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02.jpgHistory of ownership........Ancient Ram Inn11 views
Owners from 1145 to present.
1145 - 1350 Church House. More info sought
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23/7/1350 - 26/3/1521 Owner - Maurice De Bathe. (Tenant - Peter Le Couk)
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26/3/1521 - 5/11/1532 Owner - Richard Robyns
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5/11/1532 - 1/12/1532 Owner - Thomas Hyckys. (Cloth maker)
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22/12/1532 - 18/8/1538 Owner - John Hickys - son of Thomas Hyckys
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18/8/1538 - 25/12/1539 Owner - Joanna Jones of "The Vyese" (Card Maker)
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25/12/1539 - 12/5/1572 Owners - John Gower, Thomas Bysshup, John Hewys, Geoffrey Bruton, William Coldwell, Henry Berry, Richard Hale, Thomas Coleman, Robert Hopkyns, Thomas Gower, Stephen Hopkyns, Robert Brown and James Coldwell. (Tenant - Hugh Wallington)
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12/5/1572 - 1/6/1575 Owner - Thomas Collman and Thomas Gower
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1/6/1575 - 15/6/1575 Owner - Thomas Collman
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15/6/1575 - 10/8/1616 Owner - William Osburne (Mayer of Wotton)
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10/8/1616 - 28/12/1657 Owner - William Wallington (Tanner)
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28/12/1657 - 15/8/1691 Owner - William Wallington (Tanner)
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15/8/1691 - 17/2/1756 Owner - Thomas Waight (Tanner)
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17/2/1756 - 30/3/1793 Owner - William Smythe. This is the first mention of "The Old Tan House" in the deeds. Name may have been used many years before though
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30/3/1793 - 29/8/1820 Owner - William Smythe. Later deceased, widow Betty Smythe gave up lease to Wotton-under-Edge General Charities in 29/8/1820
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29/8/1820 - 1/8/1905 Owners - Wotton-under-Edge General Charities. (Tenant - Joseph Pinnell) This is the first time the building became an Inn and as it says in the deeds "used as an inn or public house called or known by the name or sign of the ram"
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1/8/1905 - 9/1912 Owners - Coombe Valley Brewery Co Ltd
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9/1912 - 7/10/1968 Owners - West Country Breweries
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7/10/1968 - Present Owner - John Humphries
Landlords from 1820 to 1967
29/8/1820 - 1823 Landlord - Joseph Pinnell
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1842 - 1849 Landlord - Henry Dauncey
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1849 - 1863 Landlord - James Goscomb
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1863 – 1867 Landlord - Unknown
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1867 - 1875 Landlord - Thomas Mizen
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1875 – 1885 Landlord - Unknown
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1885 - 1902 Landlord - Elizabeth Mizen (Mrs)
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1902 - 1916 Landlord - William Frederick Vooght
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1916 - 1927 Landlord - Rufus Morley
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1927 – 1939 Landlord - Unknown
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1939 – 1967 Landlord - Lewis Raymond Allen
This information is gathered with thanks to Gloucester records office from the deeds dating back to 1350. Some of the information is a bit "thin" and will be subject to slight correction if proof can be obtained. Please feel free to email us if you have detailed evidence that differs from above.
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03.jpgAncient Ram Inn13 viewsJohn Humphries, owner of the Ancient Inn braves each night alone in the Haunted building.
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07.jpgAncient Ram Inn9 viewsAn ancient shoe found during one of the investigation digs at the Ram Inn where ancient buried human bones where found.
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11.jpgAncient Ram Inn 13 viewsGhosthunts will be taking a team of people to the Ram Inn the first week in May 2010.
See what you can see on these pictures ?
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11~0.jpgAncient Ram Inn11 viewsSee how the Orb has now gone
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12.jpgAncient Ram Inn12 viewsSee the Orb (top centre)
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13.jpgAncient Ram Inn17 viewsThe Atic of the Ancient Ram Inn
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22.jpgAncient Ram Inn8 views
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