[174]. In the absence of deeds relating to the early history of Nos. 14–35, it is impossible to be more precise. There may, of course, have been gaps in the north side (excluding Nos. 1–6) even later than 1612. In the Subsidy Rolls of 21 James I. (1623–4) and 4 Charles I. (1628–9), preserved at the Record Office, thirteen names of occupiers of houses in the street are given, and the assessment in 1623 for the rebuilding of St. Giles’ Church gives fifteen housekeepers in the street (Parton, Hospital and Parish of St. Giles, p. 136n). No adequate idea of the number of houses in the street can, however, be gained from these facts, for the subsidy rolls certainly do not give all the occupiers, and, as the assessment was not compulsory, it is improbable that every householder made a contribution.
[175]. History of ... St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, p. 58.
[176]. No evidence has come to light in the course of the investigations for this volume whereby Lord Herbert’s house might be identified. In his will, dated 1st August, 1648, proved 5th October, 1648, he refers more than once to his “house in Queene Streete”. (Somerset House Wills, Essex, 138).
[177]. Close Roll, 18 Chas. I. (3295).—Indenture between W. Newton and Francis Thriscrosse.
[178]. Close Roll, 15 Chas. I. (3192).
[179]. Close Roll, 15 Chas. I. (3190)—Indenture between W. Newton and Ric. Webb, Nicholas Redditt and Jeremy Deane.
[180]. Harl. MS., 5,900, fol. 57b.
[181]. Indenture, dated 7th February, 1734–5, between John Bigg and Peter Guerin. (Middlesex Registry Memorials, 1734, V., 85.)
[182]. British Museum, Crace Colln., Portfolio 28, No. 53.
[183]. It is possible that in 1646 Sir Martin Lumley was resident at this house, but not certain. In the Subsidy Roll for that year his name is the first on the north side of the street, and precedes Sir Thos. Barrington’s, who, it may be proved, lived at No. 3. It may be, therefore, that Lumley was the occupant of No. 1.