African House (or Throckmorton House) in Leadenhall Street was purchased by the East India Company in 1749 from Colonel Philip Roberts for £3,000. The property was demolished soon after it was acquired by the Company.
[1] William Roberts of London, Esquire, and his trustee Robert Hudson of Bednall [Bethnal] Green Middlesex, merchant [2] Francis Dashwood of London, Esquire, and Samuel Dashwood of London, merchant
(a) Lease for 1 year 7 Jan 1718 [1] Gabriel Roberts of St Anne Soho Middlesex, Esquire, and his son Philip Roberts, Esquire [2] Francis Loggin of London, gentleman (b) Release 8 Jan ...