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The Royal Standard of England
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The Royal Standard of England in Forty Green claims to have evolved from an Anglo-Saxon alehouse. The pub sits in a quiet backwater that was settled by Saxons granted lands after serving in the Roman Legions. Saxons were great ale drinkers. The Roman Emperor Julian (331-363) called them "sons of malt" Julian_the_Apostate With the later Danish invasions the word "ale" came into the English language from the Danish "öl" and the English drank ale as their everyday beverage. The ale-wife or brewer's domestic dwelling became the local alehouse (eala-hus). The alehouse became a meeting place for the cottagers in the hamlet to settle local disputes or arrange mutual work within the community or strip farming. By common law a man could keep an alehouse without a license and for over a thousand years the pub managed to survive closure from the local parish authorities, the King's laws or Parliamentary Acts over the centuries until finally getting a license in 1839. All of whom existed after the alehouse was there. The Royal Standard of England won Best Sunday Lunch of the Year 2007 in the National Publican Food Awards and Pub Food Champion of the Year 2007 The Pub also won Best Food Pub in the Chiltern District 2006-2007 See Also
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