-- Grafton Regis -- Grafton -- Alehouse Keepers Grafton Regis 1600- 1950

Alehouse Keepers Grafton Regis 1600 - 1950 Aletaster A manorial official who tested the quality and measurement of ale and beer sold within the manor. He was the forerunner of the Inspector of Weights & Measures. Quite often his responabilities included the testing of the quality or weight of bread.
Ref.	Date	Victualler	Surety 1	Surety 2	Notes
PRO E178/1704	1600	Nicholas Wydmyll			Age 56 has know Grafton 40 years
Wills	1640	Francis Foster			In the Inventory adjoining his Will he leaves a wine licence value £10. House No. 24.
PRO SP28/171	1650	Mathana Wilson			1650 Survey mentions "by the name of the Kings Arms, in the tenure or occupation of Mrs. Marthana Wilson or her assigns" House No. 24
Wills	1657	Robert Brooks			In his Will is mentioned "The Swan Inne" House No. 18
NRO QSR1/21	1661	William Foster	Samwell Adey	Richard Brown
		Samwell Adey	William Foster	Anthony Goodman
		Richard Chapman
		Richard Brown	William Foster	Anthony Goodman
NRO QSR1/38	1665	William Foster	William Massey	Samuell Addy
		Samual Addy	William Rowell	William Massey
		William Massey	Nicholas Joanes	Samuel Addy
		Richard Brown	William Massey	Samuel Addy
Wills Eleanor Smith	1668	John Kingston			vintner
NRO QSR1/69	1673	Thomas Smith	William Barwick	John Osmond of Towcester	Surety of £10
		William Barwick	Thomas Smith	William Seywell
NRO QSR1/73	1674	William Barwick
		Thomas Smith
NRO QSR1/102	1681	Thomas Smyth	William Rowell of Towcester	Ja. Walker of Alderton
		Samuel Payne	William Seywell of Grafton	… Jones of Towcester
		William Foster	William Rowell of Towcester	William Seywell of Grafton
		William Barwick	William Rowell of Towcester	William Seywell of Grafton
NRO QSR1/113	1684	Thomas Smyth	William Barwick	… Jones of Towcester
		William Barwick	John Horne of Old Startford	Roger Archer of Cosgrave	"See. Wills for Inventory. Also London Gazette Entries mentions ""any Inquire of William Barwick at the Sign of the Sun" House No. 15
		Samuel Paine	Meyor Arnott of Cosgrave	John Horne of Old Startford
		John Brown	William Watts of Stoke Bruerne	Samuel Payne of Grafton
NRO QSR1/137	1689	George Bland	Samuel Payne of Grafton	Arthur Bland of Slapham
		Samuel Payne	Arthur Bland of Slapham	John Coleman of Whapenham
		Alice Brown	John Turner of Towcester	Robert Johnson of Towcester
		Thomas Smith	John Turner of Towcester	Robert Johnson of Towcester
Wills	1692	William Foster			In his Will he mentions "my inn The Three Blacky Moorre Heads"
NRO QSR1/162	1694	Thomas Edmunds	Richard Addy of Grafton	George [Stokes] of Potterspury
		Widow Smith	Thomas Edmunds of Grafton	Richard Addy of Grafton
		George Bland	Matthew Clarke of Grafton	Peter Brown of Grafton
NRO QRS1/158	1695	Thomas Edmunds	Richard Wilkins of Grafton	George Stokes of Towcester
		George Bland	Richard Wilkins of Grafton	Thomas Edmunds of Grafton
NRO QSR1/185	1702 - 1703	Ann Smith	Thomas Smith	Ed… Clarke
		William Howsen			Mentioned as an Inn Keeper in the Church Records
NRO Easter	1702	William Sewell			Licencing of retailer of Brandy and Liquor
NRO QSR1/189	1703 - 1704	Ann Smith	Thomas Smith	William Howson
		Richard Brown	Thomas Smith	William Howson
		William Howson	Thomas Smith
		Christopher Coates	William Howson	Thomas Smith
NRO QSR1/193	1704 - 1705	Thomas Brown	Thomas Smyth of Grafton	Thomas Homan of Potterspury
		William Howson	Thomas Smyth of Grafton	Thomas Homan of Potterspury
NRO QSR1/197	1705 - 1706	William Howson	Thomas Smith of Grafton	Henry Jerom of Cuttle Mill
		Anna Smith	Thomas Smith of Grafton	Henry Jerom of Cuttle Mill
		Thomas Brown	Thomas Smith of Grafton	Henry Jerom of Cuttle Mill
