Part of the Navy Office stood on the site of two houses in Seething Lane: Aleyn's House, later known as Walsingham House or Muscovy House, and the White Horse Inn.
The warehouse was built in two stages: in 1787 on the site of the freehold portion of the old Navy Office, and in 1796 on the sites of the leasehold portion of the Navy Office and of an adjoining house purchased from Reverend Dr William Dobbin. The Navy Office was purchased...
[1] William Garrard, Thomas Offley, William Chester, Knights and Aldermen of London; Richard Chamberlyn, William Allen and Rowland Hayward, Aldermen of London (for Company of Merchant Adventurers): demandants [2] Richard Folkes and Thomas Nicolls of London, tenants to the p...
[1] William Borough of Limehouse Middlesex, gentleman, and his wife Judith; John Marshe of Inner Temple, gentleman, and his wife Audrey [2] Sir Francis Walsingham, Knight, principal secretary to the Queen and Privy Councillor Endorsement: &...
[1] Richard Earl of Clanricarde and his wife Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham [2] Edward Francis, Esquire, Giles Greene and Edmond Powton, gentlemen