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Strand Street
St. Peters 1841
Sandwich
Above picture shows the Three Kings being renovated. The carving in
the lintel as mention below can just be seen top right of this
photograph, date unknown. |
Above postcard, date unknown, by kind permission Roy Moore,
http://www.kentphotoarchive.com. |
Above postcard, date unknown, by kind permission Roy Moore,
http://www.kentphotoarchive.com. |
Above postcard, date unknown, by kind permission Roy Moore,
http://www.kentphotoarchive.com. |
Above postcard, circa 1949, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, 1955, kindly sent by Robert Audley. |
Above photo showing Three King's Yard, 1973. Kindly sent by Paul Wells. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo taken from Dover Mercury, 28 August, 2008.
A piece of history.
THREE KINGS, in Strand Street, Sandwich, is an impressive grade II
listed house which is believed to date in part from the early 16th
century.
It was formerly known as Three Kings Inn and a distinctive feature is
the bridge room
which straddles Three Kings Yard.
Strand Street is renowned as one of the longest roads of jettied timber
framed houses in the country.
The accommodation includes study, sitting room, cloakroom,
dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, cellar, loft workshop, three
bedrooms, shower room, dressing room and bathroom.
Agents Colebrook Sturrock and Co on 01304 612197 are asking £595,000.
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Above card, date unknown. |
Trading in Strand Street from 1624, the building itself has the date of
1603 surrounded by grapes and vine leaves carved in the lintel over the yard
entrance.
It appears to have been tied to a brewery owned by the prominent Sandwich
family, the Wyborns to 1822. In 1764 William Wyborn, brewer, died and his
business was left to his daughter Mary, who had married John Bradley. Their son,
William Wyborn Bradley was born in 1752 William being described as "common
brewer of Sandwich." William was elected Mayor Sandwich in 1785 and died in
1788. The Sandwich brewery and its tied estate of 27 pubs was eventually put up
for "sale by private contract" by William's son (also called William Wyborn
Bradley, born 1779) as advertised in the Kentish Gazette on 10th May 1822.
The pub closed in 1970.
Photographs above and below by Patricia Streater.
In 1642, at the beginning of the Civil War, Captain Henry Oxinden, ensign
to Captain Shrubsall, tried to persuade local men to fight for Charles I. The Town Cryer declared that
men should report to The "Three Kings," the "Fleur de Lys," The
"Dolphin," and The
"Black Bear," if they were willing to take employment under the command of the
Earl of Essex, in defence of His Majesty Charles I. Only Three recruits came
forward! The people were more interested in coastal defence.
Appropriately at that particular inn, the sign later bore the famous
‘three heads' of King Charles as painted by Van Dyck in 1637.
Originally, signs of the Three Kings depicted the Magi. (Three King's
from the bible.)
Above aluminium card issued June 1951. Sign series 3 number 39. |
I have reference to this pub from the Kentish Gazette or Canterbury
Chronicle September 1768, when the paper advertised the sale of household
furniture of Colonel Parr, at his House in Burgate Street, Canterbury. It was stated that
catalogues could be obtained from this public house.
See Notes of 1768.
However, further information kindly sent by Tony Clayton sends the
information below that refers to the pub in 1653.
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From "The Bloody Husband and Cruell Neighbour”, 1653.
27th April 1653, Adam Sprackling, convicted of murdering his wife and
another was hanged on the Gallows at Sandwich. “And after stripped, and
layd forth, and coffined at the Sign of the "Three Kings" in Sandwich;
and the next day towards night carried from thence six miles on mens
shoulders over the Ferry to St Lawrence Church.”
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From the
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sprackling-38 accessed 20 November
2019. Adam Sprackling is infamous for murdering his wife, Katherine
Lewkenor, on 12 Dec 1652 in the Ellington House kitchen. He was hung on
27 Apr 1653 in St. Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England.
Adam Sprackling was born in 1605 in St. Lawrence, Thanet, Kent,
England, to Robert Sprackling and Margaret Moyle. He married Katherine
Lewkenor on 12 Jul 1631 in St. Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England.
Children: Margaret, Adam, Mary.
