The East India Company purchased a house with three acres of ground at Poplar in 1627 as an almshouse for needy Company marine servants. Part of the land was later used to build a chapel and burial yard for the local inhabitants. Poplar Chapel was completed in 1654 and underwent major repairs and...
Peter Auber of East India House, Esquire, Secretary to East India Company; William Carter of East India House, Esquire, Assistant Secretary; Alexander James Scott of East India House, Esquire
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...
Three old houses on the north side of Poplar Street adjoining the Company premises acquired from the Manor of Stepney by Benjamin Granger on behalf of the Company in April 1803 for £605 18s 10d. The premises were pulled down.
Two copyhold houses near Poplar Chapel purchased in November 1804 from William Hagar for £440. At the General Court Baron of the Manor of Stepney on 4 December 1804, William Ramsay, Robert Wissett and John Coggan were admitted as customary tenants in trust for the East India Company. In 1830 Cogg...