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Debtor: John Harris {Harrys}, citizen and grocer, of London. Creditor: John Watts...

Catalogue reference: C 131/103/1

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C 131/103/1
Date
1519 Aug 5
Description

Debtor: John Harris {Harrys}, citizen and grocer, of London.

Creditor: John Watts {Wattis}, citizen and grocer of London.

Amount: £40.

Before whom: James Yarford, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.

When taken: 05/04/1519

First term: 24/04/1519

Last term: 24/04/1519

Writ to: Sheriff of London

Sent by: Chancery.

Endorsement: The reply of Nicholas Partridge {Partriche} and John Wilkinson, Sheriffs: John Harris was not found in the bailiwick.

Note
Inquisition and return: Date to be returned: 13/10/1519. Attached is the inquisition made in the Guildhall of London on 12/10/1519 before Nicholas Partridge and John Wilby {Wylby}, Sheriffs. Thomas Percy, formerly Prior of Holy Trinity, was seised in demesne of a tenement, called le Bell, with shops, warehouses, cellars, and solars opposite the great Conduit in Cheapside. On 06/11/1507 the tenement was demised to William Fowler of London, gentleman, for the term of 20 years for an annual rent of £4 13s. 4d. He let it to Robert Fowler, grocer, of London, and after his death Robert Fowler took full possession of it and then sold it to John Harris of London, grocer. John Harris on 05/04/1520 was indebted by a recognisance to John Watts, citizen and grocer of London, for £40 [as above]. Afterwards, John Harris conceded the whole tenement to Edward Sole {Soole} of London, grocer, to the use of John Harris. There are eight years of the lease unexpired, worth £10 13s. 4d. above the rent of £4 13s. 4d. John Harris had the following goods and chattels: 22 round boxes, 2 brass mortars, 2 nests of square boxes, 8 bags of aniseed, an iron pestle, 6 pewter pots and a lead pot, 4 pieces of gracia Dei, a bale of licorice, 4 reams of white paper, 2 stocks for mortars, a great square marble stone, a cupboard, a hanging of green say, a curtain for a window, a joined form and joined stools, a pair of andirons, 2 old carpets, a pair of tables, a picture of Our Lady, 2 strainers and 2 basins, a tin laver with a cock, 4 platters, 2 dishes, and 2 saucers of pewter, an old crossbow, and an old bill, other basins, pots and pans, spits, an old casket, a joined bed, a feather-bed, coverlets, blankets, pillows, a saddle and bridle, 3 painted cloths, a table, a pair of trestles, etc.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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