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ECR 16 W 002

Reference code

ECR 16 W 002

Title

Westminster, London: Indenture of lease of tenements

Level

Item

Date

20 September 1557

Content description

Indenture of lease by master Henry Cole, Provost, and the College of Eton, to John Skynner, of Westminster, servant of the Queen, of four tenements lying on the high road in Westminster between a tenement once of the Abbot of Westminster called le Swanne in which William Milles formerly dwelt, on the north, and another tenement once of the said Abbot and in the tenure of Robert Skydlynge on the south. To hold for 60 years from the end of a lease to Robert Aldridge, Provost, of 1 August 1536, for 32 years to Thomas Brightman, valet. Rent £4 13s 4d.
Signature of lessee.
Seal, round 15mm, red wax, on doubled tag. An acorn between leaves.
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