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From 1794 Obituaries of considerable persons with biographical anecdotes:
From page 181 of "The Gentleman's Magazine" published 1790 by F. Jefferies ...
(forms part of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library)
Published in "The Morning Chronicle" London, Thursday, May 26, 1803 (Gale Group Newspapers Online)
Thomas TILBURY snr.'s exact date of birth is unclear, but apparently situated between 1727 and 1732. This seems to leave open the question as to whether or not Mary was Thomas' second wife, and whether there were other children? His sons William and Thomas both went to London to work - did they have siblings there?
John TILBURY seems of an age and occupation to have possibly been Thomas' brother.
John TILBURY, groom, from St. Peter Mancroft
m. Mary WARD 1756, Norwich St. Margaret (parish register, no.17)
Norfolk Transcription Archive Home Page
(a great Norfolk resource in search of a new 'manager'...)
Part of the above family tree is drawn from these documents:
1761: Hempnall
Jonathan JOHNSON,
on surrender of Thomas TILBURY
(ref.MEA1/96, 677 x 5).
1775, 19/20 December: Shop, house, storerooms in St. Peter's Street, St. Peter Mancroft
Lease and Release:
- James BEEVOR of the City of Norwich, beer brewer, and
- Thomas TILBURY of the same City, innkeeper, and
- John WRIGHT of the City aforesaid, gent.
(ref.N/TC/D1/549/8)
1776, 2/3 July: No. 3 Bethel Street, Norwich
Lease and Release of premises in St. Peter of Mancroft, Norwich.
- William COOPER of Eaton, gent. and
- Ann Charlotte his wife,
to:
- Thomas TILBURY of Norwich, innkeeper.
(ref.N/TC/D51/3 296 x 2)
1787, 11/12 November: Shop, house, storerooms in St. Peter's Street
Lease and Release in fee: messuage, parish of St. Peter of Mancroft, City of Norwich
- Thomas TILBURY snr. of the City of Norwich, innkeeper, and
- John WRIGHT of the same City gent., and
- Thomas TILBURY jnr. of New Bridge Street, parish of St. Bride's London, gent.
(ref.N/TC/D1/549/9)
1789, 17 March: (refers No. 3 Bethel Street, Norwich)
Extract from the Will of the late Thomas TILBURY of Norwich, deceased.
(ref.N/TC/D51/4 296 x 2)
1804, 21 September: No. 3 Bethel Street, Norwich
Release and Declaration, of use of a messuage shop, St. Peters of Mancroft parish, Norwich.
James HUDSON of Norwich, banker,
- William TILBURY of London, druggist,
- Samuel BARKER of Norwich, wine and brandy merchant and
- Mary his wife
to:
- Thomas TILBURY of Bedford Row in Middlesex, gent.
(ref.N/TC/D51/5 296 x 2)
Above documents are available at the Norfolk Record Office
Not the Inn sign |
"Norwich, Dec. 4, 1758
This is to give NOTICE
THAT THOMAS TILBURY, from London, (late from the Three Tuns Tavern in the Market-Place [Norwich])
having now taken the Rampant Horse Inn, in St. Stephen's-street, where the
London Stage-Coach constantly goes by his Gate; with Stable Room for seventy or eighty Horses;
the House being genteely fitted up with new Furniture, for the Reception of any Gentlemen
who will be pleased to make Tryal of
Their most humble Servant,
THOMAS TILBURY
N.B. Neat Wines, Arrack, Rum, Brandy, &c. and London Porter."
From the General Evening Post, Thursday, December 14, 1758
The Great WARD of MANCROFT
Contains the parishes of St. Peter of Mancroft, St. Giles, and St. Stephen; each of which forms a small ward.
NEDHAM, or St. STEPHEN's GATE
A horse market was formerly kept in this parish, in the street where now stands the inn called the Rampant Horse.
From "The History and Antiquities of the City of Norwich" by Charles Parkin, 1783
The Rampant Horse Inn, an old coaching inn in the parish of St. Stephen *, Norwich, gave its name to Rampant Horse Street; the Rampant Horse mosaic may be seen and walked over today.
