At some time the Mermaid was owned by Bablake Boys' Hospital and a rent of 2s. was paid by William Gilbert. Later the pub was leased by Phillips and Marriott for £35 per annum from Kirby and Sons of Coventry. On 24 June 1902 they purchased it.
Historically the Mermaid Tavern was a famous pub in Cheapside in London. It was frequented by Raleigh, Beaumont, Fletcher, Donne, Ben Johnson and Shakespeare. But why such a nautical name in Coventry?
LICENSEES:
1822 - 1823 T. Baker
1828 - 1843 Charles Twaites
1843 Thomas Pickard
1845 - 1851 Joseph Adler
1861 - 1862 Thomas Sabin
1862 - 1867 Mark Makepeace
1867 - 1868 Abraham Copeland
1868 William Morgan
1870 James Moore
1870 - 1871 Charles Henry Sumner
1874 E. Wright
1879 - 1880 James F. Tomms
1880 Joseph Collett
1881 Charles Blay
1890 - 1891 Julia T. Cooper
1893 Henry Andrews
1894 - 1896 Mrs. J. K. Cooper
1898 Charles Bailey
1902 - 1903 William Henry Smith
1904 Frederick Sutton
1905 James Mills
1906 Enoch Bradley
1908 Harriett Ellen Statham
1909 - 1940 James Murray
OWNERS:
? Bablake Boys Hospital
to 1902 Kirby and Sons
1902 - 1924 Phillips & Marriott
At some time the Mermaid was owned by Bablake Boys' Hospital and a rent of 2s. was paid by William Gilbert. Later the pub was leased by Phillips and Marriott for £35 per annum from Kirby and Sons of Coventry. On 24 June 1902 they purchased it.