London Metropolitan Archives Clayton and Morris

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Business ledgers, containing, inter alia, the personal, shrieval, mayoral and estate accounts of Sir Robert Clayton; and the personal and business accounts of John Morris.

CLC/B/050/A/001/MS06428/001 Ledger. 1669-1672 Indexed for A-O and W only. 1 volume Former reference: MS 06428

CLC/B/050/A/001/MS06428/002 Ledger. 1672-1675 Indexed. 1 volume Former reference: MS 06428

CLC/B/050/A/001/MS06428/003/ Ledger. 1675-1677 001 Indexed. Ff 45-47 are missing. 1 volume Former reference: MS 06428

CLC/B/050/A/001/MS06428/003/ Ledger. 1675-1677 002 Indexed. Ff 45-47 are missing. 1 volume Former reference: MS 06428

CLC/B/050/A/001/MS06428/004/ Ledger. 1677-1680 001 Indexed. 1 volume Former reference: MS 06428

CLC/B/050/A/001/MS06428/004/ Ledger. 1677-1680 002 Indexed. 1 volume Former reference: MS 06428 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/002/MS01871 Indenture whereby Sir Thomas Cullum, Bt, of 1666 Oct 18 Hawsted Place, Suffolk, and Dame Dudley, his wife (for the barring of her jointure, and for settling the estate on him) agree to levy one or more fines to John Morris and Robert Clayton in respect of a parcel of ground, with tenement etc (in the tenure of Sir Sebastian Harvey, alderman, and since in the occupation of Sir Nicholas Crisp in Lime Street. With final concord attached. Witnessed by Algernon May, J. Holland, James Reynolds, Thomas Covell, John Burton,Thomas Mayhew, Peter Clayton. Parchment, with seals 1 item Former reference: MS 01871

CLC/B/050/A/003/MS01993 Lease by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 1685 March 23 Mary, Duchess of Buckingham, Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, and Robert Clayton, to Francis Jenks, citizen and fishmonger, of a piece of ground called Buckingham Court, Westminster, adjoining Wallingford House. Parchment, with seals 1 item Former reference: MS 01993

CLC/B/050/A/004/MS10049 Business letters and papers relating to the legal 1664-1679, affairs and to the administration of the estates 1700 of John Palgrave, bencher of the Inner Temple (1632-99). 1 file Former reference: MS 10049

CLC/B/050/A/005/MS15604 Lease for 21 years of an annuity of +40 on a 1600 Dec 6 great messuage and wharf with appurtenances called Galley Quay with the crane and gibbet situate on the wharf, and all messuages, warehouses and appurtenances in Petty Wales in Thames Street in the parish of All Hallows Barking. Parchment 1 membrane in envelope Former reference: MS 15604 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/006/MS15605 Bond of William Allen, citizen and haberdasher, 1625 May 27 Thomas Pennell of London, gent., and William Burneham, citizen and haberdasher, to John Gore, Lord Mayor of London, of Trinity Lane in the parish of Holy Trinity the Less, in +20 for the repayment of +10. John Gore was a merchant tailor and alderman for the wards of Aldersgate 1615-18, Castle Baynard 1618-21 and Walbrook 1621-36, sheriff 1615-16 and Lord Mayor 1624-25, knighted 1626 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15605

CLC/B/050/A/007/MS15606 Abstracts of title (1611/12-1648) of Sir Anthony circa 1648 Cope (of Harwell, Oxon?) to the New and Old Wool Quays (ie Custom House) and to Hartshorn Quay. Compiled ca. 1648. Draft and fair copies. 2 items in envelope Former reference: MS 15606

CLC/B/050/A/008/MS15607 Letter from Thomas Willes to Mr Goodridge at 1653 May 19 the White Horse in Aldersgate Street relating to the payment of +1 10s owed to him. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 15607

CLC/B/050/A/009/MS15608 Contemporary copy of bargain and sale of a 1654/5 Jan 5 messuage in Milk Street in the parish of St. Lawrence Jewry. 1 envelope containing 4 pages Former reference: MS 15608

