Circa 1720, a document on 1 November 1727 for a mortgage of £10, raised on the Cannon. By the 1760s the Cannon had become the Crown and Cushion.
25 February 1788, release of property in deed 19D61/8 LRO.
A sale advert in the Leicester Journal on 22 November 1805, described the Crown and Cushion as consisting of three rooms at the front, with two entrances measuring only 7yds square, with three cottages situated in the yard of the Inn. The Inn also had an entrance from Bedford St.
Victorian times saw the Crown and Cushion described as a low class establishment. Perhaps this is born out in the number of licensees to pass through its doors – over twenty in little more than fifty years: 1855, J. Raven. 1864, John Boot, 1872, Thomas Butt (also the owner), 1877. Joe Caut, 1878. Ben Walker, 1881. George Brown, 1882. Thomas Heatlie, 1883. WilliamAllen, 1884. John Pollard, 1885. George Hall, 1886. Ed Langley, 1887. Thomas Carty, 1888. Clive Weston, 1889. George Hall, 1893. James Hartop, 1894. William Lee, 1897. Albert Kellam, 1898. James Jones, 1907. William Judkin (December) 1911. Saha Judkin and 1912, Fred Hoare.
An article on the Crown and Cushion in the Leicester Journal: ‘In 1882 the licensee had his licence endorsed for harbouring prostitutes, and again in 1898, Jas Jones being the licensee’.
6 July 1895 David O’Connell fined £2 or one month’s imprisonment for drunk and refusing to leave.
The final closure as reported in the local press – ‘the house was frequented by low class customers’ – and the end had come. The license was refused by the magistrates in April 1914. £2525 compensation was paid to Robinsons Brewery, the owners, with £175 going to the tenant. Formally closed 23 December 1914.
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