Copy assignment of term in trust (Cutler Street warehouses)
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[1] John Stockwell, surviving executor of William Ramsay deceased of East India House [2] East India Company [3] St Katherine Dock Company [4] Arthur William Tooke
[1] Reverend William Parker, Rector of the parish of St Ethelburga; Samuel Osborne of Kingsland Middlesex, gentleman; Charles Gibson of Bishopsgate Street London, silversmith; William Arthur Clark of Cateaton Street London, gentleman [2] East India Company ...
[1] East India Company [2] Commissioners for the affairs of India [3] St Katherine Dock Company [4] Edward Lawford of Drapers' Hall London, Esquire [5] [?]
Henry Stapleton, gentleman Endorsement: Copy inquisition post mortem 15 Apr 1585 Held at Ampthill Bedfordshire after death of William Poulett on 9 Sep 1584
The three stacks of warehouses, two freehold and one leasehold, were purchased by the East India Company in 1795 from James Hunter for £16,750. The ground on which the freehold stacks stood had been bought by Hunter partly from Charles James and partly from Mary Hanbury. The premises had been mor...