| Description | Writer: Wilkinson, Francis, sr & Wilkinson, Francis, jr, bedel of Canterbury Cathedral for London estates
Addressee: Somner, William, auditor and registrar of Canterbury Cathedral
Sends greetings to [Leonard] Browne. He has conducted the business concerning [Dame Elizabeth] Whitmore [widow, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, daughter of Sir William Acton, bart] which will cause him unpopularity. He has conducted a survey of Whitmore's tenants [in Southwark, Surrey], many of whom live in a paupers' hospital, drawing pensions from the Dean and Chapter.
He has received money for a pension due from Dr Downs, parson of St Leonard's Eastcheap [London]. Contemporary endorsements: calculations.
Written at London |