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The Shakespeare Head by 1934; This pub was allegedly first licensed in 1743 and rebuilt in its present form in 1927 ** The address is 29 Great Marlborough Street by 1895. * Records listed suggest it was the number 4 in seniority in the Freemasons society for meetings from about 1736 and Constituted here on 17th Jan 1722.
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Shakespeare’s Head, 29 Great Marlborough Street, W1 - in January 2010
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Residents at this address.
1736/Number 4
in seniority, the Shakespeares Head, Marlborough street, and Constituted
on 17th Jan 1722/../../../Masonic Lodges 1736-39
1743/John Shakespeare/../../../per/information board at the pub **
1833/Joseph Seelie / Victualler & Wine & Spirit Merchant /../../Sun Fire
Office records held at Guildhall Library **
1835/Joseph Seelie / Victualler & Wine & Spirit Merchant /../../Sun Fire
Office records held at Guildhall Library **
1839/John William/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/John Williams/../../../Post Office Directory *
1848/John Williams/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/John Williams/wine merchant & spirit dealer/../../Post Office Directory
*
1856/John Eden/../../../Post Office Directory
Morning Advertiser 26 January 1860 - Transfer of Licenses
Shakespeare, Marlborough street, John Eden to Gilbert Byard
1869/James Bateman/../../../Post Office Directory
The wonderfully named Alphonso Sigismund Redrup died here in 1874, aged 33.
He was a licensed victualler in the 1871 census, living at 10 Upper Freeling
Street, Islington (the Marquis of Salisbury). He died of Bright’s Disease.
***
His brother John Jesse Redrup and sister Emma Sarah Redrup were also at the
Shakespeares Head at the time of Alphonso’s death (according to probate and
death certificate) but in 1871 they were at the
Constitution Tavern in the
Kings Road, John Jesse being a licensed victualler. ***
John Jesse Redrup, having spent many years as a farmer in rural
Buckinghamshire, died in 1915 as the publican of the
Queens Head, Sawston,
Cambridgeshire. You have his wife Evangeline Patty Redrup noted there from
the 1916 Kelly’s directory. John Jesse was listed in the 1911 census in
Sawston as licensed victualler but perhaps wasn’t living at the pub. The
address was just High Street. ***
You have another brother already noted at the Marquis of Salisbury, Freeling
Street, Islington, in 1866 and 1869 (Albert Robert Redrup). He also died
young, only 33, in 1869. Alphonso took over after his brother’s death, as
his address in 1871 is 10 Upper Freeling Street, as noted above. ***
26 March 1874/The Will of Alphonso Sigismund Redrup late of the
"Shakespeare" Public House 29 Marlborough street in the County of Middlesex
who died 12 March 1847 at the "Shakespeare" was proved at the Principal
Registry by John Jesse Redrup Licensed Victualler the Brother and Emma Sarah
Redrup Spinster the Sister both of the "Shakespeare" the Executors. Effects
under £1500/Probate ***
1876/John Jesse Redrup/29 Marlborough street/../../Electoral Register ***
1881/Sarah Byard/Licensed Victualler, Widow/50/Seacroft, York/Census
1881/Gilbert Byard/Son, Licensed Victualler/28/Bethnal Green/Census
1881/Alfred Byard/Son, Barman/20/St James/Census
1881/Alice Byard/Daughter, Barmaid/17/St James/Census
1881/William Byard/Son/13/Hastings/Census
1881/Sophie James/General Servant/28/Bloomsbury/Census
1881/Frederick Deacon/Potman/19/../Census
1881/John R Hickman/Potman/21/Buckingham/Census
1881/Fanny Roberts/Barmaid/17/Somers Town/Census
1882/George Byard/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/George Byard/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Thomas Butler/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Henry Geo & Frederick William Butler/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Henry George Butler/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/James Alfred Plumb/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Robert Henry Newby/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Herbert George James/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Lionel Williams/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Mrs Clare R Williams/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/H. J. Webb & F. Burr/../../../Post Office Directory *
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