People Property and Charity

The Clothworkers' Company 1500-1688

Billiter Lane

Roger Gardiner's Will, Book of Deeds and WillsRoger Gardiner (d.c.1520), Citizen and Fuller, bequeathed property in Billiter Lane, in the parish of All Hallows Staining to the Fullers’ Company.[1] The property comprised a ‘capital messuage’ and lands, tenements, houses, curtilages and gardens adjoining the said property.[2]  The monies generated by the property were granted entirely to the Fullers’ Company to ensure its continued prosperity. Gardiner instructed the Wardens of The Fullers’ Company to distribute 23s. 4d. annually at the obit to the parson, priest, Clerk, sexton and helpers at the obit.[3] He directed the Company to make annual payments to the Master, Wardens, Beadle and Clerk of the Company for their attendance at the obit. He stipulated that 4s. 4d. should also be given to thirteen of the most poor of the parish of St. Martin Outwich on the day of the obit.[4] The final section of his will gave specific instructions that any residue of profits should be used to repair the six tenements. If the Company failed to do so, he ordered that they must pay 40s. as a forfeit to the parson and churchwardens of the parish church.[5] These properties equated to 1-11 Billiter Square and 10-13 Billiter Street.[6] The Company received a second bequest of property at Billiter Lane from Stephen Lound (d.c.1520), Citizen and Clothworker. His will does not survive, so his precise instructions with regards to the monies generated from the properties do not survive. These properties equated to 12-14 Billiter Lane.[7]

The first reference to the Billiter Lane properties in the Company Court Orders related to the sealing of covenants for the rebuilding of houses in April 1538.[8] By September 1538, the properties seem to have been built with reference made to the payment of Mr. Delyke, a carpenter, for his work on ‘two newly built houses’ in the Lane.[9] During the early years of the Company’s management of the properties, the tenements were continuously leased at relatively low rents to Company pensioners, widows and to those who had played a role within the Company Court or administration. In January 1552, for example, Margaret Colman, a Company pensioner and widow, received a lease for the term of her widowhood at an annual rent of 5s.[10] She was already in receipt of 20s. a year from the Company for her pension.[11] In 1557, John Clerke, received a lease of two tenements in Billiter Lane for the term ‘of his life’ at a rent of 26s. 8d.[12] In March 1569, another widow, Anne Parke, received a lease of a tenement at Billiter Lane for the term of her life.[13] Under the terms of the lease she agreed to pay the accustomed rent and to keep the property ‘watertight and windtight’.[14] She also offered £5 towards house benevolence.[15]

The upkeep and repair of the properties at Billiter Lane continued to be a central concern of the Company during the sixteenth century. While rebuilding had occurred in the 1530s, more extensive surveys and repairs were undertaken again in the 1550s and 1560s. In May 1557, the Company contracted Mr. Revell, a carpenter ‘to view the old house and make a new frame’.[16] By 1561, the Billiter Lane properties were included in the annual Company survey. These surveys acknowledged much needed repairs at the property. In 1561 viewers noted that houses in Billiter Lane ‘[lacked] tylyng’.[17] In 1569, the Company viewers noted further problems at the properties, particularly in relation to the privies which were ‘purged for that they Ran over and must of necessitie be made clene’.[18]

By January 1571, the Company were planning further developments at the Billiter Lane properties. A lease to Edward Herdeson, Skinner, of a tenement, was to enable him ‘to make a gatehouse’ to a larger property on the lane.[19] The continual repair and upkeep of the properties continued to be embedded in leases of properties throughout the 1570s. In May 1573, a lease to Mr. Armer, allowed for his assignee Mr. Lucker to remain in the property, as long as he ensured the property remained ‘windtight and watertight’ and that he undertook all repairs.[20] By 1584, the Billiter Lane properties were causing concern during the annual Company survey with all the tenements described ‘as lacking tiling generally’.[21] Repairs and rebuilding at the properties in Billiter Lane continued in the 1590s and in the early seventeenth century. In 1595, Thomas Gall, a tenant at Billiter Lane requested permission ‘to pull down the chimneys and rest them’ and to ‘seal the rooms’ in his property.[22] Similarly, Arthur Harrison, Vintner, was noted as ‘digging and making the cellars and vaults under the tenements of the Company in Billiter Lane and adjoining houses’.[23]

In the seventeenth century, leases of the properties at Billiter Lane continued to be issued to either pensioners or members of the Company. As early as 1608, Joan Payne, a granddaughter of Oliver Claymond, former Master and benefactor of the Company received a grant of a tenement in Billiter Lane.[24] The grant was particularly favourable offering her ‘any tenement where fit for a poor aged woman without paying any rent during her life’.[25] In February 1612, Thomas Holte, the Beadle of the livery, was granted a lease of a tenement in Billiter Lane at an annual rent of 30s.[26] Further leases continued to be granted throughout the 1610s, to long-term tenants and their family members. In 1616, Arthur Harrison, who as listed was a Company tenant twenty years previously, made suit for a new lease of a corner tenement called ‘The Shipwreck’ on the Lane.[27]

