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ECR 16 WB 009

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ECR 16 WB 009

Title

White Bear, Cheapside, London: Indenture of lease of tenements

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Item

Date

15 October 1641

Content description

Indenture of lease, by the Provost and College to Sir Thomas Stanley, of Laytonstone, co. Essex, knight of four houses and tenements with all shops cellars and warehouses in the parishes of St Mary Magdalene in Milk Street and All Hallows in Bread Street in the city of London, that is to say both the houses called the White Bear and the White Hart. From Michaelmas last for 40 years. Rent £13 6s 8d. The said lessee or his lessees to dwell in and upon the premises with their family and household and especially upon the tenement called the White Beare.
Witnesses: John Hunt, Thomas Kyrke, Thomas Sayer, registrar.
Signature of lessee.
Seal, round, 13mm, red wax, on doubled tag. A bird.
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