Lease of the Little Rose Estate

single sheet (7 August)

This indenture made the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord God, one thousand six hundred and fifty, between Thomas Gosely, Edward Dawkins, Thomas Steane, John Jorden, Roger Sayer, Thomas Hull, John Pettit, Ambrose Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Hatton, Thomas Cary, Richard Nolmes, Gilbert Keene, William Wall, John Davis, John Smith, Giles Longe, and John Squire, citizens of London, parishioners of the parish of Bread Street, London, parishioners of the parish of St Mildred in Bread Street, London, and feoffees of and for the messuage and lands called the Little Rose, on the Bankside within the parish of St Saviour in the county of Surrey, belonging to the said parish of St Mildred of the gift of Thomasyn Symonds, heretofore of the same parish, widow deceased, of the one part, and John Wallington, citizen and turner of London, of the other part, witnesses that the said feoffees, with one assent, consent, and mutual agreement, for and in consideration of the sum of fifty pounds of lawful money of England, to them, of some or one of them, by their order and appointment to and for the use and behoof of the said parish of St Mildred, by the said John Wallington, at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof, well and truly paid the receipt whereof they the said feoffees do acknowledge, and thereof and of every part and parcel thereof, do clearly acquit, exonerate, and discharge the said John Wallington, his heirs, executors, and administrators, by these presents, and for diverse other good causes and considerations them hereunto moving, have demised, granted, leased, be taken and to farm let, and by these presents do demise, grant, lease, betake and to farm let unto the said John Wallington all that their said messuage or tenement commonly called or known by the name of the little Rose, heretofore erected, built, and made into diverse and several messuages or tenements; and also two gardens to the same adjoining and belonging and all and singular houses, edifices, buildings, ships, cellars, sollars, chambers, ways, passages, entries, gardens, ponds, land, soil, wharves, profits, commodities, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever thereupon erected, standing, and being, or to the said messuage or tenement and other premises now belonging, or in any wise appertaining or, to, or with the same now used or occupied, as part, parcel, or member thereof, or any part thereof. All which premises are situate, lying, and being at or near the Bankside in the parish of St Saviour in Southwark in the county of Surrey aforesaid, and containing in breadth from east to west, at the north or upper end next the river of Thames, twenty and three foot of like assize, little more or less, and the wharf all along between the Little Rose and the said river of Thames contains in breadth from north to south, thirteen feet and a half of like assize, little more or less. And the same Little Rose, with the tenements behind it, and a little yard or back way at the south end thereof, contain in length from north to south, from the upper end of the Little Rose to the ditch or common sewer at the lower end of the said tenements, fourscore and eight foot of assize, little more or less, and in breadth from east to west, at the south or lower end of the same tenements, twenty and three foot of assize, little more or less. And the garden and entry all along downwards upon the west side contain in length, from north to south, from the upper end of the said ditch or common sewer down to another ditch behind a brick wall now lately erected and certain other tenements’ parcel of the premises hereby demised, two hundred three score and eighteen feet of assize, little more or less, whereupon are erected several tenements and diverse sheds or workhouses for basketmakers. And the said garden contains in length from north to south, on the east side along by a ditch side adjoining to the lands late of Sir Richard Greenfield, knight, now in the tenure of Edward Griffin or his assigns, four score and eighteen foot of assize, little more or less. And the same garden entry and ground contain in breadth, from east to west at the south or lower end thereof next the ditch adjoining, to the common highway or lane there called Maiden Lane, between the lands now or late of Thomas Allen and Mathias Allen on the west, and the lands late of Sir Richard Greenfield on the east, one hundred and twenty and two foot of assize, little more or less, and in breadth from east to west, at the north or upper end thereof, along by a ditch, between the lands of the said Thomas Allen and Mathias Allen on the west, and the lands late of the said Sir Richard Greenfield on the east, four score and eight foot of assize, little more or less, at the lower or south end of which said ditch are two buildings erected, containing six several tenements, the said message or tenement and premises being by indenture of lease dated the last day of August, anno domini 1629, in the fifth year of the reign of our late sovereign lord, King Charles, etc, demised and granted by Jeremy Laws, Peter Hines, Jeffrey Callis, Polycarp Dawkins, Ralph Kinge, Thomas Hawes, Thomas Brightwell, Nicholas Crisp, Thomas Woodford, Peter Bridges, John Higgins, John Graygoose, Edmond Thompson, and John Box, then feoffees of and for the said lands, unto Thomas Warren, late citizen and grocer of London, deceased, for the term of forty and one years commenced from the feast day of St Michael the Archangel, which was in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and thirty, and for the yearly rent of twenty pounds of lawful money of England thereby reserved, as in and by the said recited indenture of lease now assigned unto the said John Wallington, party to these presents, relation being thereunto had more plainly and at large appears. To have and to hold the said messuage or tenement, houses, edifices, buildings, gardens, shops, cellars, sollars, wharves, and all other the premises by these presents let and demised, or mentioned, meant, or intended to be hereby let and demised, with all and singular their appurtenances unto the said John Wallington, his executors, administrators, and assigns, from the feast day of St Michael the Archangel, which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred seventy and one, unto the end and term of twenty and one years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be complete and ended, yielding and paying therefore yearly and every year during the said term of twenty and one years unto the said Thomas Gasely, Edward Dawkins, Thomas Steane, John Jorden, Roger Sayer, Thomas Hull, John Pettit, Ambrose Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Hatton, Thomas Cary, Richard Nolmes, Gilbert Keene, William Wall, John Davis, John Smith, Giles Longe, and John Squire, their heirs or assigns, the yearly rent or sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of England at four the most usual feasts or terms in the year, (videlicet) [ie, 'namely] the feasts of the birth our Lord God, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and