The properties were recorded in the Treswell Survey in 1612. The survey described the properties as ranging in height from three to five storeys. The mostBilliter Lane, Treswell Survey significant property was that in the tenure of Arthur Harrison, who was described as a ‘tenant to Sir Edw: Darcy knight’.[28] His tenement comprised five storeys. The second storey held a chamber and a kitchen which measured ‘15 foote ½ and in breth 12 foot’; a third storey contaning a chamber with a chimney which was about ‘in Length 16 foote ½ & in bredth 12 foote with a Chimney’; a fourth storey with a chamber described as ‘in Length 18 foote, and in bredth 12 foote with a Chimney’ and a fifth storey comprising a ‘Garrett ouer all conteyning in length 18 foote, and in bredth 12 foote’.[29] Other Company tenements at Billiter Lane also contained significant cellars. Treswell described Widow Hallywell’s tenement, for example, as including ‘a Seller vnder the same howse conteyning in length 16 foote, and in bredth 14 foote.’ while John Dickman’s tenement comprised ‘a Seller vnder the same building cont: in length 14 foote, and in bredth 9 foote’.[30] All of the properties contained a shop to the front, and the differing heights ensured the street retained a fairly haphazard structure in 1612.[31]

There are relatively few references to the Billiter Lane properties in the Court Orders during the 1620s, 1630s and 1640s. The properties continued to be surveyed at regular intervals during these decades due to their relatively poor state. In 1630, for example, one tenant, Mr. Yardley complained to the Court ‘of an annoyance there done to him by meanes of a sink made in a tenement belonging to the company which his house adjoins’.[32] The Company responded by undertaking a survey of the property to comprehend the extent of the problem.[33] The Company’s Billiter Lane properties survived the Great Fire in 1666 and, in its aftermath, the Company attempted to redevelop many of the tenements. As early as April 1670, Edward Kinge, a bricklayer, was requesting payment for rebuilding and repair work he had completed at Billiter Lane.[34] In 1675, Mr. Chase, a Company tenant at Billiter Lane, petitioned the Court for permission to ‘allow him the charges of repairing the said house, it being very defective in many particulars’.[35] The Company acknowledged his petition and offered him a reduced rent of £1 6s. 8d. to lease the property for life should he repair the property. Another tenant, Mr. Hammond requested permission in 1683 to rebuild his property.[36]

The Company retained the Billiter Lane properties as part of their property portfolio until the twentieth century. They now form part of 1 Fen Court [formerly 120 Fenchurch Street], a new development completed in 2018.

The Billiter Lane properties were noted extensively in the Company accounts. Taken at twenty year intervals the monies accrued from the property can be noted. In 1600, the Company received a rental income of £15 4s.[40] In the same year, no money was spent on repairs to the property.[41] In 1620, the annual rental income from Billiter Lane was £16 17s. 4d., while no expenditure is recorded.[42] By 1640, the annual income from Billiter Lane had risen to c.£20 7s.[43] By 1660, the annual income was £10 19s. 4d. with expenditure reaching 9s. 5d.[44] By 1680, the Company was receiving c. £16 annually from the Billiter Lane properties.[45] No expenditure was recorded in this year.

 

