Add MS 78616

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCXLIX. Miscellaneous papers of the time of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bart.; 1706-1763.

1. Notes by the steward John Strickland of tenants and rents of houses in Deptford, with drawings in elevation of the houses and the names of occupiers; 1706.

2. Account and receipt of quit rents payable by John Evelyn to the crown; 1706.

3. List and amounts by John Strickland of workman's bills at Deptford; 1706-1707.

4. Abstract of Sir John Evelyn’s title to `the Houses, Lands & Copperas Grounds in Deptford', 1566-1707, partly in the hand of Sir John Evelyn; aft. 1707.

5. Rentals at Deptford, by Sir John Evelyn and John Strickland; 1708-1718. That of 1715 is endorsed by Evelyn, `Tenants at Deptford 1715 with numbers to Mr Grove's plot' (i.e the survey at Add. MS 78629 K below).

6. John Strickland’s balance of account; 1717-1718

7. Legal opinion by Constantine Phipps concerning the liability of the officers of the King's Yard at Deptford for tax on their salaries; 16 June 1718.

8. Bond of John Darby of Deptford to William Lee; 27 June 1719.

9. Act of the parish authorities of St Mary Rotherhithe concerning Wolfacre Lane; 6 Dec. 1719.

10. Particular by Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bart., of his leasehold estate at Deptford; 1720. Autograph.

11. Notes, [italics]drafts[/italics], surveys and valuations concerning the leasehold history of the Sayes Court estate, in connection with Sir John Evelyn’s case for purchasing it from the crown; 1723-1725. Partly [italics]autograph.[/italics]

12. [italics]A Bill to enable His Majesty to Grant the Inheritance of certain Lands and Tenements in or near Deptford, in the County of Kent, to Trustees for Sir John Evelyn, Bart. and his Heirs, upon a full consideration to be paid for the same[/italics]; 1725?]. Two [italics]copies[/italics], [italics]printed,[/italics] the first with a MS annotation by Sir John Evelyn, the second with an [italics]extract[/italics] of a [italics]printed[/italics] sale catalogue pasted to the front cover, indicating that it was a 19[superscript]th[/superscript] cent. addition to the archive by purchase. Followed by a [italics]printed[/italics] copy of the Bill as enacted: [italics]An Act to enable His Majesty to Grant the Inheritance of certain lands and tenements …[/italics]

13. Proposal by the Commissioners of the Navy for enlarging the dockyard at Deptford, with Sir John Evelyn’s response; 1725. [italics]Copies[/italics].

14. Letters patent of George I, granting the reversion of the Sayes Court estate to Sir John Evelyn, 1^st Bart.; 1726. Copy, 1743. Latin. With accounts of expenses associated with the passing of it.

15. An Act for providing a Maintenance for the Minister of the New Parish Church of St Nicholas Deptford, in the County of Kent, and Surrey; and for making the same a distinct Parish; aft. 1727. Printed.

16. Rental of Deptford, as assessed for the Land Tax and Poor Rate; 1728.

17. Proceedings arising from a lease from John Evelyn to Anthony Phillips of land in Deptford of 5 Aug 1703; 1729. Including a draft of the lease, a power of attorney from Andrew Phillips to William Taylor, 28 July 1713, and release from bond, 17 April 1714.

18. Declarations of ejectment; 1740. Partly [italics]printed[/italics].

19. Settlement by Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bart., on the poor of the parishes of St Paul and St Nicholas, Deptford; 1749. [italics]Copy.[/italics]

20. List by Sir John Evelyn of ground rents at Deptford, with names of lessees, expiry dates, and current occupiers; 1757. [italics]Autograph[/italics].

21. Surveys of houses in Deptford, by Edward Cole; 1757-1759.

22. Bond by William Dudman, Henry Adams, William Barnard and John Barnard to Sir John Evelyn for performance of covenants in a lease; 1763.

23. Key by Sir John Evelyn to the survey of Sayes Court by John Grove of [1714?] (Add. MS 78629 K below), giving field names and acreages; n.d. Autograph.