Bocking pub history index
The Kings Head is first mentioned in a will from 1697 and identified in a will in 1784. It is also has Mary Clark, at the Kings Head as licensee in 1769.
The Kings Head is bequeathed by Samuel Tabor to Timothy Boosey in 1784.
In the 1793 census Oliver Gosling was the publican at the King’s Head and is listed again in the 1803 Nockold survey. In the1798 Land Tax record Timothy Boosey appears to own the property with Thomas Joyce as tenant. In 1808 the will of Timothy Boosey requires all properties to be sold. It was leased to Thomas Joyce between 1806 and 1832. In the tithe record of 1838 his son John Joyce is given as the owner and occupier and he is the occupier until after the 1871 census.
John Joyce died in 1888 and his son Thomas sold the property to Frederick Rankin. Frederick Rankin is the inn-keeper in the 1891 and 1901 censuses.
The Gosling bought the property in 1802 and it was in their sale to Greene King in 1904.
It ceased to be a public house in 2014.
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King's Head, Bradford Street, Bocking, 23rd June 2001
Residents at this address
The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Mary Clark, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jacob Frost, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jacob Frost, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Cribbs, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Oliver Gosling, at the Kings Head, Bocking.
1793/Oliver Goslin/Victualler/../../Census
The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Joyce, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Joyce, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Joyce, at the Kings Head.
1828-9/Thomas Joyce/../../../Pigots
1832-3/Mary Joyce/../../../Pigots
1839/John Joyce/../../../Pigots
1840/John Joyce/../../../Pigots*
1841/John Joyce/Victualler/30/Essex/Census
1841/Maria Joyce/../25/Essex/Census
1841/Thomas Joyce/../2/Essex/Census
1841/John Joyce/../1/Essex/Census
1841/Johanna Cook/Female Servant/50/Ireland/Census
1841/Elizabeth Beckwith/Female Servant/12/Essex/Census
1841/James Clark/Agr Labourer/15/Essex/Census
1845/John Joyce/Maltster/../../Post Office
1848/John Joyce/../../../Whites
1851/John Joyce/Maltster/../../Post Office
1851/John Joyce/widower, victualler/41/Bocking, Essex/Census **
1851/John Joyce/son, scholar/11/Bocking, Essex/Census
1851/William Joyce/son, scholar/09/Bocking, Essex/Census
1851/Maria Joyce/daughter, scholar/07/Bocking, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Tottman/housekeeper/52/Felsted, Essex/Census
1851/Jane Hicks/general servant/25/Dublin, Ireland/Census
1855/John Joyce/../../../Kellys*
1861/John Joyce/Victualler, Maltster & Farmer, widow/50/Bocking,
Essex/Census
1861/Harriet Tottman/Housekeeper/63/Felsted, Essex/Census
1861/William Joyce/Son, Butcher App/19/Bocking, Essex/Census
1861/Maria Joyce/Daughter, Dress maker/17/Bocking, Essex/Census
1861/Eliza Tottman/Barmaid/22/Black Notley, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Smith/House Servant/13/Weathersfield, Essex/Census
1862/John Joyce/../../../Kellys
1867/John Joyce/../../../Post Office
1870/John Joyce/../../../Kellys
1871/John Joyce/../../../Post Office
1874/John Joyce/../../../Kellys
1878/Mrs. Susannah Baker/../../../Kellys
1878/George Quy/../../../Kellys
1881/Samuel Adams/Licensed Victualler & Farmer/47/Wethersfield, Essex/Census
1881/Sarah Adams/Wife/53/Saling, Essex/Census
1881/Annie Kuffle/Niece, Barmaid/17/Stebbing, Essex/Census
1881/William Smith/Brewer/42/Stebbing, Essex/Census
1881/Edward Amey/Lodger, Labourer/18/Bocking, Essex/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/Samuel Adams/../../../Kellys
1886/Samuel Adams/../../../Kellys
1890/Frederick Rankin/Ale & Porter Brewer/../../Kellys
1891/Frederick Rankin/../29/Braintree, Essex/Census***
1894/Frederick Rankin/Brewer/../../Kellys
1895/Frederick Rankin/Brewer/../../Kellys
1898/Frederick Rankin/Brewer/../../Kellys
1899/Frederick Rankin/Brewer/../../Kellys
1902/George Holland/Builder/../../Kellys
1906/George Holland/Builder/../../Kellys
1908/Walter Westover/../../../Kellys
1910/Harry T. Mills/../../../Kellys
1912/Mark Barns/../../../Kellys
1914/Mark Barns/../../../Kellys
1917/Frederick Stock/../../../Kellys
1922/Frederick William Brown/../../../Kellys
1925/Frank Brown/../../../Kellys
1929/Samuel Wain/../../../Kellys
1933/Alfred Albert Brightween/../../../Kellys
1937/Alfred Albert Brightween/../../../Kellys
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John mead
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Provided by Ann Duncan