Individuals associated with this property

  • Thomas Abrey, Suitor, 12-6-1593. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 129v
  • Mary Aldridge, Lease taker, 30-7-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 201v
  • Thomas Aldridge, Leaseholder, 17-7-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 200v (Two tenements, Billiter Lane)
  • Thomas Aldridge, Lease taker, 30-7-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 201v
  • John Alee, Tenant, 12-8-1589. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 92v
  • - Armer, Assignee, 3-3-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 168v
  • - Armer, Petitioner, 5-5-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 171r
  • Edward Ash, Late occupier, 23-4-1673. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 325
  • Edward Ash, Lease taker, 7-8-1644. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 97v (Adjoining to Fenchurch Street, Billiter Lane)
  • Rowland Ainsworth, Late occupier, 12-4-1643. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 79r
  • Rowland Ainsworth, Lease taker, 16-4-1634. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 146r
  • Rowland Ainsworth, Occupier, 1-3-1634. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 145r-145v
  • Rowland Ainsworth, Suitor, 1-3-1634. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 145r-145v
  • John Barker, Assignee, 14-3-1638. Document reference: CL/b/1/7/f. 113r
  • William Blage, Late occupier, 19-8-1574. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 186r
  • William Blage, Leaseholder, 1-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 191v
  • - Blore, Leaseholder, 12-11-1594. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 139v
  • - Blower, Occupier, 10-7-1598. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 181r (House and gatehouse, Billiter Lane)
  • William Bosworth, Leaseholder, 11-1-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 190r
  • Thomas Boulton, Suitor, 21-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 130v-131r
  • John Bowre, Leaseholder, 16-2-1589. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 186v
  • John Bowre, Suitor, 16-2-1589. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 186v
  • Jane Brisco, Leaseholder, 16-1-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 49r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Reginald Brisco, Late occupier, 16-1-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 49r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • - Browne, Leaseholder, 4-10-1678. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 487
  • - Browne, Petitioner, 4-10-1678. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 487
  • - Browne, Suitor, 19-11-1678. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 493 (Exchange Tavern, Billiter Lane)
  • Richard Browne, Leaseholder, 19-11-1678. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 493 (Exchange Tavern, Billiter Lane)
  • Richard Browne, Leaseholder, 21-8-1687. Document reference: CL/b/1/11/p. 122 (House at the end of Billiter Lane, on corner of Fenchurch Street)Fenchurch Street
  • Richard Browne, Suitor, 21-8-1687. Document reference: CL/b/1/11/p. 122 (House at the end of Billiter Lane, on corner of Fenchurch Street)Fenchurch Street
  • - Chase, Late occupier, 5-8-1679. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 509
  • John Chase, Leaseholder, 5-10-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 397
  • John Chase, Leaseholder, 20-1-1676. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 408
  • John Chase, Leaseholder, 8-8-1676. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 417
  • John Chase, Leaseholder, 12-11-1679. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 525
  • John Chase, Leaseholder, 7-1679. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 507
  • John Chase, Lease taker, 11-8-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 389
  • John Chase, Suitor, 14-7-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 387
  • - Christian, Suitor, 7-2-1606. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 5r
  • John Christian, Late occupier, 30-7-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 201v
  • John Christian, Suitor, 7-2-1606. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 5r
  • - Clark, Leaseholder, 16-3-1578. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 228r-228v
  • - Clark, Leaseholder, 4-4-1581. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 249r-249v
  • Anthony Clark, Leaseholder, 2-4-1576. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 201v
  • - Clarke, Late occupier, 20-11-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 176r
  • - Clarke, Leaseholder, 14-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 192r-192v
  • - Clarke, Leaseholder, 11-3-1577. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 215v-216r
  • Anthony Clarke, Leaseholder, 11-1-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 190r
  • Robert Clarke, Leaseholder, 11-2-1577. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 207r-207v
  • - Clerke, Occupier, 11-5-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 226r (Billiter Lane end)
  • John Clerke, Lease taker, 17-11-1557. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 224v
  • Richard Clerke, Late occupier, 27-9-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 218v
  • Robert Clerke, Leaseholder, 16-3-1578. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 228r-228v
  • - Colman, Occupier, 11-5-1552. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 178v
  • Margaret Colman, Leaseholder, 27-1-1552. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 176r
  • - Colson, Late occupier, 17-1-1571. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 147v (The Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • Goodlack Cott, Leaseholder, 23-3-1585. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 47r
  • Richard Cowdale, Assignee, 26-5-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 243r
  • Richard Cowdale, Assignee, 13-1-1618. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 252r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane end)
  • Richard Cowdale, Leaseholder, 16-1-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 49r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Richard Cowdale, Lease taker, 26-5-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 243r
  • Richard Cowdale, Lease taker, 13-1-1618. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 252r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane end)
  • Richard Cowdale, Suitor, 13-1-1618. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 252r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane end)
  • Richard Cowdall, Lease giver, 11-3-1618. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 255v (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane)
  • Jane Cowedale, Lease giver, 19-1-1624. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 8v ('The Shipwreck', Fenchurch Street, next Billiter Lane end)Fenchurch Street
  • Richard Cowedale, Leaseholder, 19-1-1624. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 8v ('The Shipwreck', Fenchurch Street, next Billiter Lane end)Fenchurch Street
  • Joan Crookeys, Leaseholder, 20-1-1676. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 408
  • Thomas Croskeys, Lease taker, 6-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 127v
  • Thomas Croskeys, Suitor, 6-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 127v
  • Joan Crosskeys, Lease taker, 6-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 127v
  • Cuthlock Cutts, Leaseholder, 14-6-1586. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 63v
  • - Darcie, Leaseholder, 15-1-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 185v
  • - Darcie, Suitor, 15-1-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 185v