CLC/B/050/A/010/MS15609 Draft bargain and sale, 1657, and 4 abstracts of 1657/8-1670 title (1544-1670) relating to 2 tenements and a piece of ground in Fenchurch Street, messuages in Northumberland Alley, 4 large messuages in Threadneedle Street, 2 messuages with appurtenances in Great St Helen's, formerly belonging to the Priory of St Helen, and land in Throgmorton Street, 1657/8, ca. 1659 (2) and ca. 1670. 1 folder containing 4 items Former reference: MS 15609 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/011/MS15610 Certified copy, 1673, of a lease for 40 years of 1673 3 tenements and buidings called the King's Head, the Three Pigeons and the Plough in St Paul's Churchyard in the parish of St Gregory by St Paul, 25 March 1662. 1 envelope containing 6 pages Former reference: MS 15610

CLC/B/050/A/012/MS15611 Contemporary extract of legal proceedings 1667/8 between Thomas Gore, kt, executor of the will of William Gore, merchant, and Daniel Travell over possession of 3 strings of pearls which belonged to William Gore during his life. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 15611

CLC/B/050/A/013/MS15612 Rental of a wharf and houses near Whitefriars circa 1668 Dock belonging to Robert Hancock. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15612

CLC/B/050/A/014/MS15613 Abstracts (draft and fair copies) of the title circa 1669 (1624-1624/5 and 1668/9 respectively) of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, to York House in the Strand and lands at Chelsea. Compiled ca. 1669. 2 items in envelope Former reference: MS 15613

CLC/B/050/A/015/MS15614 Rental of houses in Hand Alley (ie New Street), circa 1670 Bishopsgate. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15614

CLC/B/050/A/016/MS15615 Particular of ground rents on property in New circa 1670 Fish Street, on which the King's Head tavern and several other tenements stood before the Great Fire; in Beer Lane in Cannon Street; in Thames Street near Dowgate; in Botolph Lane and in Duxfeild [Ducksfoot Lane] in Thames Street. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15615

CLC/B/050/A/017/MS15616 Rental of the lands of Cantlers [Cantelowes] in circa 1670 Kentish Town. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15616 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/018/MS15617 Documents relating to property owned by Sir 1672/3-1674 Samuel Starling, and his wife Dame Mary, being numerous tenements in Little Minories, in the parish of Holy Trinity Minories (ie Church Street) and several tenements in Love Lane, in the parish of St Mary at Hill. The documents comprise a draft agreement to levy a fine and three appointments of trustees (1672/3) and a marriage settlement between Dame Mary Starling, widow, and George, Viscount Grandison (1674). Paper and parchment. Starling was a brewer, afterwards draper, alderman of Vintry ward 1661-4 and Portsoken ward 1664-74, sheriff 1661-2 and Lord Mayor 1669-70 1 envelope containing 5 items Former reference: MS 15617

CLC/B/050/A/019/MS15618 Rental of Hatton Garden for unspecified quarter 1674 of 1674. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15618

CLC/B/050/A/020/MS15619 List of rents due to Clayton and Morris on 1677 Mar 25 property in Hand Alley (ie New Street), Finch Lane, Bordhawe Lane, Rood Lane, Freeman's Yard [Court] Cornhill, Capel Court, St Lawrence Lane [Laurence Lane], Cornhill, Walbrook and Kennington. Endorsed "A note of Sir Robt. Clayton & Mr Morris rents in London 1679". 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15619

CLC/B/050/A/021/MS15620 Letter from William Morgan of Caerleon, 1710 July 4 Monmouthshire, to the Hon William Gore relating to repairs done to property and land in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, on lease. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 15620 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/022/MS15621 Copy documents relating to a dispute over 1667-1721 3messuages, 1 called the Key, in Gracechurch Street, 1713 and 1716, with an abstract of title (1667-1711), 1713. Also include a rough account of rents received in Fleet Street, ca. 1720, and a signed memorandum of the surrender of customarypremises in the manor of Shipdham, Norfolk, 1721. 1 folder containing 6 items Former reference: MS 15621

