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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Alley, 83, 98, 173, 242, 297, 304, 328
annuity, 165
assessment of rent, 38
Bakehouse, 88
beam, 95, 168
bearing of tenement, 5, 241, 353, 357
benches, 226
braces (brases), timber, 211
brewhouse, 26, 51, 70, (former) 80, 85, 120, 204, 219
brickwork, 419
bridge, 71
burial ground, 182
buttery, 106
buttress, 56, 84, 179, 373, 421
Cabin, 114
causeway (cawsey), 87
ceilings, 172, 380
cellar, 16, 44, 67, 115, 124, 160, 165, 184, 200, 217–18, 239–40, 270, 324, 331, 340, 345, 370, 399
chamber, 67, 106, 109, 124, 160–1, 172, 177, 185, 227, 239–40, 272, 289, 293, 303, 321, 343, 385, 392
channel (for water), 33
chapel, 116, 421
charnel house, 165
chimney,10, 12, 14, 53, 76, 81, 84, 110, 129, 158, 189, 195, 206, 285, 305, 316, 346, 371, 376
coalhouse, 67, 141, 177, 263, 270
commodities, 140, 190, 278–9, 305, 360, 364, 369, 372, 376, 403, 422
countinghouse, 142, 178, 377
Custom of London
-, on cleansing of party jakes, 272
-, on light, ?336
-, on moving of fixtures, 172, 226, 380
-, on wall of vault of jakes, 270
-, on walls, 2
-, on water, 81, 84, 154, 236–8, 249–50, 253,
255, 262, 284–5, 298–9, 307, 317, 319–20,
322–3, 326, 334–5, 345–6, 352–5, 357, 360–
2, 364, 379, 383, 396, 399, 402, 407–8, 415
Damage
-, to chimneys, 285
-, to church, 340
-, to house, 175–6, 211, 236, 285, 301, 314–
15, 329, 332, 357, 380
-, to plates, 59
-, to stable, 72
-, to tenement, 8, 85, 92, 128
-, to vault, 376
-, to wall, 48, 72, 132, 171, 175, 255
demolition, 41, 79, 89, 117, 127, (right to demolish) 139, (right to demolish) 158, (right to demolish) 181, (ordered) 219, 228–9, 275, 278, 288, 320, 329, 345, 373, 375, 380
destruction of property, 40, 92, 100, 132, 181, 211, 235, 273, 281, 373, 375, 380, 391
distress, 406
ditch, 78, 87, 268; (cleansing of) 78
door, 44, 64, 67, 115, 119, 124, 160, 179, 184–5, 212, 226, 233, 245, 249–50, 257– 9, 282, 288, 314–15, 327, 345, 351, 361, 370, 376, 380
draught (withdraught) see jakes
dung, 171, 202, 422
dyehouse, 369
Easement, 89, 140, 190, 202, 210, 306, 360
easement, houses or rooms of see jakes
eaves, 77, 92, 258–9, 408, 422
encroachment, 5, 7, 10, 12–15, 17, 28–9, 33, 35, 48, 53, 58, 62, 68, 71, 73, 76, 79, 81– 4, 96, 110, 112–13, 117, 129–30, 134, 156–9, 167–8, 174–5, 179, 183, 187, 214, 218, 233, 235, 247, 267, 283, 297, 304, 328, 371, 377, 396, 400, 419
entertise (enterteyse), 138, 168
entry, 51, 89, 114, 119, 148, 185, 212, 245, 258–9, 278, 282, 288, 310–11, 314–15, 327–8, 345, 361, 363, 368–9, 380, 398, 421
entry, common, 239–40, 432; to be paved, 310, 327
estate pur autre vie , 394
evidence shown, 29, 49, 121, 165–6, 179, 184, 193, 208, 231, 239–40, 287, 289, 292, 301, 311–13, 318, 321–2, 341, 345, 353, 364, 370–1, 420
Fence, defence (see also pale), 6, 30, 34, 37, 39, 43, 46, 55, 58–9, 63, 91, 93–4, 99, 104, 111– 12, 125, 131, 133, 136, 153, 180, 192, 194,
Fence – contd.
