Westerham

I am informed by Dr. Gillian Draper that there was once called the "Swon Inn" in Westerham, named after the owner Henry Le Swon, and is mentioned in the Lay Subsidy (a tax confined to prosperous households) when his widow was assessed at what Dr Gillian Draper considers a medium amount of 2s 3d, and presumes that in that year she was operating as landlady her husband having died, year as yet unknown.

At present I am not sure whether there is any connection to this establishment and the "Swan."

LICENSEE LIST

LE SWON Henry 1334-

LE SWON Mrs (widow) 1334+