In the parish of St. Swithin
417. Note: Elias Gofair, citizen, was seised of 10s. of rent from a certain
tenement in the parish of St. Swithin which Ralph the Baker held which
same Elias in his will (fn. 1) proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the Husting of
Common Pleas held Mon. 6 Feb. 1329 left the 10s. of rent to be sold by his
executors as appears in the same will and James de Sancto Edmundo and
John de Daunehurst, executors, granted 10s. to the rector of St. Swithin as
appears by the following charter; the aforementioned [sic] William granted
the said 10s. to Warin Myngy as appears by the following charter; Margaret
wife and executor of Warin granted it to Henry Preston and Isabel de
Preston daughter and heir of Henry granted all her rights in the 10s. to
John Wiltshyr and John Ryder and others and John Ryder granted the
aforesaid rent to Richard Wyltshyr and Richard Gyn as appears by charter.
418. Grant by Richard Wiltshyr of Haydon, co. Essex, to Richard Whytinton, mention being made of all the above-mentioned charters, (fn. 2) enrolled in
the Husting of Common Pleas Mon. 20 Jan. 1421; since Elias Gofair by
will (fn. 3) bequeathed 10s. rent and James de St. Edmund and John de Daunehurst sold it to the rector of St. Swithin's on Sun. 4 Oct. 1310, and since
William granted it to Warin Myngy, bureller and citizen, on Sun. 8 Jan.
1318, and since Margaret, Warin's widow and Richard Pageman, executors,
proved his will (fn. 4) [f. 81v] on Mon. 17 Oct. 1328 and sold the rent to Henry
Preston, ropemaker and citizen, on Mon. 16 Oct. 1329 and Isabel de Preston daughter and heir of Henry on Mon. 15 Mar. 1378 granted to John
Wiltshir, citizen and pepperer (pipario), and Alice his wife, John Chesterford, Nicholas son of Hugh Parys, and John Ryder, clerk, all her right in
the land, rents and services in the Ropery (in le Ropereye) and in Heiwharflane in the parishes of All Hallows ad Fenum [the Great], St. Swithin
Candelwykstrete and St. Nicholas Oldfyshstrete which John Rider by
charter dated 2 June 1404 with the aforesaid John Wiltshir etc., Hugh
Parys being dead, granted all the land to Richard Wiltshir and to a certain
Richard Gyn, citizen and grocer, now dead; declaration that Richard
Wiltshir granted to Richard Whytington, citizen and alderman, William
Shepton and William Grove the 10s. rent from that tenement which Robert
Coton, citizen and draper, now holds and lives in in the parish of St.
Swithin in Candelwykstrete; abutments, the tenement of John Suthcote,
esquire, on the east and south and the king's highway on the north and the
tenement of John Kirkeby on the west; if the rent is in arrears all the
grantees shall enter and distrain; sealed; witnesses, R. Whitington, mayor,
Robert Whitingham, John Boteler, sheriffs, John Pen(n)e, alderman of this
ward, (fn. 5) John Botelere [sic], Robert Coton, John Brockele, John Saikye,
Peter Wymundham; dated 10 July 1420.
419. Note: that R. Whitington and the other grantees mentioned in 418
granted the 10s. rent to William Est as appears by their charter (fn. 6) enrolled
after the feast of St. Bartholomew [24 Aug.] 1421 which William bequeathed
the rent to Holy Trinity as appears by his will (fn. 7) enrolled Mon. 20 July 1422.
420. Note: William Est was admitted to the freedom and sworn when
Baldwin Radington was warden of the City and Stephen Speleman chamberlain and entered in a paper book (papiro) with the letter 'B' viz. 28 Sep.
1392.
421. Memorandum: that the mayor and commonalty of the city of London
have in the right of the said city an annual rent of 8s. issuing from a tenement of the prior and convent situated in the parish of St. Mary Colechirch
and the prior and convent have in the right of the house and church of
Holy Trinity an annual rent of 10s. issuing from the tenement of the mayor
and commonalty in the parish of St. Swithin Candelwykstrete; and Peter
then prior and the convent on Wed. 13 [sic] Oct. 9 Hy. V [1421] came to the
common council before William Cauntbrigge, mayor, alderman and commonalty and sought from the mayor and commonalty that they themselves
might, in place of a certain collapsed stone wall (prostrato quodam obliquo
muro lapidum) which the prior and convent have, situated along the king's
street in the parish of St. Katherine near the house and church of Holy
Trinity enclosing the cemetery of the house containing in length from the
east end of the church of St. Katherine to the tenement of the prior and
convent on which William Wakefeld once lived on the east 40 ft., rebuild
another wall on the same line direct from the east end of the church to the
corner of the said free tenement by taking about half of the same wall from
the common ground (de communi solo) of the City for the rebuilding, thus
making 4 ft. 4 ins. in width along a length of 20 ft.; and the prior and convent offered that their successors henceforth would demand none of the
rent of 10s. from the mayor and commonalty or their successors; the mayor
allowed the prior and convent and their successors to rebuild the new wall
peacefully along the line (linealiter) and to possess it and they [i.e. the mayor
and commonalty] demanded nothing of the 8s. of rent from the prior and
convent or their successors; and on this, the mayor, aldermen and commonalty considering the crooked (obliquus) wall, as it is now set up, unsightly (indecens) and disgraceful (indecorus) to the City and exceedingly
dangerous, unanimously granted that the prior and convent should rebuild
the overthrown (prosternatum) wall as requested and it was agreed that
both the aforesaid rents should be placed in suspense and remain not
leviable (illevabiles) as long as the prior and convent have (gaudeant) their
aforesaid wall which they rebuilt.
422. No total for this parish [because the 10s. has been remitted by 421].