“Md. [memorandum] there doth belonge to the said Scite of Tottenham Court two other Closes over and above the pastures mentioned in this plotte; And not here mentioned by reason they lye so farr distaunt from the said londes mentioned in this plott: Vĩz the one of the said Closes doth lye in Kentishe Towne in the said Countie, distaunt one Mile and more from the farthest part Northward of the ground mentioned in the said plott, late in the Tenure of Widowe Glover: And the other Close contayning 4 Acres by estimacõn doth lye in the parishe of St Pancrasse in the said Countie now or late in the Tenure of Willm̃ Bunche, distaunt from the South part of the saied landes mentioned in the said plott one quarter of A myle: wch saied two Closes wth two Tenemts there (As I am enfourmed) are demised unto Serieaunt [Serjeant] Haynes for certaine yeares yet enduring, by the right Honourable Henry late Earle of Arundell, And Robert late Earle of Leyester; yeelding yearley to the Cofferer of hir Mats [Majesty’s] housholde—lxvis viiid. The charge of the new building of one of the Tenemts, And the continuall Repairing thereof, hath (As I am enfourmed) cost Serieaunt Haynes—xxxiiili vis viiid. And the new building of the other, wth the repairing thereof did coste Alexander Glover late Hearde there—xxli or thereabouts.
Also I am enfourmed, that Serieaunt Haynes doth hold the said ffowre Closes, lying next the said Parke pale, wth thafter pasture of two of the same Closes, beyng the middle Closes; yeelding yearlie ffiftie loades of hay, to be delivered at the Muse, ffor and twords her Mats [Majesty’s] provision there, cleere above all charges; every loade to contayne 18. hundred weight. And thafter pasture of the other two Closes are to be used for the feede of her Mats Cattell untill the feaste of the Purification of or Lady following.
Also I finde one Danyell Clerke one of her Mats servaunts doth now dwell in the Scite of the said howse, wch is A very slender building of Timber and Bricke And hath beene of a larger building, then now it is: ffor some little parte hath been pulled downe of late, to amend some part of the howses now standing; wch has beene repaired of late, by the said Alexander Glover Heard there: And other some part being two Roomes, whereof the one Roome contayneth in breadth wthin the wall 15 foote; And in lengthe 24 foote; And thother Roome is 15 foote broade, and in length 34 foote very greatlie decaied, wch will coste to be repaired—lxli at the least. And the said cheife howse, one Stable, and two barnes, And A little Close called Ponde Close, wth the Ortcyard, And the two Closes called Murrells mentioned in the platt are used to be fedd wth her Mats Cattell, At the discretion of her Mats Officers.
6t Aprilis 1.5.9.1
p̃. me Willm̃ Nector.”
NOTE ON AGAS’S MAP AT THE END OF THE VOLUME
Ralph Agas was born about 1540. He was a land-surveyor, and his chief claim to notice lies in the three maps or plans he made of London, Oxford, and Cambridge. Of these the one reproduced in this volume, entitled “A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent,” was engraved by Edward J. Francis, and edited by W. H. Overall, F.S.A. Mr. Overall made a careful examination of all the facts, and believes that the original map of Agas was not made earlier than the year 1591, though it has been commonly supposed to have been made about 1560. Of the original, two copies are extant—one in the Guildhall, and the other in the Pepysian Collection at Magdalen College, Oxford.
In 1737 G. Vertue published a copy of Agas’s map, altering the original in many important particulars, which are enumerated by Mr. Overall in his account of the map. Among these may be mentioned the water-bearers seen off Tower Stairs and the Steelyard, filling their casks, which are slung across the backs of horses, by the aid of a long-handled ladle. In Vertue’s map this interesting detail is turned into a meaningless one, namely, a man driving cows into the water with a whip. In Agas the figures seen in the fields are in Elizabethan costume; in Vertue’s map they are in the costume of William III.’s reign. Other particulars omitted in Vertue are the royal barge in mid-stream off Baynard’s Castle; the Martello Tower at the mouth of the Fleet; the Chapter House and the Church of St. Gregory on the south side of St. Paul; and various other points. By noting these details, Vertue’s spurious reproduction can be at once distinguished from the genuine map of Agas.