  • Edward Darcie, Lease taker, 5-7-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 228r (Billiter lane end)
  • - Darcy, Leaseholder, 21-7-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 205r (The Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • - Darcy, Leaseholder, 1-9-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 207v
  • - Darcy, Leaseholder, 1-6-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 213v
  • - Darcy, Leaseholder, 11-5-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 226r (Billiter Lane end)
  • - Darcy, Suitor, 21-7-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 205r (The Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • Edward Darcy, Leaseholder, 27-5-1605. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 246r-246v
  • - Darcye, Occupier, 10-7-1598. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 181r (House and gatehouse, Billiter Lane)
  • - Darcye, Suitor, 10-7-1598. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 181r (House and gatehouse, Billiter Lane)
  • - Dickman, Leaseholder, 10-3-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 32v
  • - Dickman, Suitor, 10-3-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 32v
  • - Dickman, Suitor, 10-3-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 32v
  • Henry Dickman, Lease giver, 15-1-1650. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 213r
  • Henry Dickman, Lease taker, 14-4-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 35r
  • Henry Dickman, Suitor, 14-4-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 35r
  • John Dickman, Lease taker, 18-1-1608. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 20v
  • Katherine Dickman, Leaseholder, 10-7-1639. Document reference: CL/b/1/7/f. 155r
  • Katherine Dickman, Leaseholder, 13-4-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 35r
  • Katherine Dickman, Occupier, 14-4-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 35r
  • Katherine Dickman, Suitor, 10-7-1639. Document reference: CL/b/1/7/f. 155r
  • Katherine Dickman, Suitor, 13-4-1641. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 35r
  • Henry Dixon, Late occupier, 25-4-1620. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 295r (Fullers Hall, Fenchurch Street, near Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • George Dowce, Leaseholder, 4-4-1559. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 232v
  • George Dowce, Occupier, 15-3-1559. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 4r
  • William Eaton, Leaseholder, 9-3-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 169v
  • Peter Eger, Leaseholder, 12-8-1589. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 92v
  • Peter Egers, Leaseholder, 10-5-1565. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 73v
  • - Evans, Late occupier, 24-4-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 188v (Corner tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • - Evans, Leaseholder, 20-3-1566. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 87r
  • - Evans, Leaseholder, 6-4-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 38r
  • William Evison, Leaseholder, 29-3-1574. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 180v-181r
  • - Evyson, Leaseholder, 4-4-1581. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 249r-249v
  • - Finch, Late occupier, 19-1-1607. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 14v
  • - Finch, Leaseholder, 17-11-1606. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 18r
  • - Finch, Occupier, 27-9-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 218v
  • - Finch, Occupier, 18-1-1608. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 20v
  • John Finch, Late occupier, 13-2-1605. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f.241v
  • John Finch, Leaseholder, 24-4-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 188v
  • John Finch, Leaseholder, 27-5-1605. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 246r-246v
  • John Fishe, Late occupier, 28-8-1604. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 234r
  • - Flexe, Late occupier, 27-1-1552. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 176r
  • - Fynche, Late occupier, 20-11-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 176r
  • - Fynche, Leaseholder, 10-5-1565. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 73v
  • - Fynche, Leaseholder, 14-3-1585. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 58v-59r
  • John Fynche, Leaseholder, 14-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 192r-192v
  • John Fynche, Leaseholder, 14-6-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 195v
  • John Fyssher, Leaseholder, 10-5-1565. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 73v
  • - Gall, Late occupier, 27-1-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 235r
  • Edward Gall, Lease taker, 5-12-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 208v
  • Edward Gall, Leaseholder, 17-7-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 200v (Two tenements, Billiter Lane)
  • Helen Gall, Lease taker, 5-12-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 208v
  • Thomas Gall, Late occupier, 5-12-1615. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 208v
  • Thomas Gall, Leaseholder, 13-7-1595. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 145v
  • Thomas Gall, Lease taker, 26-5-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 39r
  • Thomas Gall, Lease taker, 18-6-1588. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 83r
  • Thomas Gall, Lease taker, no date. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 83r
  • Thomas Gall, Suitor, 3-5-1588. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 82v
  • George Gerlinge, Suitor, 15-4-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 139v
  • - Girling, Leaseholder, 9-10-1664. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 267r
  • - Girling, Leaseholder, 13-6-1666. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 16
  • Georg Girling, Petitioner, 6-3-1666. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 313v
  • George Girling, Late occupier, 19-3-1669. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 174
  • George Girling, Lease taker, 8-7-1656. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 77v
  • George Girling, Lease taker, 6-3-1666. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 313v
  • George Girling, Suitor, 8-7-1656. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 77v
  • Mary Girling, Late occupier, 6-3-1666. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 313v
  • George Girlinge, Lease taker, 21-10-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 153r
  • George Girlinge, Suitor, 21-10-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 153r
  • George Girlinge, Suitor, 11-6-1656. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 76v
  • - Godfrey, Late occupier, 26-5-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 39r
  • - Godfrey, Leaseholder, 11-3-1577. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 215v-216r
  • - Godfrey, Occupier, 19-8-1574. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 186r
  • - Godfrey, Occupier, 1-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 191v
  • - Gravyson, Leaseholder, 8-4-1562. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 30v-31v
  • - Gravyson, Leaseholder, 20-3-1564. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 61v-62r
  • - Gravyson, Leaseholder, 3-3-1569. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 128r-128v
  • William Gravyson, Leaseholder, 23-3-1563. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 48v-49r
  • William Gravysons, Leaseholder, 28-4-1561. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 18r-18v
  • - Grinkin, Lease taker, 28-8-1604. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 234r
