1573 no. 45 was reserved by the vendors of the Swan, Thomas and Joan Hodylowe, being then described as ‘another tenement adjacent, commonly called le Cage.’
1664 Edward Spence occupant
1739 sold by Hodylowe family to sitting tenant, Robert Ellis I.
1861
John Mitchell, 64, butcher, b London
1876 property descended to one of Robert Ellis’s grand-daughter’s husband, William Stanley. Bought in 1876 from William Stanley’s great-nephew Joseph Wentworth.
1911
William Reginald Chapman, 56, butcher, b London
Eliza Reginald, 53, b Cambridge
1913
William R Chapman, butcher
When the shop ceased to be a butcher the 18th century bow window was removed to the Museum of Cambridge.
See Enid Porter: Bridge Street
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