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The [[Anchor Inn]] (St. Leonards) was above [[East Ascent]], in a twitten between numbers 5 and 6, leading off towards the [[Royal Victoria Mews]] around 1834. [[Thomas Brandon Brett (1816-1906)|Brett]] refers to this in his [[Brett Volume 1: Chapter XI - St. Leonards 1834#97|Manuscript Histories]] and states that it was tenanted by Mr. Ballard, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Vidow (circa 1869) and Mr. Tom Wells (circa 1880) respectively.<ref>[[Brett Manuscript Histories]] [[Brett Volume 1: Chapter XI - St. Leonards 1834#97|Vol. 1 Chap. 11]]</ref> In the early days, these premises were not licensed and purely a beerhouse. In the Brett histories linked to above, it can be seen that this was due to an agreement between [[James Burton]] and the landlord of the nearby [[Horse and Groom]] that there would be no public houses licensed between the [[Horse and Groom]] and the [[Royal Victoria Hotel|St. Leonards Tap]]. At the time of opening, most of the population could not read and papers were prohibitively expensive and many public houses operated 'news rooms' where readers would be employed to recite the news to customers. [[Thomas Brandon Brett (1816-1906)|Brett]] was believed to have been a newsreader at this location, he alluding to this fact in the aforementioned histories. The pub was known to have been tied to the Blythe Brewery (later Ind Coope) prior to its closure and was losing trade rapidly at the start of the 20th Century, finally being closed in 1905 powers under the Act of 1904.<ref name="hastingspubhistory.com-"> [https://www.hastingspubhistory.com/page57.html Anchor Inn and Coach & Horses], accessdate: 20 April 2020</ref> [https://www.hastingspubhistory.com/page57.html Hastings Pub History]] gives the information that the house was recognised by a ‘fouled anchor’ - an anchor with a rope wound around it - above the door and that Burton later incorporated this image into his coat of arms for St. Leonards. From the aforementioned website; "Other versions of the St. Leonards’ anchor can be seen on the [[Clock House]], [[St. Leonards Gardens]], above the arch of [[North Lodge]] and on an old cast iron boundary marker." The pub name lives on in the name of the twitten - [[Anchor Passage]].

The [[Anchor Inn]] (St. Leonards) was above [[East Ascent]], in a twitten between numbers 5 and 6, leading off towards the [[Royal Victoria Mews]] around 1834. [[Thomas Brandon Brett (1816-1906)|Brett]] refers to this in his [[Brett Volume 1: Chapter XI - St. Leonards 1834#97|Manuscript Histories]] and states that it was tenanted by Mr. Ballard, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Vidow (circa 1869) and Mr. Tom Wells (circa 1880) respectively.<ref>[[Brett Manuscript Histories]] [[Brett Volume 1: Chapter XI - St. Leonards 1834#97|Vol. 1 Chap. 11]]</ref> In the early days, these premises were not licensed and purely a beerhouse. In the Brett histories linked to above, it can be seen that this was due to an agreement between [[James Burton]] and the landlord of the nearby [[Horse and Groom]] that there would be no public houses licensed between the [[Horse and Groom]] and the [[Royal Victoria Hotel|St. Leonards Tap]]. At the time of opening, most of the population could not read and papers were prohibitively expensive and many public houses operated 'news rooms' where readers would be employed to recite the news to customers. [[Thomas Brandon Brett (1816-1906)|Brett]] was believed to have been a newsreader at this location, he alluding to this fact in the aforementioned histories. The pub was known to have been tied to the Blythe Brewery (later Ind Coope) prior to its closure and was losing trade rapidly at the start of the 20th Century, finally being closed in 1905 powers under the Act of 1904.<ref name="hastingspubhistory.com-"> [https://www.hastingspubhistory.com/page57.html Anchor Inn and Coach & Horses], accessdate: 20 April 2020</ref> [https://www.hastingspubhistory.com/page57.html Hastings Pub History]] gives the information that the house was recognised by a ‘fouled anchor’ - an anchor with a rope wound around it - above the door and that Burton later incorporated this image into his coat of arms for St. Leonards. From the aforementioned website; "Other versions of the St. Leonards’ anchor can be seen on the [[Clock House]], [[St. Leonards Gardens]], above the arch of [[North Lodge]] and on an old cast iron boundary marker." The pub name lives on in the name of the twitten - [[Anchor Passage]].

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==Known licensees/publicans==

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! Date from

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! Date to

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| 1839 (by)

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| before 1845

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| [[Thomas Cooper]]

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| Cited by Russell as first licensee (1839); 1841 census shows him as innkeeper at Mews Passage.

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| 1845 (by)

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| before 1848

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| [[William Skinner]]

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| Cited by Russell as licensee in 1845.

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| 23 May 1848 (by)

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| 10 May 1851

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| [[James Ballard]]

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| 1848 birth notice “at the Anchor Inn”; 1850 electoral register; burial 10 May 1851 “of the Anchor”.

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| 1851 (after May)

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| before April 1855

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| [[Mary Ballard]]

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| Widow of James Ballard; cited by Russell as licensee in 1852.

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| 15 April 1855 (by)

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| 4 July 1856

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| [[George William Phillimore Stevens]] (“George Stevens”)

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| Daughter’s death notice (April 1855) “he being of the Anchor Inn”; baptism Aug 1855; license transferred from him 4 July 1856.

