Mullins Coffee Shop

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About Mullins House… Mullins House takes its name from former Dorking resident, William Mullins, a local shoemaker and Pilgrim Father, who travelled to America on the Mayflower in 1620. The building dates from between 1568 and 1610 and is the only example of a Pilgrim Father’s home still in existence. Mullins was born in Dorking in 1572 to parents John and Joan and it seems became a prominent member of the local community, not only running a successful shoe making business but being elected as tithingman for the Eastborough neighbourhood of Dorking, effectively acting as a spokesman for a group of ten families in the area. William Mullins purchased Mullins House on 28th December 1612 with a very large mortgage of 23 shillings a year. However, he did not settle there for long and only 7 years later, he had sold his property to local leather dresser Ephraim Bothell for a sum of £280, in preparation for his journey to America. It is not certain what prompted Mullins, at nearly 50 years old, to decide to make the perilous journey overseas. His business was seemingly a successful one as he made one of the larger investments in the Adventurers’ company. Like many of the other Pilgrim Fathers travelling from England the decision could, therefore have been prompted by a desire for profit and expansion in the New World. Although he was not a religious separatist like those travelling on the Mayflower from Holland, there is also evidence to suggest that Mullins was called before the...