Lawsuits between Coopers' Company and East India Company
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In January 1837, the Coopers' Company wished to buy the lease of the saltpetre warehouse from the East India Company since the local gas company was interested in the premises. The East India Company, however, sought permission from the Coopers' Company to sell an underlease to Thomas Ward, who h...
The Naval Store premises consisting of a wharf, yard, warehouses, dwelling house and offices were sold by auction in May 1835 to Joseph Somes for £3,500. At the time of the sale, the copyhold was vested in Peter Auber, William Carter and Alexander James Scott as trustees for the East India Company.
Estate at 12 Lower Thames Street near Lyons Quay, consisting of a house variously known as the Lyon and Key, Cowlings House or Bucklands House, and the adjoining ground and warehouses. The property was held in sixteen shares, each valued at £196 17s 6d since the Company intended to pay £3,150 for...
Lyons Quay, Somers Quay and the Company's interest in 12 Lower Thames Street were sold in October 1834 to John Nicholson for £27,100 plus £500 for the fixtures. 12 Lower Thames Street was occupied at the time of the sale by an orange merchant named Adam.
Part of a field purchased from Joseph Helford in 1798 for £50 in order to make a road to the new almshouses. At the General Court Baron of the Manor of Stepney on 4 December 1798, William Ramsay, Robert Wissett and John Coggan were admitted as customary tenants in trust for the East India Company...