| Description | From: William, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory; the convent of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
To: [William Sayr of Southwar]k?, Surrey, brewer ('Bruer')
[Document damaged. Some text lost. William's name supplied from elsewhere in the document. Parish name supplied from related lease.] The tenement or brew-house called the 'Flourdelice' in the parish of St [Olave, Southwark], lying with ... to north, the great gate of the priory's house ('place') to east, a tenement late in the tenure of Edward ... [to north] and the priory's ... to south, with the garden to the west of the stables and a right of way. The priory also grants William a plot of land in front of its stable door to leave offal and dung on, which he is to clean twice a year. For a term of 20 years. For an annual payment of 100s, payable as specified. Conditions on repairs. Right of distraint and re-entry if payment in arrears. The lease is made with the consent of the chapter. Sealed with the priory's seal ad causas. Priory's part of indenture. Dated in the reign of EdwIV, rest of date lost. [Date: the prior is either William Pettham, I, or William Sellyng, I; Edward IV died in 1483.]
Given at the chapter house of Canterbury Cathedral Priory. |