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Bond entered into by Robert Edgore of London, mercer, in a sum of £5, with John Southwell for the keeping of covenants contained in a pair of indentures bearing date 3 June, 29 Hen. VIII.

Memorandum that Willyam Johnson in performance of a certain decree between himself, Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas Cherell , deceased, and the heirs of Richard Tubbe , paid in open court before the council to John Warcopp of Alysford , to the use of John Savage being within age, and to Mathew Warwyk, carpenter to the use of William Savage also being within age, and to Raufe Lawrence , Rychard Lawrence , John Harryes , and Johan his wife, certain sums of money. Dated the morrow after the feast of All Souls, 37 Hen. VIII. Signed by bishop Nicholas Heath and sir Nicholas Hare .

A warrant from Queen Mary to the keeper of the wardrobe for payment of certain sums of money for apparel, &c. Dated 10 April, 1 and 2 of Ph. and Mary. [Signed by the Queen.] .

A warrant from Queen Mary to sir Edward Waldegrave, knight, master of the great guarderobe, for payment of the apparel of the Queen for half a year, ended at Michaelmas. Dated 1 Oct., 2 and 3 of the reign of Ph. and Mary. [Signed by the Queen.] .

Letters patent, being a commission from Q. Elizabeth to sir Nicholas Bacon, kt., and others, commanding them to carry out the provisions of an act of parliament made 25th January last, concerning the collection of a subsidy then granted. Dated at Westminster 27th Nov., 2 Elizabeth.

Letters patent, dated at Westminster 15 January, 1 Eliz., being a special pardon granted to John Stepkyn, late of Thavis Inne, in the parish of St. Andrew in Holborn, gent. .

An acknowledgment that John Spenser, citizen and clothworker of London , has received of the right hon. the earl of Huntingdon the sum of £250. Dated 20 Nov., 15 Elizabeth.

⟨LONDON⟩ . Bond given by Thomas, lord Grey, Francis Dayrell , and Henrie Parker to Queen Elizabeth, to secure the payment of £50 for the fine for the marriage of the said right hon. Thomas, lord Grey, due to her majesties Court of Wards. Dated 15 January, 39 Queen Elizabeth.

⟨LONDON⟩ . Bond given by Thomas, lord Grey of Wilton, Francis Dayrell of Whaddon, Bucks , and Henry Parker of Woodford, Essex , of £40, to secure a payment to her Majesties receiver of the Court of Wards at the feast of All Saints, 1599, of £25, being part of a sum of £101 due for the livery of the right hon. Thomas, lord Grey of Wilton, heir of the late Arthur, lord Grey. Dated 22 Feb., 39 Q. Eliz.

⟨LONDON⟩ .Bond entered into by Thomas, lord Grey of Wilton, Francis Dayrell , and Henry Parker for the payment of £25, part of sum of £101 2s. 8d., due for the livery of the said lord Grey. Dated 22 Feb., 39 Elizabeth.

Indenture witnessing that by a certain recognizance entered into before sir Robert Catlyn, kt., the day of these presents, Francis Holte , Thomas Palmer , and John undertake to pay to Edward Worsope , 60 on the vigil of the feast of Easter, 1563, in the hall of Lincoln's Inn. Dated 8 Feb., ... Elizabeth.

Copy of the return of Wm. Dowes, vicar, and Robert Smith and William Armar , churchwardens, of Alhallowes, Barking, to the articles concerning the chantries within the parish church of Alhallowes, Barking. Dated 27 March, 2 Ed. VI.

Indenture made 31 December, 1580, by which Steven Vaughan of St. Mary, Spitell , demised to Robert Hare of London, gent., in consideration of the receipt of £100, a tenement in the precincts of St. Mary's hospital, Bishopsgate-without, for 50 years, at an annual rent of £10.

Robert Hare assigns to Michael Hare a lease granted to him by Steven Vaughan , dated 1580, of a tenement within the precincts of 31 December, St. Marie Hospitall without Bisshopesgate of London, for which the said Michael gives £220. Dated 27 January, 34 Elizabeth.

Certificate of the appointment of Robert Goodshawe , as keeper of a register of broggers, brokers, hucksters, and such like for the liberties of the duchy of Lancaster in the Strand in accordance with an act of the councell of the city of London for the prevention of the plague. 9 April, 37 Q. Elizabeth.

BOW. Indenture made 19 May, 36 Hen. VIII, by which sir William Roche, kt., alderman of London and master of the Drapers' Company, and others of that company demise to Henry Phillips, citizen and haberdasher of London , a shop in the parish of Bow, London, for 20 years, at an annual rent of 5.

Sir Thomas More of Chelsehith, kt., grants to John Clement, M.D., Henry Say, gent., and others, all the lands, tenements, &c. in the village and fields of Chelsehith, in the co. of Middlesex. Dated 25 March, 25 Hen. VIII. Signed.

HACKNEY. Memorandum of an entry on the Court Rolls of Hackney, of the 18 Queen Elizabeth, of the admission of Nicholas Turner , one of the sons and heir of Nicholas Turner deceased, to the half of a cottage or toft, with a garden adjacent, lying in Hackney.

STANWELL. Indenture made 28 September, 33 Elizabeth, by which Abraham Veale, citizen and draper of London , in consideration of the sum of £30, sells to John Butcher of Stanwell, yeoman, a messuage called 'Wyngams' in the parish of Stanwell.

Indenture by which sir John Champeneys, knyght, alderman of the city of London and master of the guild of Corpus Christi of the company of skinners of London , and others, demise to Barnard Jenyn, citizen and skinner of London , a great tenement in which the said Barnard now dwelleth, and other tenements in Watling Street in the parish of St. Antholin, for 20 years, at an annual rent of £10 7s. 8d. Dated 9 November, 1537.

Judgment of master Richard Gwent, archdeacon of London, and official of Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury , attested by George Holande, notary public, in a cause of divorce from bed and board between sir William Parre, K.G., and the lady Anne Bourchier alias Parre . Dated 9 May, 1543.

FULHAM. Elizabeth Plumbe of Fulham, widow, grants to Henry Thornton of Fulham, gent., the whole of an acre of arable land lying in a certain close called Little Newelandes, near the common called Gibbes Green in Fulham, in exchange for one other acre in a field called Great Newelandes. Dated 3 Nov., 39 Eliz.. Signed. .

ACLE. Notification from Thomas, duke of Norfolk , sir Roger Towneshend, kt., sir Wm. Paston, kt., and others, of the appointment of Austen Arneyop of Acle , a collector of contributions towards the repair of a bridge called the Weybridge by Acle market, in the co. of Norfolk. Dated 4th October, 1529.

BAYFORD. An acknowledgement from Robert Wyghtman of the receipt of five pounds from John Horrewodde . Dated 14 July, 21 Hen. VII.