The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Sword and Mace, 43 Earl Street

Alternative Addresses:	High Street
In 1756 six soldiers were billeted here. A sale of bankrupts' goods in 1817 included the Old Sword and Mace, which had been tenanted in succession by William Mitchell, Martha Steel, Edward Phillips, John Major and William Edwards. In 1903 the license was "allowed to lapse" due to the house not being "structurally adapted to police supervision" and "that the sanitary conveniences were inadequate and unsatisfactory". This name refers either to civic regalia or royal regalia.
LICENSEES: William Mitchell Martha Steel Edward Phillips John Major William Edwards 1822 - 1823 W. Addington 1828 Ann Sodin 1835 Richard Stratton 1840 John Owen 1841 Edward Elton 1841 William Watts 1850 - 1851 Thomas A. Smith 1858 Eliza Stafford 1858 Thomas Read 1861 - 1868 William White 1872 H. Eaves 1874 J. Doughty 1878 William Keene 1878 - 1879 George Atkins 1881 Ann Atkins 1886 - 1893 C. Atkins 1894 Mrs C. Atkins 1896 T. Heath
Street plan of 1851