To be lett, a very good House, formerly called the Black Swan, near the Stepptes in St Clements Parish, Ipswich with seven lower Rooms, six Chambers, besides Corn Chambers, Brew Office and a very good Backhouse, with good Cellaring, Yards and Stables, fit for an Innkeeper, or a Baker, having a good Oven at the end of the said House, or into private Tenements. Enquire of Mrs Sharpe at the above said House.Ipswich Journal, January 31st 1730***

To be lett at Midsummer next, a Well accustomed Inn, known by the name of the Black Swan at the Staples in Ipswich, with good Stables, Yards, Gardens and a dry Ten-Pin Ground and all convenient Out-Houses…