History

The Bo Peep is a historic 14th Century building, and any building of this age will have seen many changes during the centuries that followed.  We have included some history that we have researched, but inevitibly there will be more that we do not know about yet. Please tell us if you know more than us!

Past Inn Keepers; A Timeline

The inn known as The Bo Peep was built in the year 1548 during the reign of King Edward VI (1547-1553). Below is a list of former keepers since records began in 1627. It was then known as Seagraves Alehouse.

SEAGRAVES

1627               Caleb Seagrave                  Charles I (1625 – 1649)
1641               Charlotte Seagrave             Charles I (1625 – 1649)
1648               Elias Seagrave                    Charles I (1625 – 1649)
1659               Thomas Buckman               Interragnum (1649 – 1660)
1665               Jonathan Mulberry               Charles II (1660 – 1685)
1679               Samuel Ebbgate                 Charles II (1660 – 1685)
1692               Thomas Jessup                   William III (1688 – 1702)
 

THE WHITE HART

1709                Joshua Hickmutt                 Anne I (1702 – 1714)
1722               Naomi Hickmutt                   George I (1714 – 1727)
1728               James Collins                      George II (1727 – 1760)
1733               Robert Noel Farmer            George II (1727 – 1760)
1741               Thomas Burch                      George II (1727 – 1760)
1757               Amos Beardsmore              George II (1727 – 1760)
1765               Thomas Yoden                     George III (1760 – 1820)
1786               Benjamin Yoden                   George III (1760 – 1820)
1788                Mercy Yoden                        George III (1760 – 1820)
1798                John C. Hadlow                   George III (1760 – 1820)
1806                Jonathan Twiner                  George III (1760 – 1820)
1815                Henry Brooker                     George III (1760 – 1820)
1829                Robert Brooker                   George III (1760 – 1820)
1842               Marther Brooker                   Victoria I (1837 – 1901)
1855                Henry Brooker                     Victoria I (1837 – 1901)
1874               Richard Greaves                  Victoria I (1837 – 1901)
1878                Mary Greaves                      Victoria I (1837 – 1901)
1890                Jonathan Charman              Edward VII (1901 – 1910)
1919                Alice Charman                     George V (1910 – 1936)
1945               John Pritchard                       George VI (1936 – 1952)
1960                John Stevens                        Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
 

THE BO PEEP

1972               Leonard Shepherd                Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
1984                Anthony Peel                         Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
1987                James Ellard                         Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
1987                Joy Ellard                               Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
1989                Chris Ellard                            Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
2002                Michael Ellard                        Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
2006               Graham Buckley                     Elizabeth II (1952 – present)
2006               Kate Mansfield                        Elizabeth II (1952 – present)