  • John Grinkin, Lease taker, 24-11-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 221 (Billiter Lane end)
  • - Grnkyn, Late occupier, 11-2-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 237r (Corner tenement, The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane, including the vault and cellar underneath)
  • - Grnkyn, Late occupier, 11-2-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 237r (A small tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • - Grynkin, Late occupier, 16-12-1616. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 231v-232r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane)
  • Christian Hadley, Leaseholder, 23-7-1673. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 331
  • Christian Hadley, Lease taker, 14-8-1673. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 333
  • Miles Hadley, Occupier, 5-3-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 107v-108r
  • Miles Hadley, Suitor, 5-3-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 107v-108r
  • Myles Hadley, Leaseholder, 15-7-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 117v-118r
  • Anne Haiborne, Lease taker, 26-5-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 39r
  • Peter Hailborne, Lease taker, 26-5-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 39r
  • - Halliwell, Late occupier, 21-1-1623. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 261v
  • - Halliwell, Occupier, 9-11-1619. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 288r
  • - Halliwell, Occupier, 18-2-1612. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 104r
  • Margery Halsall, Late occupier, 6-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 127v
  • - Hammond, Leaseholder, 4-4-1683. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 630
  • - Hammond, Leaseholder, 4-7-1683. Document reference: CL/b/1/11/p. 3
  • - Hammond, Suitor, 4-7-1683. Document reference: CL/b/1/11/p. 3
  • William Hammond, Leaseholder, 16-7-1622. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 156r
  • William Hammond, Suitor, 20-4-1670. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 229
  • William Hammond, Suitor, 4-5-1670. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 233
  • Elizabeth Hamond, Lease giver, 14-3-1638. Document reference: CL/b/1/7/f. 113r
  • William Hamond, Late occupier, 14-3-1638. Document reference: CL/b/1/7/f. 113r
  • William Hamond, Lease taker, 17-4-1621. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 238v
  • William Hamond, Lease taker, 19-1-1625. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 23r
  • William Hamond, Lease taker, 30-11-1625. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 32v
  • William Hamond, Lease taker, 22-3-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 36v
  • Margaret Harris, Lease giver, 12-4-1643. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 79r
  • - Harrison, Lease taker, 27-9-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 218v
  • Anthony Harrison, Lease taker, 24-4-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 188v (Corner tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • Anthony Harrison, Suitor, 24-4-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 188v (Corner tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • Anthony Harrison, Suitor, 24-4-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 188v
  • Arthur Harrison, Lease giver, 26-5-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 243r
  • Arthur Harrison, Lease giver, 13-1-1618. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 252r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane end)
  • Arthur Harrison, Leaseholder, 22-9-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 208v
  • Arthur Harrison, Leaseholder, 20-1-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 211r
  • Arthur Harrison, Leaseholder, 1-6-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 213v
  • Arthur Harrison, Leaseholder, 16-12-1616. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 231v-232r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane)
  • Arthur Harrison, Leaseholder, 16-4-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 54v (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, on the corner of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Arthur Harrison, Leaseholder, 23-7-1628. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 74v-75r (The Shipwrack, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Arthur Harrison, Lease taker, 13-2-1605. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f.241v
  • Arthur Harrison, Lease taker, 11-2-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 237r (Corner tenement, The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane, including the vault and cellar underneath)
  • Arthur Harrison, Lease taker, 11-2-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 237r (A small tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • Arthur Harrison, Occupier, 26-2-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 51r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Arthur Harrison, Suitor, 16-12-1616. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 231v-232r (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane)
  • Arthur Harrison, Suitor, 26-5-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 243r
  • - Hatton, Leaseholder, 28-11-1681. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 594
  • - Hawkin, Leaseholder, 13-7-1688. Document reference: CL/b/1/11/p. 169
  • Thomas Hawkins, Lease taker, 10-1-1679. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 496
  • Thomas Hawkins, Suitor, 5-8-1679. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 509
  • John Hayward, Suitor, 16-2-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 186v
  • John Hayward, Suitor, 12-2-1591. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 101r
  • Stephen Heath, Assignee, 6-8-1667. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 64
  • Stephen Heath, Lease taker, 6-8-1667. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 64
  • - Hendleyes, Leaseholder, 16-3-1578. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 228r-228v
  • Rauffe Henley, Leaseholder, 29-3-1574. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 180v-181r
  • - Henley, Late occupier, 12-2-1591. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 101r
  • - Henley, Occupier, 5-7-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 228r (Billiter Lane end)
  • - Henley, Occupier, 1-7-1650. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f.
  • Raffe Henley, Leaseholder, 10-5-1565. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 73v
  • - Henly, Late occupier, 2-6-1607. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 8r (The Borrie, Billiter lane)
  • Edward Herdeson, Lease taker, 17-1-1571. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 147v (The Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • - Herdson, Leaseholder, 29-3-1574. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 180v-181r
  • - Herdson, Leaseholder, 14-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 192r-192v
  • - Herdson, Leaseholder, 2-4-1576. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 201v
  • - Herdson, Leaseholder, 11-2-1577. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 207r-207v
  • - Herdson, Leaseholder, 16-3-1578. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 228r-228v
  • Thomas Heron, Suitor, 6-4-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 38r
  • Richard Hollywell, Leaseholder, 22-3-1585. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 45v-47r
  • Richard Hollywell, Lease taker, 12-12-1581. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 6v
  • Richard Hollywell, Lease taker, 13-3-1582. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 10v
