Since mailing I have done some research and stand corrected. Thank you At 20:33 3/24/2008 -0000, Mike Gould wrote: >Hi George, > >I'm afraid you're way out. I quote from Ancestral Trails, by Herber: > >>From 1552 Justices of the Peace at Quarter Sessions were authorised to >select the persons (victuallers) who should be permitted to keep alehouses. >Victuallers obtained a licence from the Justices and submitted a bond of >surety (or recognizance) for the orderly keeping of such houses. > >Of course, very few of these early licences have survived, although often >the Quarter Session records have. > >Best wishes, > >Mike > > >-----Original Message----- >From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Smith >Sent: 23 March 2008 22:53 >To: LANCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com; ENG-LINCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com; >LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [LEI] pub licence > >Someone was asking about When Pub licences were first started. It certainly >was not in the 18th centuary. It is very late 19 century or early 20th >century. I think restricted hours brought in in 1916 as Munition workers >were missing work through late drinking > >If you go to >http://www.cambridge-camra.org.uk/ale/309/licensing-history.html you can >read the history of pub licences. > >I deleted the original message so don't remember which list it was from. >Must have been one of these. >Regards > >George. > > >Home Page: http://web.localdial.com/users/airforce >LRFHS Page: http://www.lrfhs.org.uk > >Jersey Centenary Battle of >lowers:http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce/battle.html > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Regards George. Home Page: http://web.localdial.com/users/airforce LRFHS Page: http://www.lrfhs.org.uk Jersey Centenary Battle of lowers:http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce/battle.html