1768:
"A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the County of Norfolk Taken at Norwich, March 23, 1768"
Candidates:
Sir Armine WODEHOUSE, Bart. 2680 votes (W.)
Thomas De GREY, Esq; 2754 (D.G.)
Sir Edward ASTLEY, Bart. 2977 (A.)
Wenman COKE, Esq; 2610 (C.)
pg. 160 - NORWICH
TILBURY, Thomas voted A. + C.; residence: Norwich; place & Hundred of Freehold: Loddon, Lod.; occupant: Thomas BEART
"The Poll for Members of Parliament for the City of Norwich: Taken the 18th day of March, 1768. Alphabetically digested in the several parishes and places of abode.
Candidates. Harbord HARBORD, Esq; Edward BACON, Esq; Thomas BEEVOR, Esq;.
TILBURY, Thomas, Innholder, Fh. [Freeholder?] Mancroft (voted 1 & 3)
1778: From "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" - Freemasons: Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076 (London), vol. 38, (W. J. Parre H, ltd.), 1925
TILBURY, Thomas, Wine Merchant, Norwich. "Admitted a Member and paid his Deposit" 5th August 1778. Age on admission 46. Landlord of White Swan Inn where Lodge met. A Member when Minutes cease.
1780, 6 May - Norfolk Chronicle (p. 3, col. 3)
White Swan Inn, St. Peter's, Norwich
"Norwich and London New and Commodious FLYING POST COACH, in seventeen Hours, through Bury and Sudbury, sets out from the above Inn every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday Nights, at Ten o'Clock, the Cross-Keys Inn, Wood-street, Cheapside, and Plough Inn, Princes Street, Soho, London, and returns from the said Inns every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Nights, at Ten o'Clock.
To carry Six Inside Passengers, at One Pound One Shilling each; allowed 14 pounds weight of Luggage, and all above to pay One-penny Halfpenny per Pound.
The Proprietors will not be accountable for any Parcel above 5 Pounds Value, unless entered as such, and paid for accordingly."
"Performed (if God permits) by T. TILBURY, Norwich, J. READ, Botesdale, J. FOSTER & Co., London."
From the "East Anglian", vol. 12-13 - Suffolk Institute of Archaeology (S. Tymms), 1908 (pg. 18, 20)
THE NORWICH DUTCH CHURCH: ITS POSSESSIONS AND TRUSTS. No. II. (continued from p. 3). II. THE ESTATES.
... St Peters - "A Lease was granted to Thomas TILBURY for 99 years from Lady day, 1785, at £10 per annum."
[describing the boundaries:] "... to the Church of St. Mary in the Fields on the west part, the tenement of Richard DEW on the east, on the tenement of Michael BEVERLEY to the south, and on Bethlem Street towards the north. The said premises are now in the possession of Thomas TILBURY at the yearly rent of ten pounds; And also all that tenement formerly of Peter BEALE with a little garden plot four and a half ..."
Heavy Draught Horses |
1782 - Norfolk Chronicle
Published on 17 January: a request to "The Creditors of the Rev. Grigson HEYHOE, of Hingham, in the County of Norfolk" to meet at Mr. Thomas TILBURY's White Swan on 8th February.
Norwich, 28 November - White Swan
"Thomas TILBURY respectfully returns his sincere Thanks for the Favours he has received for many Years past, from the Nobility, Gentry, Travelling Gentlemen, and Others, and at the same Time takes the Liberty to Inform them, that he continues at the White Swan, where he is making an Addition to his House and Stables in the compleatest Manner, and with the greatest Expedition, which he flatters himself will meet their Approbation, and he hopes will continue to him their kind Favours, which will very much oblige their Very humble and obedient Servant, Thomas TILBURY."
Extracts from the 'Norfolk Chronicle' on the Foxearth website
What happened to Thomas between November 1782 when he made the above announcement, and 1783? He would appear to have expected to continue in business at the White Swan for some time afterwards.