  • Richard Hollywell, Occupier, 26-5-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 39r
  • - Holt, Assignee, 18-1-1608. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 20v
  • Thomas Holt, Lease taker, 9-11-1619. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 288r
  • Benjamin Holte, Leaseholder, 24-11-1624. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 22r
  • Thomas Holte, Assignee, 27-1-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 235r
  • Thomas Holte, Leaseholder, 1-3-1634. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 145r-145v
  • Thomas Holte, Lease taker, 17-11-1606. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 18r
  • Thomas Holte, Lease taker, 18-2-1612. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 104r
  • Thomas Holte, Lease taker, 27-1-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 235r
  • Thomas Holte, Lease taker, 21-1-1623. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 261v
  • Thomas Holte, Lease taker, 26-1-1623. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 262v
  • - Hughes, Occupier, 15-1-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 185v
  • - Hughes, Occupier, 1-9-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 207v
  • Richard Hughes, Lease taker, 30-7-1595. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 146r
  • Richard Hughes, Suitor, 15-10-1595. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 147v
  • - Iveson, Leaseholder, 2-4-1576. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 201v
  • - Iveson, Leaseholder, 22-3-1585. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 45v-47r
  • - Iveson, Leaseholder, 30-6-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 216r
  • William Iveson, Leaseholder, 14-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 192r-192v
  • John Jacob, Lease giver, 7-8-1644. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 97v (Adjoining to Fenchurch Street, Billiter Lane)
  • John Jacob, Leaseholder, 10-7-1634. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 149r
  • John Jacob, Leaseholder, 3-12-1634. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 152v-153r
  • John Jacobs, Leaseholder, 1-3-1637. Document reference: CL/b/1/7/f. 94v-95v
  • Thomas Jaslinge, Occupier, 16-1-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 49r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • John Jennings, Late occupier, 20-2-1621. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 237r (Fenchurch Street, near Billiter Lane end)Fenchurch Street
  • - Johnson, Assignee, 15-1-1650. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 213r
  • - Johnson, Lease giver, 27-1-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 235r
  • Barbara Johnson, Lease giver, 6-3-1666. Document reference: CL/b/1/9/f. 313v
  • Ellen Johnson, Lease giver, 27-1-1617. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 235r
  • Agnes Jourden, Assignee, 4-12-1577. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 213v
  • - Kenrick, Leaseholder, 22-9-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 208v
  • - Kenrick, Occupier, 3-7-1612. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 114r
  • - Kentick, Leaseholder, 27-5-1605. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 246r-246v
  • Judith King, Leaseholder, 15-10-1644. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 100v
  • Judith King, Lease taker, 15-10-1644. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 100v
  • Judith King, Occupier, 15-7-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 117v-118r
  • Judith King, Late occupier, 5-3-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 107v-108r
  • - Lee, Late occupier, 7-2-1606. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 5r
  • Richard Lee, Assignee, 19-1-1624. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 8v ('The Shipwreck', Fenchurch Street, next Billiter Lane end)Fenchurch Street
  • Richard Lee, Occupier, 16-1-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 49r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Marion Lucker, Leaseholder, 5-5-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 171r
  • Marion Lucker, Occupier, 5-5-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 171r
  • - Mannering, Late occupier, 5-7-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 228r (Billiter lane end)
  • - Mannering, Late occupier, 2-6-1607. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 8r (The Borrie, Billiter lane)
  • - Mannering, Occupier, 24-11-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 221v (Billiter Lane end)
  • - Mannering, Occupier, 5-7-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 228r (Billiter Lane end)
  • - Mannering, Occupier, 1-7-1650. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f.
  • - Mercer, Leaseholder, 20-3-1564. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 61v-62r
  • - Mugge, Leaseholder, 22-3-1585. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 45v-47r
  • Robert Mugge, Late occupier, 13-3-1582. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 10v
  • John Munday, Assignee, 1-3-1575. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 191v
  • name missing, Petitioner, 16-3-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 139v
  • Thomas Ormeston, Lease taker, 27-12-1557. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 225v (Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • John Ormkins, Leaseholder, 9-3-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 169v
  • - Pardoe, Leaseholder, 21-5-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 379
  • - Pardoe, Suitor, 15-3-1649. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 201r
  • Richard Pardoe, Lease giver, 6-8-1667. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 64
  • Robert Pardoe, Late occupier, 8-5-1674. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 355
  • Robert Pardoe, Late occupier, 14-7-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 387
  • Robert Pardoe, Late occupier, 11-8-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 389
  • Robert Pardoe, Leaseholder, 8-7-1668. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 117
  • Robert Pardoe, Leaseholder, 14-4-1675. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 375
  • Robert Pardoe, Suitor, 15-3-1649. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 201r
  • Anne Parke, Lease taker, 15-3-1569. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 129v
  • Joan Payne, Assignee, 5-4-1608. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 21r
  • - Phillips, Petitioner, 20-11-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 176r
  • Howell Phillips, Occupier, 26-4-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 142v
  • Howell Phillips, Disputer, 14-4-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 140v-141r
  • Howell Phillips, Late occupier, 17-4-1621. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 238v
  • Howell Phillips, Suitor, 16-3-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 139v
  • - Pinis, Lease giver, 19-3-1669. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 174
  • Robert Reynolds, Assignee, 7-12-1649. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 212r
  • - Robinson, Late occupier, 3-5-1588. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 82v
  • - Robinson, Late occupier, no date. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 83r
  • John Robotham, Late occupier, 21-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 130v-131r
  • John Robothom, Late occupier, 15-4-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 139v
  • John Robothom, Late occupier, 21-10-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 153r
  • John Robothom, Lease giver, 12-9-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 60v
  • John Robothom, Leaseholder, 17-7-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 59v