-, 197, 213, 228, 235, 238, 242, 246, 257, 262,
264, 269, 271, 275–6, 280, 282, 291, 294,
302, 308–9, 316, 319, 334, 345, 349–50,
358, 364–5, 369, 375, 379, 387–8, 395,
400–1, 405, 412–14
fixtures, 172, 226, 380
fire, 85, 287
floors, 109, 160, 195, 219, 272, 285, 380, 385
foreign (foreyn), 2
foundation, 51, 107, 164, 166, 179, 186, 243, 246, 395, 419
frame, 40–1, 68, 71, 102, 114, 119, 135, 160– 1, 166, 174–5, 210, 214–16, 239–40, 243, 299, 307, 322–3, 366–7, 371, 391, 396
fumes, 85
Gable (end), 54, 107, 156, 189
gallery, 66–7, 185, 206, 233, 368, 381
garden, garden ground, 6, 43, 58, 72, 100, 121, 167, 171, 193–4, 199, 213, 238, 242, 245, 257, 264, 291, 297, 312–13, 338, 364, 371
garners, 115
garret, 124, 204, 219
gate, 98, 115, 185, 190, 217, 283, 316, 327, 343, 355, 422
gatehouse, 3, 316
glass, 226, 380
grate, 16, 78, 87, 144, 358, 390
ground, void ground, passim
ground of the City, common, 45, 71, 157, 174
ground of the highway, common, 419
groundsill, 114, 204
gutter, passim
Hall, 109, 211
hayloft, 219, 287
headland, 349
hearths, 195
hedge, 134, 302
highway, 233–4, 267, 272, 361, 419; to be paved, 245, 310, 327
horizontal division of property, 106, 114, 160–1, 166, 177, 184–6, 212, 219, 227, 231–2, 239–40, 253, 262, 266, 272, 277, 303, 324, 343, 355, 359, 362, 368, 370, 376, 385, 390, 392, ?403, 423
house, housing, passim
Implements and standards, 226
ingress and egress see right of way
inn, tavern, 29, 83, 207, 234
Jakes (also easement (houses or rooms of), office (house of), privy, siege, with- draught), 2, 16, 67, 84, 89, 128, 141–2, 154, 166, 170–1, 177, 183, 189–90, 202, 206–7, 209, 214, 232, 255, 263, 267, 269–70, 272, 278–9, 288, 295–6, 311, 320, 323, 325, 333, 364, 368, 383, 413, 422; cleansing of, 16, 166, 170, 190, 206, 209, 263, 267, 272, 295–6, 320, 323, 325, 333, 368, 383
jetty, 6, 36, 54, 65, 83, 111, 178, 217, 230, 254, 314–15, 327
joists (juests, giosts), 168, 178, 189
Kennel (of street), 299, 327, 361, 374
key, 226, 422
kitchen, 51, 106, 109, 114–15, 120, 172,231, 295, 351, 389, 392
Lane, 96, 144–5, 150, 174, 184, 233, 306
lattice, 226
lease, passim
lights, 1, 6, 98, 103, 129, 142, 183, 217, 222, 224, 251, 258–9, 267, 272, 278–9, 286, 317, 336, 357, 368, 376, ?381, 421–3
loft, 231, 239–40, 362
loup light (lowpe), 103, 129
Marstones, 34
measurement of ground, passim
measurement of structures, passim
messuage, 290, 292, 373
mill, 344
millhouse, 139
Nuisance, 1, 2, 10, 12, 14–19, 33–6, 40, 44, 47–8, 50–4, 57, 60–2, 68, 71–2, 85, 97– 8, 102, 107–8, 128, 154, 156, 158–9, 171, 178, 181, 183, 206, 420
Oven, 79, 157–8, 183
overhang, 18–19, 24–5, 33, 36, 40, 47, 52, 54, 57, 60–1, 72, 84, 95, 97, 102, 107, 113, 132, 164, 178, 181, 188, 396, 407
overlook, 103, 108, 129, 171, 260
Pale (see also fence, defence), 23, 43, 76, 83, 94, 111, 131, 133–4, 136, 143, 167, 192, 194, 197, 199, 213, 218, 228, 246, 252, 257, 264, 269, 294, 334, 349–50, 365, 369, 387–8, 412, 414
pantry, 106
parsonage, 56, 66
partition, 80, 124, 196, 272, 296, 298, 402
party or partible:
-, entry, 245
-, fence, 46, 194, 345, 349, 387, 412, ?414
-, gable, 35; repair, 35
-, gutter, 16, 26, 128, 155–6, 176, 182, 210,
225, 236, 261, 279, 288, 290, 296, 310,
314–15, 319, 330, 332–3, 351, 366–7,
378, 381, 408; repair, 16, 26, 261, 332–
3, 366–7, 378, 381
-, partition, 196, 272, 296, 298, 402
party or partible – contd.
