do                                do

1881
Robert Livesey                 55 years             Licensed Victualler        b. Whittle
Ellen Livesey                   54                             Wife                         b. Poulton-le-Fylde
Alice Makin                     35                        Domestic Servant         b. Bolton

1891
John Archer                     31 years              Licensed Victualler        b. Preston
Mary Alice Archer          38                                Wife                       b. Hoghton
George Dugdale              79              Father-in-law  /  Own means   b. Kirkham
Teresa Ann Dugdale       42                 Sister-in-law / Domestic       b. Hoghton

1901
Thomas Gregson            40 years                 Publican                       b. Preston
Ellen Gregson                39                           Wife                                     do
Alice Gregson                 3                            Daughter                              do
William Gregson            2                             Son                                      do
Ellen Gregson                 7 months               Daughter                              do
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