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Reference NumberP/COA/1/3/1
Alternative Reference NumberTH/2704
LevelFile
TitleTwo messuages and gardens in Whitechapel: feoffment and final concord (two copies)
Date(s)1604
DescriptionFeoffment:
(1) Anthony Skynner of London, haberdasher, and Judith, his wife
to (2) William Meggs of London, draper

The property was formerly occupied by Anthony Skynner of London deceased, tallow chandler, father of (1), and now by (1), Thomas Wells and Tobie Beane. Relates its purchase by (1) (together with his late father and Hugh Browker esq, protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, John Jolles, draper of London, and Elizabeth Emerson, widow) from George Pease of Stratford-at-Bow, yeoman, cousin and next heir of Joan Pease deceased (herself the daughter of William Pease late of Walthamstow, yeoman), and Andrew Har___ of Fobbing, Essex, yeoman, and Alice his wife (daughter of William Pease and his wife Margaret).
Consideration: £250.
Recites a lease of 30 June 1603 from (1) to Thomas Wells, merchant tailor of London, of one messuage for 21 years at £13 p.a.
On dorse, signatures of witnesses John Mayle, Thomas Smythe, George Rogers

Final concord (2 copies): two messuages, two gardens and two orchards in Whitechapel, from (2) to (1), for £100.
(1) William Meggs, plaintiff
(2) Anthony Skynner and Judith his wife, deforciants
Extent3 documents
PhysicalDescriptionPreviously damaged and very fragile. Conserved and flattened 2016, now fit for production
Access StatusOpen
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