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| 4 July 1856

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| 6 May 1870

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| [[Thomas Vido]] / [[Thomas Vidow]]

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| License transferred to him 4 July 1856; 1861 census; wife’s death at Anchor 1866; court cases 1869; license transferred from him 6 May 1870.

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| 6 May 1870

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| 19 August 1871

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| [[Jeremiah Crittenden]]

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| License transferred to him 6 May 1870; 1871 census (publican at Anchor Inn).

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| 19 August 1871

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| mid‑1890s (by 1895 described as “late tenant”)

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| [[Tom Wells]] / [[Thomas Wells]]

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| License transferred to him 19 Aug 1871; Russell cites 1872–95; 1881 census; 1891 Kelly’s directory; described as retired/late tenant by 1895–96.

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 A boat came ashore at [[Fairlight]], not far from the [[Dripping Well]], with a cargo of tubs, twenty of which, in the bow of the boat, were, by the drawing of lots or some other arrangement to be the property of Ranger and his brothers (an elder and a younger), who were also present. At that time, a party of Rifles were quartered in [[Post Office Passage|Post-office passage]], and as their duty was to assist the blockade, they, on this particular night were called out to prevent what was believed to be a contemplated run of contraband. The Government detectives were assisted in their object by the light of a full moon, and were thus enabled to pounce upon the boat as soon as it struck the beach. A young man named {{Hw|Richard Cobb}} was one of the boatmen, and seeing that the venture was likely to be of a sanguinary nature, he threw himself into the sea with a pair of tubs, the buoyancy of which assisted him to swim towards Hastings, landing ultimately at a convenient spot and getting off unscathed. One of his companions ("Dolly" Mann) was less fortunate, he having been wounded in one arm, after the bullet had passed through the two heads of a tub of spirits. This first shot was quickly followed by others, the blockademen firing almost indiscriminantly at any smuggler who was within range, while the rifles (or as some say, the marines) discharged their weapons in the air. As, however, one of the [[smugglers]] (George Harrod), besides being mortally shot, was found with a bayonet thrust, the soldiers were, perhaps, hardly so considerate as rumour gave them credit for. There were two other fatalities, the one occuring during the night to "Trucks" (William) Cruttenden, and the other, after several weeks suffering to William Nash. Cruttenden's body was found next morning in the New-barn field where the tops of a crop of turnips were pulled or kicked to pieces over a considerable area, thus indicating that the unfortunate man had had a terrible struggle either with his assailants or with death. His age was 25 years, and the interment of his remains took place in the [[All Saints Church|All Saint's]] burial-ground on the 10th of January. The other sufferer (William Nash) was seriously wounded, and was conveyed by some of his comrades to a house near the Fish-ponds.
-A clue to this removal was obtained by the blockade officers, and some of the rifles (or marines) were placed there on guard. The unfortunate occurrence was quickly communicated to Mr. Nash's family at 106 [[All Saints Street|All Saints' street]], and two surgeons, Mr. William Ross Chapman, of 49 [[High Street]] (brother-in-law of the wounded man) and Robert Ranking, of 79 [[High Street[[, were despatched to the house at the Fish Ponds, where the sufferer was lying in a precarious condition. The doors had been made secure on the inside against intruders, so that the sentinels, acting on their suspicion, objected to the surgeons entering the house unless one or more of their number accompanied them. This was sternly refused by the medical practitioners, and one of them (Mr. Ranking), being thus suddenly put on his mettle, was equal to the occasion, and told the sentinels that they had been sent for to attend a woman in labour, and that as it was a very serious case those who made demands impossible to be granted, would be held responsible for any fatality that might result. The guard at first demurred, but ultimately withdrew, thinking, perhaps, that discretion was the better part of valour. As soon as the way was clear and the object could be effected without exciting renewed suspicion, Mr. Nash was secretly removed to his own home, where he remained with but little expectation of recovery for a considerable period.
+A clue to this removal was obtained by the blockade officers, and some of the rifles (or marines) were placed there on guard. The unfortunate occurrence was quickly communicated to Mr. Nash's family at 106 [[All Saints Street|All Saints' street]], and two surgeons, Mr. William Ross Chapman, of 49 [[High Street]] (brother-in-law of the wounded man) and Robert Ranking, of 79 [[High Street]], were despatched to the house at the Fish Ponds, where the sufferer was lying in a precarious condition. The doors had been made secure on the inside against intruders, so that the sentinels, acting on their suspicion, objected to the surgeons entering the house unless one or more of their number accompanied them. This was sternly refused by the medical practitioners, and one of them (Mr. Ranking), being thus suddenly put on his mettle, was equal to the occasion, and told the sentinels that they had been sent for to attend a woman in labour, and that as it was a very serious case those who made demands impossible to be granted, would be held responsible for any fatality that might result. The guard at first demurred, but ultimately withdrew, thinking, perhaps, that discretion was the better part of valour. As soon as the way was clear and the object could be effected without exciting renewed suspicion, Mr. Nash was secretly removed to his own home, where he remained with but little expectation of recovery for a considerable period.
 I used to be sent almost daily to ascertain the poor man's condition, and, as far as my memory serves me, it was about ten weeks after the melancholy conflict that Mr. Nash's death took place. The extracted bullet is, I believe, in the possession of a living member of the family, while the pistol which inflicted the fatal wound on Cruttenden, and was afterwards knocked out of the hand of his assailant was for many years in the possession of Mr. Carly, of St. Leonards.

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