-, post, 212, 279, 296, 298, 361
-, sink, 279
-, wall, 1, 7, 21–2, 24, 31, 37, 46, 64, 69, 74,
110, 113, 123, 127, 133, 151, 155, 162,
202, 216, 220–1, 243, 246, 253, ?281,
296, 305, 319, 335, 346, 391, 393
-, well, 33, 290, 360, 398; repair, 290, 398
-, withdraught (siege, jakes, privy) or
cistern of same, 16, 89, 166, 170, 190,
206, 209, 232, 267, 279, 288, 295, 323,
325, 368; cleansing of, 16, 166, 170,
190, 206, 209, ?263, 267, 288, 295; 320,
323, 325, 333, 368; separation of same,
270, 368
pastry house, 31
pentice (penthouse), 206, 267
pipe(s), 16, 77, 200, 261, 301, 314–15, 333, 358, 376
plate(s), 19, 54, 59, 97, 113, 160, 166, 195, 204, 206, 214, 243, 290, 371, 376, 389, 395
porch, 142, 234
post, corner post, principal post, 7, 13–14, 17–18, 23–4, 35, 57, 60–2, 68, 96–7, 102, 113, 138, 150, 152–3, 156, 159, 178, 180–1, 195, 211–12, 214, 222, 245, 272, 279, 296, 298–9, 328, 361, 388–9, 413
prison, 171
privy see jakes
procession way, 182, 306
property of late religious institutions, 179, 185, 190, 233–4, ?239, 240, 245, ?261, 275, 291, 301, 316, 318, 359, 370, 375, 402, ?411, 416
putgally (putgaley), 157
Quire, 186
quit-rent, 165, 324
quoin, 25, 27, 47, 56, 84, 95, 234
Rafter, 77, 168, 204
rasen (reisin, reysen, resyn), 19, 40, 52, 54, 57, 61, 88, 102, 115, 168, 178, 195–6, 211, 219
release of wall, 317
release of water table, 171
removal of property: bay window, 286; bra- ces, 211; chimney and oven, 158; gut- ter, 156, 236, 261, (ordered) 332, 366– 7; jakes, 255, 263; pipe, 301; posts and boards, timber, 211, 388; room, 372; wall, roofs, 380
rent(s), 38, 406
repairs to leased tenement, 23, 88, 105, 109, 114–15, 140, 189, ?195, 204, 206–7, 214, 219, 223, 244, 285, 289–90, 292, 301, ?310, 324, 329, ?337, 344, 362, 380, 394, ?403
repairs and maintenance, passim
right to build, 5, 27, 40, 83, 92, 100, 111, 132, 142, 151, 210, 218, 232, 243, 254, 260, 262, 269, 273, 291, 295–6, 302, 307, 317, 319, 322–3, 326, 335, 342, 352, 357, 365, 373, 390–1, 396, 415; no right to build, 6, 171, 348, 354, 400
right to cut down, 132, 181, 291, 302, 334
right of way, 119, 144–5, 150, 160, 182, 190, 217, 234, 239–42, 245, 257–9, 316, 327– 8, 330, 360, 368–9, 385, 423
rights in Thames, 68, 71
roof, 115, 287, 289, 329, 380
rooms, 140, 362, 368, 372, 423
ruinous structures:
-, gallery, 206
-, garret, 219
-, housing, 126, 164, 380
-, messuage, 380
-, roof, 289
-, tenement, 109, 114, 394
-, vault, 186
-, wall, 25, 118, 188, 202, 235, 379
Sanctuary ground, 397
seats, 226
sewer, common, 87, 154, 197, 242, 268, 352, 401, 405, 420; cleansing of, 197
shed, 33, 49, 58, 76, 97, 112, (wrongly fastened) 128, 139, 141, 206, 246, 329– 30, 344, 371, 379, 399
shelves, 172
shop, 70, 109, 114, 147, 172, 267, 272, 314, 351, 392
siege see jakes
sink, common, 416
sluice, 87, 192, 197, 420
solar, 166, 185, 239–40
somer(s), 115, 124, 138, 175, 253, 389
spur, 71
stable, 72, 139, 180, 235, 275, 285, 293, 344
stair, steps, 68, 71, 115, 144–5, 150, 184–5, 200, 217, 385
stair, common, 150
stalls, 327
storehouse, 161, 241
street see highway
Table, 288
tavern, 83
tenement, passim
tithes, 141
tower, 149
town wall, 251
tresance, 66
Vapour, 85
vault, 44, 56, 67, 166, 168, 288, 331, 376
of jakes, 16, 166, 263, 270, 279, 288, 296,
320
-, partition of, 270, 325
vertical division of property or tenement, 120, 124, 135, 140, 156, 185, 196, 208, 215, 228, 238, 254, 274, 342, 386, 390– 1, 406
vestry of church, 266
Wainscot, 172
wall (see also partition), passim; paper wall, 273, 275
wards, boundaries of, 121, 384
wareboards, 172
warehouse, 124, 135, 166, 217, 231, 370
water, passim
watercourse, 33, 78, 87, 272, 279, 286, 288, 293, 296, 314–15, 327, 351, 358, 363, 376, 386, 390, 395, 398, 408, 416, 423
water table, 171, 187
way, common, 144–5, 150, 174, 199, 297, 304, 348
well, 33, 88, 214, 290, 360, 398; cleansing, 88
wharf, 68, 71, 115, 179, 285
window, 77, 98, 103, 108, 115, 119, 124, 129, 206–7, 211, 226, 260, 286, 336, 347, 351, 357, 361
withdraught see jakes
woodhouse, 141, 161, 177, 206, 244, 401
worsted presses, 404
wrongful fastening or leaning on, 128, 164, 175, 241, 353, 357, 376, 379
Yard, 45, 200, 217, 237, 282, 293, 300, 341, 345, 356, 398