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By 1718 both of these families had moved on. The dwellings were now occupied by the families Stanton Rymer and Henry Fairall, each of these were keepers of swine or hogs. By this date the estate was in the hands of Amelia Redding who was the main heir, however time had accumulated several co-heirs, nephews and nieces and once of age would cause the estate to be split and parts sold off.

By 1760, the latter had taken effect, both these dwellings with their land and all appurtenances were the property of Thomas Martyn Yeoman of Icklesham, who had made a purchase of them in 1759 from Henry Redding. Since his family now occupied both dwellings there may have been at this date, connecting doors between them. Thomas Martyn upon his death in 1786 bequeathed his estate to his son Robert and he in turn in 1817 to his son Richard. Both dwellings were still occupied by the Martyns and members of that family, however in 1829 when Richard Martyn died, his widow Elizabeth leased one dwelling to William Goodwin, a keeper of swine, for a term of 500 years with the concession to draw water from their well.

In 1831, William Goodwin, keeper of swine, became William Goodwin beer retailer and keeper of swine, when he purchased a beer-house license under the terms of the 1830 beer act, which enabled any house-holder of good character providing his name was on the rate book, to obtain a license to sell beer from a dwelling or tenement of rateable value by merely paying the small sum of two guineas to the department of excise thereby avoiding the necessity of applying or being presented to magistrates, who unless the house was kept in an disorderly manner had no magisterial control over it.

And so in 1831, William Goodwin opened the doors of this house and sold ale from it for the first time.
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