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Norfolk Archaeological & Historical Research Group N.A.H.R.G. Text Box: More Historical Myths Peter Sykes There are a number of myths current in the Kings Lynn area, some are even publicised on display boards in public places which have been put in place by the Borough Council. Two of the more notorious examples can be given, both are in Nelson Street. Myth 1: The Valiant Sailor Inn commemorates an incident in the battle of Camperdown. A board in the South Quay at the rear of St Margaret’s House describes several buildings, including the Valiant Sailor Inn at the corner of Nelson Street and Priory Lane. “ The Valiant Sailor Inn”, it states, “now a private house built in the early 16th century, was not named after the borough’s more famous national heroes, Nelson and Vancouver, but after Jack Crawford of HMS Venerable. During the battle of Camperdown in 1797 he nailed the ship’s colours to the remnants of the mast when the halliards were shot away”. In 1864 the artist Henry Baines painted the heroic action and made a copy which was subsequently affixed to the wall as an inn sign. However, the name of the Valiant Sailor Inn is known to have been in use long before 1797. As far back as 1764 the Water Rate assessment for the area records that “Edward Stoneley at the Valiant Sailors Alehouse” was rated at eight shillings. Knowing that the late Roger Harrison was working on the history of this house, which his daughter had purchased in 1980, I drew this to his attention. He then discovered, in the licensing sessions of 1728, that James Blade at the Valiant Sailor had entered in to a bond of £20 for a licence to sell brandy. Myth 2: Hampton Court was so called because a baker, John Hampton, built the north wing to house his bakery and in doing so converted the building into a courtyard house. Another similar boards on the railing separating the Saturday Market Place from St Margaret’s churchyard includes an item on Hampton Court and refers to the north wing: “the north wing was built in the 17th century by John Hampton and it is his name that was given to the building”. Although this has long been assumed the first part of the statement is not borne out by the facts. John Hampton only obtained his freedom as a baker in 1645; the 1664 Hearth Tax shows him paying for five hearths in the High Street, on the west side between Baker Lane and the Saturday Market Place, and the water rate lists him paying for water (and often cut off) in St Ann’s Street between 1670 and 1686. Vanessa Parker suggests that the north wing of Hampton Court was built during the time of Sir John Peyton (see below) and Bill Wilson states that the house had attained its courtyard layout by c.1600. If this is taken as correct then it could not have been John Hampton who built the wing. There is also good evidence that John Hampton never actually owned the building, though he may have rented part of it, possibly around 1650. All that Parker claims is that: “Hampton Court takes its name from a baker, John Hampton, who occupied it in the 17th century”. Manor rentals for Hampton Court in 1577, 1589 and 1605 clearly show that ownership then lay with Sir Robert Bell, Recorder of Lynn and Lord High Baron of the Exchequer, followed before 1589 by Sir John Peyton, who still owned it in Quit Rental 1623. Deeds indicate that the property remained with the Peyton family until 1661 when Algernon Peyton and Sir Algernon Peyton sold it to John Symes, a shipmaster and member of the society of Merchants trading with the Eastlands, who was resident there when invited to attend the 1663 Court Leet. He in turn, in 1665, sold a 999 year lease on the property to John Hickson of London, whose executors transferred it in 1693 to John Kidd. Kidd transferred it once again, in 1695, to Issac Taylor and Quit Rental records of 1697 show that it then belonged to Taylor. His widow Lidia’s will of 1723 refers to “the messuage commonly called Hampton Court”, clearly indicating that the name was already well established. Roger Harrison, Kings Lynn, the Valiant Sailor, NP, 1998. Available at NRO and Kings Lynn Local History Library. Vanessa Parker, Thoresby College – Hampton Court, Kings Lynn Preservation Trust, nd. & The making of Lynn, 1971, p57. Pevsner and Wilson, Norfolk 2, West and South Norfolk, 1999. p482 KL/C49/2, C49/9 and C39/97 A series of Hampton Court Deeds now at NRO, deposited by Kings Lynn Museum 13th Oct. 1977. The name also appears as Seyms or Syms. KL apprentices register. KL/C17/34 Text Box: Q59 INDEX