Excerpt from Two Sussex Archaeologists: William Durrant Cooper F. S. An. And Mark Antony Lower, M.A. F. S. A

After the 1812 contest Mr. William Cooper, incensed at the conduct of all the butchers of the town, who, like all the lawyers of the town, except himself, voted against his chosen candidate, hit upon the novel vengeance of opening an opposition butcher's shop in Saint Anne's, painting over it, in conspicuous letters, william cooper, butcher, and under-sold the blue-aproned trade in their own commodities, at the rate of one penny per pound - a consideration in those dear days - until they capitulated, and, as the story goes, promised to support his candidate at the next election, a pact which, if entered into, can hardly have been adhered to, as we see above that Mr. Scarlett found at that next election the majority against him had increased from nine to nineteen. Possibly, Mr. William Cooper having died in 1813, the butchers afore said deemed themselves released by his death from the performance of their forced promise.

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