f 98 (20 March) (Crown lands in possession of Henry Polsted)
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Parochia sancti
Salvatoris in
Southwark/
| Iohannes Allen tenet ad firmam vnum Capitale Curtilagium vocatum le Beare yarde cum le Bearehouse et gardino et reddit per annum | viij li. |
| Robertus Mote tenet quatuor Messuagia cum gardinis et les wharffes et reddit per annum | iiij li. |
| Robertus Iohnson tenet vnum messuagium, Curtilagium et Gardinum et Reddit per annum | xxvj s. viij d. |
| Leonerd Willis tenet unum gardinum vocatum le Rose garden et reddit per annum cum iij s. iiij d. de precio vnius lupi ffluuialis | xxiij s. iiij d. |
| Iohannes Dauncie tenet vnum messuagium vocatum le Rose et reddit inde per annum | iiij li. |
| Firma vnius Capitalis Messaugij siue hospicij vocatum le Vnicorn inhabitatur Cum diuersis separalibus tenementibus cum gardino eidem adiacenti per annum | iiij li. xvj s. v d. |
| Thomas Warren tenet vnum Messuagium vocatum ffluddies et reddit inde per annum | xx s. |
| Thomas ffluddye tenet duo messuagia insimul iacentes Cum Gardinis et reddit per annum | xxviij s. |
| Robertus Exninge tenet vnum Messuagium et gardinum et reddit inde per annum | xx s. |
| Petrus Hunnye tenet vnum gardinum vocatum le Kinges Pike garden et reddit per annum | C s. |
| Idem tenet vnum Messuagium proximum adiacens et reddit per annum | xx s. |
xxxij li. xiiij s. v d.
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f 98 (20 March) (Crown lands in possession of Henry Polsted)
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| The parish of Saint Saviour in Southwark/ |
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| John Allen holds as tenant one principal curtilage called the Bear Yard, with the bear house and garden, and pays per year | £8 |
| Robert Mote holds four messuages with gardens and the wharfs, and pays per year | £4 |
| Robert Johnson holds one messuage, a curtilage, and garden, and pays per year | 26s 8d |
| Leonard Willis holds one garden, called the Rose Garden, and, with 3s 4d for the price of one freshwater pike, pays per year | 23s 4d |
| John Dauncie holds one messuage called the Rose, and therefore pays per year | £4 |
| Rent for one principal messuage or inn called the Unicorn inhabited by various individual tenants with a garden adjacent to the same, per year | £4 16s 5d |
| Thomas Warren holds one message called Fluddies and pays therefore per year | 20s |
| Thomas Fluddye holds two messuages lying together with gardens and pays per year | 28s |
| Robert Exninge holds one messuage and garden and pays therefore per year | 20s |
| Peter Hunnye holds one garden called the King's Pike Garden and pays per year | 100s |
| The same holds one messuage next adjacent and pays per year | 20s |
| £32 14s 5d |
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For an abstract of this record and details of its transcription in other printed sources, see the related EMLoT event.
Record title: Henry Polsted's Tenants in St Saviour's Parish
Repository:
TNA
Shelfmark: LR 2/190
Repository location: Kew
This record lists the tenants on the Crown lands leased by Henry Polsted, including Thomas Fluddie, licensed to bait bears in 1546 in the Stews in Southwark, and John Allen, yeoman of the prince's bears, in 1546; see License granted to Thomas Fluddie to Bait Bears, and License granted to John Allen to Bait Bears in Southwark.
The properties listed had been in Polsted's possession since 18 January 1538/9 when Ralph Sadler sold him the Crown lease of lands, messuages, and gardens in 'Stewesside' formerly in the possession of the Stratford atte Bowe Priory, Middlesex; see TNA: E 326/6853; E 326/12173; and 'The Priory of Stratford at Bow,' The Religious Houses of London and Middlesex, Caroline M. Barron and Matthew Davies (eds) (London, 2007), 242–6.
The volumes of LR 2, Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue and predecessors: Miscellaneous Books, Surveys and rentals, generally relate to counties, or groups of counties. LR 2/190 (Vol. 11) Edward VI–Mary relates to Surrey.
28 January 1546/7–24 July 1554; Latin; paper; ii (modern) + i + 337 + i (modern); 370mm x 275mm; archival pencil foliation in lower right corner 1–337 (followed here), sporadic original ink foliation in roman numerals on top right, another ink foliation in arabic top centre; heavily repaired and remounted throughout; rebound in 1925 in red cloth boards, gold-stamped title on spine: 'L. R. | 2 | 190.'
The National Archives (UK), ref. LR 2/190