From "Norfolk Archaelogy" 1987 (pg. 44)
"It was coaching that produced the heyday of the White Swan. By 1821 a coach left the Bull in Bishopsgate at 5.30 a.m. on three days a week and reached the Swan twelve-and-a-half hours later, but routes to London varied. There were also coaches to Yarmouth, and through Lynn and Newark to the Midlands and the North. The 1783 Directory lists Thomas TILBURY at the White Swan "post-chaises to let". In 1811 there are three Inn-keepers there, BARNARD, Thomas CHAMBERLAIN and John SAYER and in the Swan Yard it is SAYER and BOND, Post chaise and Horse hostlers."
Published by the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society
In 1791 Elizabeth BENTLEY of Norwich (1767-1839), had printed and published her "Genuine Poetical Compositions on Various Subjects" (Dedicated, by permission to Wm. Drake, Jun. Esq. M.P.; printed by Crouse & Stevenson, for the authoress, and may be had of her near the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital; or of W. Stevenson, in the Market-place) (entered at Stationer's Hall). A list of contributors was given:
"Subscribers [included]:
Norwich - TILBURY Mr. Thomas"
Which Thomas was this? Thomas the innkeeper d. 1789, having left the Swan in 1783. Either the book was a long time printing, or this was Thomas the lawyer - or another family member? A son of Thomas jnr.'s other (than William) brother, mentioned in the 1833 Will? (See Thomas the lawyer's page.)
1767, 2 June: Reported in London
"At a meeting of grocers of Norwich city, on Wednesday last, it was agreed to reduce the price of rice to twopence a pound, which was before sold at fourpence."
1772, 18 April: Reported in London
"A Letter from Norwich mentions that a Subscription has been entered into by the Corporation and Merchants of that City for reducing the Price of Meat, and that it is now sold to the Poor for a Penny Halfpeny the Pound less than they gave for it a few Days ago."
1772: London
"Bamber GASCOYNE, Esquire, declared, in a certain House, that no Man paid a greater Regard to the landed Interest, and to the Farmers and Graziers in general, than himself; that any oppressive Measures would give him the greatest Anxiety; but the Cries of the Poor mad it absolutely necessary that Something be immediately done, in Order to lower the Price of Provisions; and that the only speedy Way to do it would be to fix a Price upon those Commodities, and compel the Persons who withold them to bring them to Market. Monopolizing Farms, he said, was a very great Evil, and should be seriously considered; to which Lord NORTH answered, that he would support such Motions with all his Interest; and that he was surprised to find, especially in a Christian Country, Men so unmerciful as to withhold the Necessaries of Life from the Poor."
1776, March 25: Extract of a Letter from Norwich
"The wollen manufactory, the sole support of this great and once flourishing city, has so materially suffered by the present American war, that a considerable number of valuable and industrious young men have been obliged to enlist to avoid starving. Should they be transported to America, to fight against their friends and fellow subjects, contrary to their inclinations, and solemn promises made then by the recruiting officers, in whom they confide, and who assure them they are only intended to replace those soldiers who are going there, they will no doubt desert."
"... the perils [of travelling, pilgrimage] were real and great in an age when a man could be lost within the sound of his own city's church-bells, as a legacy at St. Peter Mancroft in Norwich bears witnes to this day ...*"
"Tooling the prads" = driving [fast] skilfully, coach ('machine') horses
"Automaton Coach and Horses:
A[n] ... extraordinary piece of mechanism ... is that described by M. Camus, who says he constructed a small coach drawn by two horses, in which was the figure of a lady, with a footman and page behind. According to the account given by M. Camus himself, this coach being placed at the extremity of a table of a determinate size, the coachman smacked his whip, and the horses immediately set out, moving their legs in a natural manner. When the carriage reached the edge of the table, it turned at a right angle, and proceeded along that edge. When it arrived opposite to the place where the king was seated, it stopped, and the page getting down, opened the door, upon which the lady alighted, having in her hand a petition, which whe presented with a courtesy. After waiting some time, she again courtesied, and re-entered the carriage; the page then resumed his place, the coachman whipped his horses, which began to move, and the footman, running after the carriage, jumped up behind it, and the carriage drove on."