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Certificate of George, duke of Albemarle, appointing captain John Downing his majesties game keeper for London and Westminster and 10 miles beyond the said cities; also the appointment by the said captain John Downing of captain John Hart as his deputy. Dated and signed by 'Albemarle' 1666, and the appointment of Hart dated and signed 20 Nov. 28 March, 1667.

Writ from King Charles II granting to sir John Champante, kt., receiver-general for Ireland, freedom from arrest. Signed by John Bysse, esq., chief baron of the Exchequer at the King's court, Dublin, 24 May, 31 Chas. II.

Certificate of the appointment of William Swan of the city of London, gent., to collect the revenue or duty of fire-hearths and stoves in the cities of London and Westminster, and the counties of Middlesex, Sussex, Surrey, Kent, and Hartford. Dated 8 October, 36 Chas. II. Prited form. [Signed and sealed by the commissioners.] .

Letter of thanks from the heralds, &c. of the College of Arms, London, to sir Thomas Mainwaring of Peover, in the co. palatine of Chester, bart., for collecting subscriptions for building the College of Arms, destroyed in the late fire. Dated 20 January, 1676.

Certificate of the entry of the name of Gabriel Wood(?) of Scotland on the act books of the College of Arms, to whom K. Charles II, 28 Jan., 1669, had granted a baronetcy. Dated 29 Chas. II, 25 October, 1677.

Certificate of the appointment of Hildebrand Alington, esq., as captain of a regiment of foot in the regiment whereof Wm., lord Alington, is colonel. Dated 17 Feb. 1677/8. [Signed by the King.] .

Promulgation by James, duke of York and Albany, &c., lord high admiral, of the sentence found in the Admiralty court records against the ship called the Cat, alias the Greene glasse, alias the White hall, alias the New globe of Amsterdam. Dated at London 11 April, 1673.

Writ of King Charles I, of restitution or re-seisin of a messuage in Fulham, to William Clough , John Lee , and William Swetenham . Dated 12 February, 17 Chas. I.

Letters of King James II, addressed to William Dowse , William Collis , George Howard , and Nicholas Trebarfoot , for the arrest, of John Pery and Edward Noell , for non-appearance when summoned.. Dated at Westminster 9 May, 3 James II.

Illegible indenture; temp. Will. and Mary, relating to John Harrison and Luke Jaques , in London. .

Indenture made 17 June, 1 Queen Anne, by which the mayor and commonalty of the city of London demise to James Fell, gentleman, keeper of Newgate gaol, their ground known as the press yard, for 21 years, at an annual rent of £40. (3 membranes, with plan of demised premises.) .

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.

Commission in bankruptcy against Thomas Sparrow of London wall , chapman. Dated 21 June, 8 George I.

Petition of Joseph Feild of London to the lord high Chancellor for a commission in bankruptcy against Thomas Sparrow of London wall, parish of St. Alphage, chapman. 24 June, 1722. [Signed, Macclesfield.] .

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.

Indenture made 14 March, 4 James I, by which Robert Hare in consideration of the receipt of £200 delivers to Edward Hobart and Robert Hobert a messuage in the precincts of St. Mary's hospital during the residue of a lease and under the same covenants granted to the said Robert Hare .

Certificate of Edmund (Gibson), bishop of London , that William Sherlock, clerk, M.A., subscribed to the articles before his admission to the rectory of St. George, Botolph lane, London. Dated 8 Nov., 1725. [Signature of the bishop.] .

Indenture made 20 May, 1686, by which Mark Kinton and Richard Janaway , in consideration of the cost of building a new brick house, have demised to James Evetts a parcell of ground in the parish of St. Botolph, London, for 71 years, at an annual rent for the ist year one peppercorn, and every succeeding year £3 15s.

Indenture made 22 June, 1686, by which Bridgett Looker of St. Botolph's, widow, demises to Mary Mothine of Whitechapel, widow, a piece of ground in the parish of St. Botolph, for 60 years, at an annual rent of £7. [With plan of ground demised.] .

Indenture made 23 October, 1686, by which Bridgett Looker, widow, demises to Samuell Goodwin of St. Botolph, tanner, a piece or parcel of ground in Skinners street, for 60 years, at an annual rent of £9 5s. [With plan of ground demised.] .

Institution of Richard Roach , M.A., to the rectory of Hackney on the death of Nehemiah Moorhouse, clerk, presented by Thomas Cook . Dated 17 March, 1689.

Institution of William Sherlock, M.A., to the rectory of St. George, Botolph lane, London, vacant by the death of William Bedford, S.T.P., on the presentation of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. Dated 8 Nov., 1725.

A plan to a lease from Christ's hospital, London.

Articles of agreement (indented) made 20 February, 13 William III, between Gregory Hascard, D.D., rector of St. Clement's Danes , of the one part, and William Bramston of Woodham Walter, co. Essex, clerk, and George Bramston of Doctors' Commons, D.C.L., of the other part, relating to serving the cure of St. Clement's Danes.