Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. John the Evangelist in Watling Street

The Inhabitants of London in 1638. Originally published by Society of Genealogists, London, 1931.

Citation:

T C Dale, 'Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. John the Evangelist in Watling Street', in The Inhabitants of London in 1638( London, 1931), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/p78 [accessed 23 November 2024].

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST IN WATLING STREET.



	Rent paid of late years.	The Rent moderated.
MS. p. 147.	£	£
Mr. Geo. Garrett at the Sign of the Black boy	80	60
Mr. Hitchcock at the Fox and Goose	60	45
Mr. Peacock at the Lamb	32	24
Mr. Tarbock, Golden Bell	50	40
Mr. Willson, Pyed bull	30	22
Mr Wood, Wheat Sheaf	28	18
Mr. Taylor, The Great Inn at the Bell	70	50
Mr. Chaplin at the Blew bell	50	40
Mr. Townsend, golden lyon	30	24
Mr. Scrapton, Bore's head	32	24
Mr. Dring at the harrow	36	26
Mr. Latham, Red Crosse	70	50
Mr. Barnard, Spred Eagle	60	48
Mr. Stoninge at the Sunne	36	26
Mr. Parrie, the Little bell	16	14
Mr. Stiles & Mr. Alvey at the bolt & tunne	56	40
Mr. Travis at the 3 pigeons	30	24
Mr. Noell, naked boy	30	22
Mr. Hammond at the Greyhound	16	14
Mr. Chambers at the same sign	20	15
Mr. Short at the Swan	28	22
Mr. Malbon behind the half moone	18	12
(fn. 1) Mr. Collins a warehouse joined to the 7 Stars pays rent yearly	13	8
Mr. Brookes possesseth part of the ground belonging of old to the Inn at the Bell which paid when it was a garden in length 43 foot; in breadth 12 foot; it is now a paved yard, a washhouse, a little closet, a starecase: £1		3.00
Sum £671; Tithes £44 10s. 0d. at 2/9 in a pound amounteth in tithes to £92 5s. 3d. yearly.

MS. p. 147a.

There is a glebe house anciently let for the yearely rent of 40s. by lease from the second year of Edward 6th until 79 years were expired. The present incumbent by £80 laid out on building of his own proper cost doth let it with some implements & furniture for £20. It is worth £16.

He lets out of his parsonage house a low room to the street for £10.

Oblations at Easter, burials, churches & all casualties: in all £1 19s. 4d.

The whole of the parsonage is to the full £72 9s. 4d.

Charges yearly going out in time of first fruits is £10.

In time of subsidies £5 and one year with another for tenths, procurations and other impositions, £5. Besides hiring of a reader and preachers in times when the incumbent is sick and weak, which some years hath amounted to above ten pounds. The yearly revenue remaining clear, deducting all charges, is at most £67 9s. 4d.