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Who murdered the Cat with a Fiddle?
Our intrepid reporter, adventurous to the last, braving dusty catacombs, spiders, a rat-chewed leather welly, and ghosts of the past, has uncovered a dastardly deed at the Cat and Fiddle public house in Norwich. The exact dates are not known but the deed seems to have been done somewhere around 1750, give or take a noggin of local brew. Murder no less, amongst the quiet, sedate, upright and honourable gentry of Norwich who were enjoying a relaxing evening amongst congenial company, quietly flopping about on the table with their heads banging on their glasses and trying to sing the latest ditty.
    
A murder connected with an estate ownership dispute at Heigham and Eaton between Henry Carleton, and Timothy Carleton the brother of Emma Carleton who married John Risebrow, (also known as Riseborough.) Apparantly when Emma Risebrow died in 1750 the estate should have passed to her brother Timothy but he was murdered in the Cat and Fiddle at Norwich and then buried in a field outside the city. Timothy's infant son couldn't sustain a claim to the estate therefore it passed to Jeremy Norris.
    
But, -why is there always a but?- another report states that Henry Carleton's claim is faulty. According to the manor court books the estate of John and Emma Riseborough passed to their daughter Frances who married Jeremy Norris and through them to their son Jeremy junior. There seems to be some doubt as to whether Timothy Carleton was murdered.
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