London. Conveyance of a shop in Eastcheap
Reference code
MSS/0586
Title
London. Conveyance of a shop in Eastcheap
Date
31 Aug. 1549
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Vellum.
Scope and content
Conveyance by Henry Codenham of London, gent., and William Pendred, citizen and founder of London, to John Hunter, citizen and butcher, of a shop, etc., in the parish of St Leonard, Eastcheap (previously an endowment of a chantry in St Mary at Hill church) Text refers to an Act of 1 Edw. VI for the dissolving of chantries. With penwork initial. Signatures and seals of the grantors (that of William Pendred with merchant's mark). Endorsed with a memorandum, 13 Sept. 1549, relating to taking of seisin, and a separate note 'for St Leonard in Estcheap from the Crown'.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/586
Archival history
Possibly incorporated from the papers of the Rev. John Brand, rector of St Mary at Hill.
Language
Latin