At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held in June 1875, the license for the Hermit, Elm Street, was transferred from Amelia Grainger to William Hucks Webster. Ipswich Journal, June 1875**

To the overseers of the poor of the parish of St Mary Elms, and to the superintendent of the police: I, William Hucks Webster, of Elm Street, beer retailer, do hereby give notice of my intention to apply at the next licensing meeting for a certificate under the ‘Wine and Beer Act, 1869,’ authorizing the grant to me of a license to sell by retail wine to be consumed on the premises at a house in Elm Street, Ipswich, called the Hermit, of which George Eveleigh Ellis is the owner, and now occupied and kept by me for the retail sale of beer to be consumed on the premises…