St Michael the Archangel, by even and equal portions. And the said John Wallington for himself, his executors, administrators, and assigns, and for every of them does covenant, promise, and grant to and with the said Thomas Gasely, Edward Dawkins, Thomas Steane, John Jorden, Roger Sayer, Thomas Hull, John Pettit, Ambrose Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Hatton, Thomas Cary, Richard Nolmes, Gilbert Keene, William Wall, John Davis, John Smith, Giles Longe, and John Squire, and to and with every one of them, their heirs and assigns, by these presents, in manner and form following (that is to say), that he the said John Wallington, his executors, administrators, and assigns, or some of them, shall and will at his and their own proper costs and charges well and sufficiently uphold, support, sustain, maintain, amend, and keep the said messuage or tenement and tenements, houses, edifices, and buildings now erected, or that hereafter shall be erected upon the said premises or any part thereof, and all other the premises with the appurtenances above by these presents demised, and every part and parcel thereof, in, by, and with all manner of needful and necessary reparations and amendments whatsoever, from time to time, when and as often as need shall be or required during all the said term. And all the hedges, ditches, common sewers, wharves, banks, walls, stairs, pavements, and other fences thereunto belonging shall cause to be well and sufficiently hedged, ditched, scoured, repaired, new made, paved, cleansed, and amended from time to time, as often and when as need shall be or require during the said term. And the same demised premises, and every of them with their and every of their appurtenances, so well and sufficiently repaired, upheld, supported, sustained, maintained, hedge, ditched, scoured, repaired, new made, paved, cleansed, and amended in the end of the said term of twenty and one years, or other sooner determination or surceasing of this present demise and lease (which shall first happen), shall and will quietly leave, surrender, and yield up unto the said Thomas Gasely, Edward Dawkins, Thomas Steane, John Jorden, Roger Sayer, Thomas Hull, John Pettit, Ambrose Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Hatton, Thomas Cary, Richard Nolmes, Gilbert Keene, William Wall, John Davis, John Smith, Giles Longe, and John Squire, their heirs or assignes. And further, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Thomas Gasley, Edward Dawkins, Thomas Steane, John Jorden, Roger Sayer, Thomas Hull, John Pettit, Ambrose Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Hatton, Thomas Cary, Richard Nolmes, Gilbert Keene, William Wall, John Davis, John Smith, Giles Longe, and John Squire, their heirs and assigns, and every or any of them, with artificers or workmen in their or any of their companies or without, twice in every year, yearly, during the same term or oftener, at their or any of their liberties, wills, and pleasures, at convenient times in the daytime to enter and come into and upon the said demised premises, with the appurtenances, or any part thereof, there to view, search, and see the estate of the reparations of the same, and of all the decays or wants of needful or necessary reparations, new making, fencings, and amendments as at and upon any such view or views shall be there found, to give or leave notice, monition, or warning in writing at the said demised messuage or tenement called the Little Rose, or some part thereof, to or for the said John Wallington, his executors, administrators, or assigns, to repair, new make, fence, or amend the same within the time and space of six months next ensuing, every such notice, monition, or warning, so given or left as aforesaid, within which time and space of six months always next after every such notice, monition, or warning, he the said John Wallington for himself, his executors, administrators, and assigns, does hereby covenant and grant to and with the said feoffees, their heirs and assigns and every of them, well and sufficiently to repair, new make, or amend the said premises and every of them accordingly without fraud or longer delay. And also that neither he, the said John Wallington, nor his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall or will at any time or times during the said term hereby granted, erect or set up or procure permit, or suffer to be made, erected, or set up, upon the said demised premises or any part thereof, any playhouse or any house or building for baiting of bears or bulls, or any such like games, or permit or suffer the same or any part thereof to be used or employed, to or for any such games or exercises, without the special license, consent, and approbation of the said feoffees and all other parishioners of the said parish of St Mildred Bread Street, for the time being, or the major part of them at a vestry, to be holden in the same parish church first had and obtained in writing, for the same. Provided always and if it shall happen the said yearly rent of twenty pounds or any part thereof to be behind or unpaid, in part or in all, by the space of eight and twenty days next over and after any feast day of payment thereof abovesaid wherein the same ought to be paid (being lawfully demanded), at the street door of the said messuage or tenement called the Little Rose, or if the said decays or lacks of reparations, new making or fencing of the said demised premises or any part thereof shall not be well and sufficiently repaired, made, fenced, and amended, from time to time always within the space of six months next ensuing, every notice, monition, or warning given or left at the said demised premises according to the true intent and plain meaning of these presents, or if any place or house for bearbaiting, bullbaiting, or stage playing, or any such like games or exercises shall be erected, or set up upon the said demised premises or any part thereof during the said term, contrary to the convenant last above named for that purpose, that then and from thenceforth in all or any of these cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Thomas Gasely, Edward Dawkins, Thomas Steane, John Jorden, Roger Sayer, Thomas Hull, John Pettit, Ambrose Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Hatton, Thomas Cary, Richard Nolmes, Gilbert Keene, William Wall, John Davis, John Smith, Giles Longe, and John Squire, their heirs and assigns, or any of them, into and upon, all and singular, the said messuage, tenement, and premises, with the appurtenances above, by these presents demised, and into and upon every or any part or parcel thereof, in the name of the whole, wholly to re-enter and the same to have again, repossess, retain, and enjoy as in their or any of their former estate or estates. And the said John Wallington, his executors, administrators, and assigns, and all other occupiers of the same premises thereout and from thence utterly to expel, amove, remove, and put out, this indenture or anything herein contained, to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof the said parties to these indentures interchangeably have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.