[144]. It should be noticed that the eastern portion of Parker Street (beyond the alley lying to the east of the Kingsway Theatre) is on the site of Purse Field, not of Rose Field.
[145]. Hospital and Parish of St. Giles, p. 358.
[146]. “Philip Parcar, for 5 houses built neare Drury Lane in Parcar’s Lane, to the Star Chamber.” (Privy Council Register (1633–4), vol. 258, No. 46).
[147]. Philip Parker is seen in a different role in the following: “Recognisances ... for the appearance of ... William Hartoppe ... to answer ... for refusinge to ayde Phillip Parker to search for a seminary priest in the house of John Clarke, of St. Gyles in the Feildes” (11th April, 1626) (Middlesex Sessions Rolls, III., p. 160).
[148]. Reproduced here.
[149]. A change of tenancy in 1775 is accompanied by an increase in the rateable value from £8 to £18.
[150]. Reproduced here.
[151]. Close Roll, 9 Elizabeth (748)—Indenture, dated 20th January, 1566–7, between Lord and Lady Mountjoy and Richard Holford.
[152]. From other documents it is quite obvious that this must be another name for Purse Field, but the name has not been met with elsewhere.
[153]. The deeds show that all the western portion of Parker Street, both south and north sides, was in Rose Field, and all the western part of Great Queen Street was in Aldwych Close.