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15 (21) Thomas Street
Woolwich
020 8317 9513
http://www.earlofchathampub.com/
https://whatpub.com/earl-of-chatham
Said to have been built in the early 1800s, by the Powis Brewery; the
premises was rebuilt about 1898.
The Pigot's Directory 1823 referred to this as the "Chatham Arms."
Project 2014 has been started to try and identify all the pubs that are
and have ever been open in Kent. I have just added this pub to that list but
your help is definitely needed regarding it's history.
As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will
be shown here.
Thanks for your co-operation.
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From the Borough of Greenwich Free Press, 5 April, 1856.
Coroner's Inquests.
On Saturday last, the following inquests were held at the "Earl of
Chatham Inn," Woolwich, before C. J. Carttar, Esq. On the body of a
convict, named John Davies. From the evidence it appeared that the
deceased was a man of colour and was transported at Liverpool for
ten years; he was received on board the Warrior hulk, in August,
1854, and in December, 1856, he was received as an inmate of the
United Hospital Ship, suffering from bronchitis. He gradually sunk
and died on the previous Thursday.
Verdict:- died from natural causes.
An inquest was also held on the body of John Roper. It appeared that
the deceased who was employed in the Royal Arsenal went home from
his work on the previous Thursday evening and complained of being
unwell, but said afterwards he felt better. He died suddenly in his
bed on the same night, and the medical evidence proved that the
cause of death was disease of the heart.
Verdict, died from natural causes.
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From the Borough of Greenwich Free Press, 5 July, 1856.
Coroner's Inquests.
On Tuesday last, an inquest was held before C. J. Carttar, Esq.,
coroner, at the "Earl of Chatham," Thomas-street, on the body of
Thomas Maylan, a coal porter in the employ of Mr. Hart. From the
evidence adduced, it appeared that on the previous Saturday the
deceased was at work, unloading coal from a barge, when his
attention was attracted by the company of Odd Fellows, &c., crossing
over to North Woolwich. By some means his foot slipped, and he fell
from a height of twenty feet, receiving such severe fractures to his
neck that he died on the same night.
Verdict, Accidental Death.
At the same time and place an inquest was held on the body of
Caroline Cumberland, who died from the effects of a severe scald
received on the 25th of May, since which period she had been under
the medical treatment of Mr. Walker, the parochial surgeon, who
deposed that the deceased received plenty of nourishment and
medicine, but her system gradually sunk under the effects of the
injuries received.
Verdict, Accidental Death.
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From the Woolwich Gazette and Kentish Advertiser, Friday, 29 March, 1907.
The Shocking Find At Woolwich.
Inquest opened and adjourned. Mother too ill to appear.
Mr. H. R. Oswald (coroner) held an inquest at the Co-operative
Institute, Parsons Hill, Woolwich, on
Saturday, on the body of a newly born female child, which was found in a
box at the "Earl of Chatham"
public house on Wednesday morning. The mother of the child (Alice Ellis)
is at present an inmate of the
Woolwich Union Infirmary, where she is receiving medical attention. As
soon she has sufficiently recovered
she will be charged at the Police Court with concealment of the birth of
the child.
Inspector Ellis, R Division, said on Wednesday morning, with two other
officers, he went to the "Earl of
Chatham" public house and enter the back bedroom on the third floor. On
the floor, mantleshelf and
bedding, there were marks that appeared to be bloodstains. There was a
box standing at the foot of the bed
and it was locked with a brass padlock and tied round with a rope. The
box was forced open and he found it
contained female's clothing and the dead body of a newly born female
child which was wrapped in a
flannelette petticoat. Round the child's neck a tape was tied tightly
with a reefer knot at the back of the ear.
The body was lying face downwards and was doubled up. Life was extinct
and he ordered the body to be
removed to the mortuary.
Detective Sergeant Macpherson R Division, said at 1.08 p.m. on
Wednesday, with Detective Inspector
Lambert he arrested Alice Ellis, at 53, High Street, North Woolwich. He
found the woman in the parlour of
the house with her father and mother. Inspector Lambert left the room
and the woman then produced a
small bent key from her pocket, saying "This is the key of the box."
Detective Inspector Lambert said he went to the "Earl of Chatham" public
house, at 12:15 p.m. on
Wednesday. He found the thick covering of the bed, in the bedroom, on
the third floor, saturated with
blood, and the sheet was also soaked with blood. He found a small bag
under the bed in which he found a
brooch and a wedding ring. With Detective Sergeant Macpherson and
Detective Free, he went to 53, High
Street, North Woolwich, where he saw Alice Ellis at the door with her
mother. She told him that she had
been in service at the "Earl of Chatham," but left on Tuesday. She was
then told that the body had been
found in the box, and that a charge of concealment of birth would be
preferred against her, but she made
no reply. As she was very ill he sent for Dr, Brews, who ordered her
immovable to the Workhouse Infirmary.
Dr. W. E. Boulter, medical superintendent of the infirmary said the
woman was very ill when admitted to the
infirmary. She was no making satisfactory progress and would be able to
appear before the Coroner in a
fortnight from then.
Florence Furner wife of the licensee of the "Earl of Chatham" public
house, said the woman was employed
at her house as a domestic servant for 10 weeks. She questioned the
woman but she replied that there was
nothing wrong. On Tuesday as the woman was crying and said she could not
do her work she sent her home
for the day.
Adjourned till April 5th.
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From the
https://www.bexleytimes.co.uk 5 March 2008.
Pub killer to appeal to clear his name.
A MAN jailed for the alleged murder of a Christmas Eve reveller has
mounted an Appeal Court bid to clear his name.
Thu Van Nguyen, 32, of Kings Court, Queens Road West, Upton Park was
jailed for life at the Old Bailey in October 2006 after he was convicted
of murdering Billy Gregory, 23.
The prosecution claimed Mr Gregory had two vital arteries severed when
Nguyen attacked him in the toilets of the Earl of Chatham pub, in
Woolwich, in December 2005.
The two men had argued in the pub earlier that night resulting in fatal
bloodshed when the pair later encountered each other in the toilets.
The prosecution were unable to pinpoint exactly how the violence sparked
off but claimed Mr Gregory died after Nguyen thrust a pint glass into
his neck causing a 5.5 centimeter-deep wound.
He collapsed outside the pub, and although medics at Queen Elizabeth
Hospital, Woolwich managed to repair the hacked artery, he died of his
injuries on Christmas Day.
Nguyen - who is of Vietnamese origin but has spent 10 years in the UK -
is now challenging the "safety" of his murder conviction at London's
Criminal Appeal Court.
His QC, Edward Rees, argued that the trial judge should have prevented
the jury from hearing potentially prejudicial evidence because of its
"adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings".
The case against Nguyen over the Earl of Chatham attack was "far from
overwhelming", the QC argued and the evidence might have had a pivotal
impact on the verdict.
After extensive legal argument, judgment was reserved and a ruling on
the appeal will be given at a later date.
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LICENSEE LIST
DELACOURT Robert 1823+
DELACOURT James 1832+
DELACOURT Jane 1840+
SMITH Edmund to July/1845
SPENCE Alexander July/1845+
BLISS Alexander Sept/1850-Jan/53
LACEY Thomas Robert Jan/1853-Nov/70+
REILLY Jeremiah Joseph Nov/1870-74+
CAPON Alfred David 1882-96+ (age 50 in 1891 )
PLUME John 1901+ (age 53 in 1901)
FURNER Mr 1907+
DAVIES John T 1908-19+
TARR William Henry 1921-44+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/EarlofChathamArms.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1823
From
the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Census
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