In late January, 1746, three gentlemen were arrested and taken to Hastings, accused of trying to obtain a boat at Hooe with the intention of taking several people, thought to be possible Jacobites, to France. The group fleeing the country included a Lady Byshoppe and her family.
One of the three accused was a James Byshoppe, the husband of Lady Byshoppe and one of the sons of Sir Cecil Byshoppe.
The witnesses included a James Blackman, identified as coming from Hooe and being the innkeeper of the 'Two Running Horses'.
I give this snippet of information purely out of interest because I still have to trace the inn, but this report is, unfortunately, the only place where I have ever seen it mentioned.
Did Hooe, at one time, have a third inn or was this, perhaps, an earlier name for to-day's Lamb pub? It couldn't have been the 'Red Lion' because this inn was well-known at that time, especially for its connection with smuggling - and better known, obviously, than the 'Two Running Horses'!
This is something that I will come back to in the future, but, if anyone has any further information, I would be pleased to hear from them.
[Steven Newport Too fascinating to pass over. The original source material for this appear to be held by the East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), document reference SAY/87, entitled 'Draft Summary Evidence'. It is dated 22 and 28 Jan 1746.]