The Sprackling family have been established in Thanet as early as the
thirteenth century. The owner of Ellington House, Sir Adam Sprackling, a
knight under Queen Elizabeth I died on 7th April 1610, followed by his
wife Dame Katherine on 27th August 1627. They left the house to their
eldest son Robert, but it was Robert’s son Adam who moved in.
On 12th July 1631, Adam married Katherine Lewkner, daughter of Sir
Robert Lewkner.
Adam was known locally as a violent and bad humoured man, frequently
picking fights and drinking large amounts in the taverns. It is thought
that he ordered two of his men to follow and murder a man named Richard
Langley. This they did, and while Paul Allen escaped, the other, named
Emerson, was caught and duly executed at Canterbury. Adam Sprackling was
also violent toward his wife, servants and tenants who were afraid of
his rages.
On Saturday December 11th 1652, Adam sent for an old man called
Martin, and they sat in the kitchen of the house along with Adam’s wife
and a servant named Ewell. Already in a foul mood due to debts, Adam got
Martin to tie Ewell’s legs, before turning his temper on his wife, and
hitting her in the jaw with his dagger.
In the early hours of the 12th, Katherine was very tired and moved
toward the kitchen door. Adam reached for a cleaver and almost severed
her hand, cutting through the bone. Martin tried to staunch the
bleeding, but Adam, who was by now in a terrible rage, hit her on the
forehead with the cleaver. Bleeding profusely, she fell to the floor
crying and praying, but as she prayed, Adam struck her a fatal blow to
the head, being violent enough to have gone right through her skull.
If that were not bad enough, he inflicted post-mortem wounds on her
before brutally killing six dogs. He then ordered Martin to wash the
still tied Ewell’s face with her blood, and then smeared some on himself
and Martin, saying that they would thus appear to be mad.
Adam was arrested that night, and indeed pleaded insanity at his
trial. He was subsequently sent to the gallows at Sandwich and hung on
27th April 1653.
The estate was taken over by the council for use as a park in 1892,
and until the later demolition of Ellington House, there were reports of
the ghosts of Katherine and the six dogs being seen in the area. Today
it is believed that Katherine’s last cries for mercy can still be heard
in the park.
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From the Kentish Gazette, 14 July 1840.
To Brewers, Innkeepers, and Others.
SANDWICH.
VALUABLE FREEHOLD INN, AND DWELLING HOUSE, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION.
By Messrs. DENNE and HICKS,
ON the Premises, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th day of July, 1840, at One
o’clock in the Afternoon, (in one LOT);
All that well accustomed INN or PUBLIC HOUSE, called the "Three Kings
Inn," with the stables, coach, houses, outbuildings, yards, ground and
appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in or near Strand Street and
Love Lane, and now in the occupation of William Thistleton; together
with a convenient DWELLING HOUSE and premises adjoining, and now in the
occupation of William Boys.
The Premises may be viewed on application to the respective Tenants, and
for further particulars and conditions of Sale, apply to the
Auctioneers, or at the Offices of Messrs. Surrage and Emmson,
Solicitors, Sandwich and Deal.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday, 16 April, 1875. Price 1d.
THE THREE KINGS INN, SANDWICH
To be let, a fully-licensed House, close to the Wharves; incoming
moderate – Apply to Alfred Kingsford, Buckland Brewery, Dover.
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LICENSEE LIST
THISTLETON William 1823-40
    
THISTLETON Sarah 1841+ (age 60 in 1841)
WINTER/MINTER William 1847-51+ (age 44 in 1851)
MILES Mrs 1858+
JOHNSON Henry 1861+ (age 53 in 1861)
STONE Thomas 1862
RANFLE James F 1871+ (also Greenwich Pensioner age 59 in 1871)
BLOXHAM Samuel 1874
HUBBARD Isaac 1878+
(also brickmaker)
LEERY John 1881+ (also navy pensioner age 57 in 1881)
SPICER William 1882
HEWITT Elizabeth 1891+ (Wife age 49 in 1891)
GILHAM John 1901-11+ (age 51 in 1901) 
HOWE Chas Sidney 1913
PHILPOTT George Robert 1918-22+
PHILPOTT Herbert Richard 1930-38+
PAIN Ted & Dorothy ????
https://pubwiki.co.uk/ThreeKings.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1823
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1839
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1878
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Kelly's Directory 1934
Census
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