St Katherine Dock Company contracted with the East India Company to buy the warehouses and houses in Cutler Street, New Street and Devonshire Square for £164,000 at an auction 11 March 1836. The completion of the purchase was postponed by agreement until Michaelmas 1838.
Piece of ground abutting the Company premises to the east purchased from Samuel Thornton in August 1805 for 1,200 guineas. At the General Court Baron of the Manor of Stepney on 28 October 1805, William Ramsay, Robert Wissett and John Coggan were admitted as customary tenants in trust for the East...
House built by Governor John Goodwin which was accepted by the East India Company in August 1745 in part payment of his debt. The Company intended to use "the Great House" to lodge their servants and soldiers. The house was subject to a mortgage which was later paid off for £850 18s 6d.