In 1803 the East India Company purchased from the City of London a piece of ground which they had previously rented. The ground lay to the east side of the skin market at Leadenhall, abutting on the wholesale or beef market to the south.
12 Leadenhall Street, adjoining the opening to the west of East India House, purchased from the Cock family in 1857. The sale was first agreed in 1815 but was delayed because of difficulties with barring the entail on the property.
[1] Elizabeth Cock [2] East India Company [3] John Allan Gilmour, Treasurer to East India Company; Charles Cartwright, Accountant General to East India Company; and two parties unnamed
With certificate of notary public Calcutta 21 Apr 1824 James Cock, Lieutenant Colonel Bengal Army; Henry Cock, Captain Bengal Army; Hon Andrew Ramsay of Jangipur Bengal, East India Company senior merchant; Mary Davis of Benares India, widow; Eliza Lawrance of Benares, spinster; Francis Lawrance o...