  • John Robothom, Lease taker, 12-9-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 60v
  • Michael Robothom, Lease taker, 8-4-1622. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 253v
  • Michael Robothom, Lease taker, 6-5-1623. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 267r
  • Richard Robothom, Late occupier, 12-9-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 60v
  • Richard Robothom, Leaseholder, 17-7-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 59v
  • Richard Robothom, Lease taker, 17-4-1621. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 238v
  • Richard Robothom, Lease taker, 12-9-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 60v
  • - Robison, Leaseholder, 22-3-1585. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 45v-47r
  • John Rose, Lease taker, 22-6-1591. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 107r
  • Robert Sampkin, Assignee, 29-7-1614. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 176r (A small tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • John Scope, Late occupier, 14-11-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 63v
  • Davy Seymer, Late occupier, 27-12-1557. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 225v (Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • Mary Seymer, Lease giver, 18-1-1558. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 225v (Great House, Billiter Lane)Billter Lane
  • - Slade, Lease taker, 24-11-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 221v (Billiter Lane end)
  • Robert Slade, Lease taker, 5-7-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 228r (Billiter lane end)
  • Robert Slade, Lease taker, 5-7-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 228r (Billiter Lane end)
  • - Smith, Late occupier, 19-1-1607. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 14v
  • - Smith, Late occupier, 6-5-1623. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 267r
  • - Smith, Occupier, 29-7-1614. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 176r (A small tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • - Smith, Occupier, 8-4-1622. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 253v
  • Thomas Smith, Late occupier, 20-4-1670. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 229
  • Thomas Smith, Lease giver, 7-12-1649. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 212r
  • Thomas Smith, Suitor, 21-10-1645. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 130v-131r
  • Thomas Smith, Suitor, 15-4-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 138r
  • Thomas Smith, Suitor, 28-4-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 140v
  • William Smith, Late occupier, 29-7-1614. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 176r (A small tenement, Billiter Lane)
  • William Smith, Late occupier, 8-4-1622. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 253v
  • Thomas Smyth, Lease taker, 8-7-1646. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 143v
  • William Smyth, Assignee, 2-6-1607. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 8r (The Borrie, Billiter lane)
  • William Somers, Lease taker, 30-7-1580. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 243r
  • John Spencer, Petitioner, 18-1-1608. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 20v
  • John Stacey, Lease taker, 19-3-1669. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 174
  • - Stracey, Leaseholder, 6-10-1676. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 426
  • John Stracey, Suitor, 25-4-1677. Document reference: CL/b/1/10/p. 444
  • George Strounde, Lease taker, 25-4-1620. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 295r (Fullers Hall, Fenchurch Street, near Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • William Sythe, Assignee, 30-6-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 216r
  • John Taylor, Occupier, 14-6-1586. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 63v
  • John Tether, Suitor, 14-10-1572. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 164r
  • Phillip Travers, Lease taker, 23-7-1628. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 74v-75r (The Shipwrack, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Phillip Travers, Lease taker, 11-3-1618. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 255v (The Shipwreck, Billiter Lane)
  • Phillip Travers, Lease taker, 16-1-1626. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 49r (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, at the end of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Phillip Travis, Occupier, 16-4-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 54v (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, on the corner of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • Phillip Travis, Suitor, 16-4-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 54v (The Shipwreck, Fenchurch Street, on the corner of Billiter Lane)Fenchurch Street
  • - Trott, Assignee, 3-7-1612. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 114r
  • - Walsingham, Suitor, 6-4-1584. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 38r
  • - Warelton, Occupier, 15-10-1595. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 147v
  • - Warleton, Leaseholder, 22-4-1583. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 24r-24v
  • - Watts, Petitioner, 24-11-1602. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 221v (Billiter Lane end)
  • John Watts, Petitioner, 18-1-1608. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 20v
  • - Wharleton, Occupier, 15-1-1599. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 185v
  • - Wharleton, Occupier, 21-7-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 205r (The Great House, Billiter Lane)
  • - Wharleton, Occupier, 1-9-1601. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 207v
  • - Wharleton, Occupier, 11-5-1603. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 226r (Billiter Lane end)
  • George Wharleton, Lease taker, 5-5-1573. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 171r
  • William Wheatley, Lease taker, 20-2-1621. Document reference: CL/b/1/4/f. 237r (Fenchurch Street, near Billiter Lane end)Fenchurch Street
  • - Wilson, Petitioner, 7-8-1644. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 97v (Adjoining to Fenchurch Street, Billiter Lane)
  • Bryan Wilson, Leaseholder, 16-3-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 139v
  • Bryan Wilson, Leaseholder, 14-4-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 140v-141r
  • Bryan Wilson, Leaseholder, 26-4-1613. Document reference: CL/b/1/5/f. 142v
  • - Wolley, Leaseholder, 2-6-1586. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 62r (End of Billiter Lane, Fenchurch Street)Fenchurch Street
  • - Wolley, Leaseholder, 28-11-1586. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 68v
  • - Wolley, Lease taker, 20-6-1587. Document reference: CL/b/1/3/f. 74r (The gatehouse, Billiter Lane)
  • - Willis, Leaseholder, 30-7-1560. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 14r
  • - Willis, Leaseholder, 20-3-1564. Document reference: CL/b/1/2/f. 61v-62r
  • Richard Willis, Lease taker, 22-6-1558. Document reference: CL/b/1/1/f. 227v (Great Place,Billiter Lane)
  • - Yardley, Leaseholder, 14-11-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 63v
  • Elizabeth Yardley, Occupier, 15-3-1649. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 201r
  • Elizabeth Yardley, Tenant, 15-3-1649. Document reference: CL/b/1/8/f. 201r
  • William Yardley, Leaseholder, 4-8-1630. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 102r
  • William Yardley, Lease taker, 14-11-1627. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 63v
  • William Yardley, Lease taker, 9-4-1628. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 70r
  • William Yardley, Lease taker, 2-7-1628. Document reference: CL/b/1/6/f. 72r

