Known as the Sinkermakers until the 1870s, when it changed to the Duke of Rutland.
Court cases reveal that William Fowkes, landlord of the Sinkermakers Arms, was fined for being open after hours on a Sunday in September 1860. PC French said he found six men and a women smoking in the pub and saw the landlady pull a quart of ale. As soon as they saw him coming they turned off the gas light so they couldn’t be seen, but he shone his hand light around and saw them. William Fowkes was fined 10/ or 7 days in prison.
Landlord Samuel Preston suffered the same fate in July 1871, although by this time the fine had increased to £1 or 21 days. The following year Samuel transferred the licence to Matilda Cave. T. Chapman was licensee in 1875.
The Duke of Rutland stood on the South East side of Alfred St, cornering Fleet St. Still listed as a beerhouse in 1900, it closed in the early part of 20th century.