Bramhall’s Jolly Sailor
£6.00
Salusbury Pryce Humphreys was Lord of Bramall Hall in the 19th century. It’s widely believed that the Jolly Sailor pub in Davenport was named after him.He went to sea as A midshipman in 1790, at 26 was made a Captain and in 1810 came to Cheshire and married the heiress to Bramall Hall.
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