File 1 - Lease Dispute - Downcourt Manor, Kent: Thomas Watson

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SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Watson/1

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GB 1859 SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Watson/1

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Lease Dispute - Downcourt Manor, Kent: Thomas Watson

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  • 1565-1592 (Creation)

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(1515-1584)

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Proceedings and other papers related to a disputed lease for Downcourt Manor, Kent; incls. Includes an affidavit by Thomas Watson, Master,1565, concerning alledged mis-application of the private seal by Nicholas Metcalfe, and an account of the latter's forced resignation of the mastership by Thomas Cromwell in 1537.

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See also Baker-Mayor, History of St John's records the following leases:

  • p. 393: To John Stansham of Sittingborne and thomas Stansham of Clemen's Inn, for 41 years. Dated 25 March 1565.
  • p. 396: 16 March 1570/1. Letter of attorney to eject tenants for non-payment of rent.
  • p.435: 10 April 1592. To Vincent Skinner, of Black Friars, London, for 20 years.
  • p. 436: Same date. Lease to John Gyfferson for 20 years. With a note of the Master's consent to the several sealings.

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D48.306-311

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