		Christopher Coates	Thomas Smith of Grafton	John Wooly of Northampton
NRO QSR1/201	1706 - 1707	Christopher Coates	Thomas Dadford of Northampton
		William Howsen	Edmund Martin of Hartwell
		Thomas Brown	William Howsen of Grafton	Edmund Martin of Hartwell
NRO QSR1/205	1707 - 1708	William Howson
		Thomas Smith
		Thomas Brown
		Christopher Coates
NRO QSR/209	1708 - 1709	Thomas Brown	William Linnell of Towcester	Thomas Smyth of Grafton
		William Howson	Thomas Smyth of Grafton	William Linnell of Towcester
		Christopher Coates	Thomas Smyth of Grafton	William Linnell of Towcester
NRO QSR1/213	1709	Thomas Brown	John Williford of Grafton	John Smyth of Grafton
		Christopher Coates	John Williford of Grafton	John Smyth of Grafton
		William Howson	John Williford of Grafton	John Smyth of Grafton
NRO QSR1/217	1710	Thomas Brown	Alice Foster of Grafton	William Howson of Grafton
		William Howson	Alice Foster of Grafton	William Linnell of Towcester
		Christopher Coates	Thomas Dadford of Northampton
NRO QSR1/221	1711	William Howson	William Webb of Grafton Regis	… Clarke of Dallington
		Thomas Brown	William Howson of Grafton Regis	William Webb of Grafton Regis
		Christopher Coates	Thomas Dadford of Northampton
1729 Survey	1729	John Feary			The Bull Inn No. 15 on 1725 map
From 1737 - 1792 names are taken form, Towcester District Alehouse Keepers
	1737	John Smith	John Willifer of Grafton Regis	Henry Walker of Aldrington
		Ann Finall	John Rooken	Daniel Basford
	1738	John Smith	John Williford
		Ann Finall	John Archer of Cosgrove
	1739	Ann Finall	Thomas … of Towcester	Thomas Harris of Towcester
		Mathew Smith	John Williver	Thomas [Herron] of Towcester
	1740	Ann Final	Thomas Kingston of Potterspury	Thomas Wil… of Abthorpe
		Ursula Brown	Thomas Kingston of Potterspury	Thomas Wil… of Abthorpe
		Mathew Smith	Thomas Kingston of Potterspury	Thomas Wil… of Abthorpe
	1741	Ursula Brown	George Kingston of Ashton	Daniel [Caton] of Grafton Regis
		Ann Final	John Williver of Grafon Regis	Thomas Williver of Grafton Regis
	1743	Ann Final	Daniel Powell of Aldrington	John Bennettt of Stoke Bruerne
		Mary Dawson	Daniel Powell of Aldrington	John Bennettt of Stoke Bruerne
	1754	Richard Bawcutt	John Warr of Grafton Regis	William Sutton of Towcester
	1755	Richard Bawcutt	William Daniel of Yardley Gobion
	1756	Richard Bawcutt	Richard Dawson of Yardley Gobion
	1757	John Dawson	John Middleton	William Middleton
	1758	John Dawson	William Pratt of Towcester
	1760	John Dawson	James Coles of Paulerspury
	1761	John Dawson	William Pratt of Towcester
	1762	John Dawson	Samuel Grace of Stoke Bruerne
	1765	John Dawson	James Clare of Grafton Regis
	1766	John Dawson	Thomas Johnson of Yardley Gobion
	1771	John Dawson	Francis Dawson of Potterspury
	1772	John Dawson	William Redgrave of Potterspury
	1773	John Dawson	Norman Swan of Alderton
	1774	John Dawson	John Hutt of Potterspury
	1775	John Dawson	William Weston of Potterspury
	1776	John Dawson	John Hoare of Stoke Bruerne		John Dawson buried 1783
	1784	Benjamin Fox	Thomas Gallard of Grafton Regis
	1785	Benjamin Fox	Thomas Gallard of Grafton Regis		See. Turnpike. Mentions "The Commissioners met at the White Hart in the parish of Grafton"
	1786	Benjamin Fox	Edward Grant
	1787	Benjamin Fox	Robert Harding of Grafton Regis
	1788	Benjamin Fox	Jeremiah Rudsdell of Northampton		J. Rudsdell noted as a gentleman
	1789	Benjamin Fox	Jeremiah Rudsdell of Northampton		Benjamin Fox buried Aug 17th.
	1790	Mary Fox	Jeremiah Rudsdell of Northampton
	1791	Mary Fox	Jeremiah Rudsdell of Northampton
	1792	Mary Fox	Jeremiah Rudsdell of Northampton
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