[1] The Clothworkers’ Company Archive (hereafter CCA), Clerk's Records, CL/7/1/3/1/18 and CCA, Clerk's Records, CL//F/1/3/1/19, Will of Roger Gardiner

[2] CCA, Clerk's Records, CL/7/1/3/1/18, Will of Roger Gardiner

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid.

[6] A. Buchanan, ‘The Sources of the Wealth of The Clothworkers’ Company’, unpublished paper.

[7] Ibid.

[8] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/1, f. 28r, Rebuilding of houses at Billiter Lane, 16 April 1538.

[9] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/1, f. 37r, Payment to Mr. Delyke, 18 September 1538.

[10] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/1, f. 176r, Lease to Mrs. Colman, 27 January 1552,

[11] Ibid.

[12] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/1, f. 224v, Lease to John Clerke, 17 November 1557.

[13] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/2, f. 129v, Lease to Anne Parke, 15 March 1569.

[14] Ibid.

[15] Ibid.

[16] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/1, f. 220v, Mr. Revell contracted to make a new frame at Billiter Lane, 4 May 1557.

[17] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/2, ff 18r-18v, Company survey of Billiter Lane, 28 April 1561.

[18] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/2, f. 102v, Company survey of Billiter Lane, 8 March 1567.

[19] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/2, f. 147v, Lease to Edward Herdeson, 17 January 1571.

[20] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/2, f. 171r, Lease to Mr. Armer, 5 May 1573.

[21] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/3, f. 36r, Survey at Billiter Lane, 23 March 1584.

[22] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/3, f. 145v, Repairs to property by Thomas Gall, 13 July 1595.

[23] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/3, f. 211r, Arthur Harrison repairing the cellars and vaults at Billiter lane, 10 January 1602.

[24] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/5, f. 21r, Grant to Joan Payne, 5 April 1608.

[25] Ibid.

[26] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/5, f. 104r, Lease to Thomas Holte, 18 February 1612. 

[27] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/5, ff 231v-232r, Suit for a lease by Arthur Harrison, 16 December 1616.

[28] CCA, Treswell Survey, 1612.

[29] Ibid.

[30] Ibid.

[31] The Billiter Lane properties have recently been discussed as part of the ‘Map of early modern London’ resource, available at http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BILL3.htm.

[32] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/6, f. 102r, Survey at Billiter Lane, 4 August 1630.

[33] Ibid.

[34] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/10, p. 231, Request for payment by Edward King, 20 April 1670.

[35] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/10, p. 389, Petition by Mr. Chase, 11 August 1675.

[36] CCA, Court Orders, CL/B/1/10, p. 630, Petition by Mr. Hammond, 4 April 1683.

[37] A. Buchanan, ‘The Sources of the Wealth of The Clothworkers’ Company’, unpublished paper.

[38] Ibid.

[39] Ibid.

[40] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts, CL/D/5/4, Section 6, The Renter Warden accounts of Anthony Fawlkes, 1600, f. 1v.

[41] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts, CL/D/5/4, Section 6, The Renter Warden accounts of Anthony Fawlkes, 1600, f. 7r.

[42] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts, CL/D/5/5, Section 16, The Renter Warden accounts of Daniel Hall, 1620, f. 3r.

[43] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts, CL/D/5/8, Section 4, The Renter Warden accounts of William Harris, 1640, f. 2r. The  income figures cannot be accurately calculated due to damage to the originals.

[44] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts, CL/D/5/10, The Renter Warden accounts of Dennis Gawden, 1660, f. 2 and f. 26.

[45] CCA, Renter Warden Accounts, CL/D/5/12, The Renter Warden accounts of Robert Stevenson, 1680, f. 2.