CLC/B/050/A/023/MS15818 Account book of Clayton and Morris as financial 1662-1687 agents for George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-87, gentleman of the King's Bedchamber and Privy councillor), between 23 Oct 1662 and 30 July 1670. Original covers missing. Begun originally as a record of the purchase money received for the sale of the Duke's manor of Leominster, Herefordshire, and continued as a general account book. Among the parties mentioned are George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-70), Stephen Monteage (?1623-87, merchant and accountant), and Brian Fairfax (1633-1711, cousin to Mary Fairfax, Buckingham's wife. Associated with the Duke in a diplomatic visit to the continent and acted for a time as Buckingham's agent). At the front of the volume is anote made post-1671 of "securityes made and moneys lent" to the Duke between 2 Jan 1660/1 and 4 Oct 1662 by Clayton and Morris before they kept an account for him. With a loose printed broadsheet entitled "Reasons Humbly Offered Against the Adding of NewTrustees to the Bill for Sale of the Estate of the late Duke of Buckingham for Payment of his Debts", ca. 1687 1 volume, 23 ff and 1 loose sheet Former reference: MS 15818 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 7 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/024/MS20484 Papers concerning poor relief in the City of 1698-1702 London, and the Corporation for the Poor of the City of London and its workhouse in Bishopsgate Street. Include abstracts of a parliamentary bill or bills for better provision for the poor; abstract of the accounts of the Corporation for the Poor for the years 1698-1702; a note of "how to provide... and employ the poor and beggars that swarm about the streets of London"; and questions and answers relating to the transportation of vagrants to Virginia and the West Indies 1 envelope containing 16 items in bundle Former reference: MS 20484

CLC/B/050/A/025/MS20485 Abstract of title, 1637-1663/4, abstract of 1637-1666 agreement, 1666, and draft bargain and sale, 1667, relating to the site of the dissolved monastery of Austin Friars. The premises include a capital messuage called Austin Friars or Winchester Place, and 27 messuages lately erected in Broad Street and known as the Glass House, Excise House and Cumberland House, all in the parishes of All Hallows London Wall and St Peter le Poer. 1 envelope containing 28 sheets Former reference: MS 20485

CLC/B/050/A/026/MS20486 Copy agreement concerning houses in or 1654/5 sometime parcel of Austin Friars, in the parish of St Peter le Poer. 1 item in envelope (with Mss 20487-8) Former reference: MS 20486 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 8 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/027/MS20487 Abstract of title, 1611/12-1668, to the New and 1611-1668 Old Wool Quays in Thames Street in the parish of All Hallows Barking, also abstract of title, 1648-68, of Hartshorn Quay, probably also in the parish of All Hallows Barking. The former commences with a Crown grant in 1611/12 which itself recites the purchase of the site by the Crown in the reign of Philip and Mary. The Crown grant excluded "a greate chamber with a Chimney... and all that Gallary adioyning on the South Side of the Old Custome house... and... all those roomes below the Old Wooll Key necessary for a warehouse and all those low roomes for Serchers and wayhers and... the usuall roomes above for the officers of our Customes for Wooll and Skinns" at the said New and Old Wool quays 1 item in envelope (with Mss 20486 and 20488) Former reference: MS 20487

CLC/B/050/A/028/MS20581 "Reasons against Turnekeeping with Carrs at circa 1700 Queenhithe", arguing that the introduction by the Corporation of the City of London of a rota system for carmen plying for hire of Queenhithe wharf has driven the mealmen to land their corn and meal elsewhere and to use other markets; has brought foreign carts which are not subject to regulation into the City; and has deprived the mealmen of a choice of carman. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 20581

CLC/B/050/A/029/MS24545 Order from Ann Monck, Duchess of Albemarle, 1661 Nov 8-11 to John Morris for the +1000 left with Morris to be paid to her brother Thomas Clarges (who then adds that the money be paid to Mr Griffith Bodurda). 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 24545

CLC/B/050/A/030/MS24546 Letter from Sir Robert Clayton to Dr Samuel 1679 Sep 13 Fuller, chancellor of Lincoln, seeking to renew -1679 Nov 17 the lease of the Prebend of Stoke on behalf of Sir Robert Howard. Endorsed with letter from Thomas Leman to Clayton. Also a letter from Fuller to Leman about banking the money he received for the lease. 3 sheets in envelope Former reference: MS 24546 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 9 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/031/MS24548 Order from George Villiers, 2nd Duke of 1668 July 20 Buckingham, for +200 to be given to "Captain Colles", with acknowledgement of receipt by Colles. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24548

CLC/B/050/A/032/MS24574 Rental and particulars of the manor of Walker in 1667 the parish of Long Benton near Newcastle upon Tyne in the possession of John Fenwick. Date of endorsement 1667. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24574

CLC/B/050/A/033/MS24575 Receipt by Sir Robert Vyner for +80 given to 1665 Sep 11 him by Richard Eustace (acting on Mr Irons' behalf), the money to be given to Robert Clayton. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24575

CLC/B/050/A/034/MS24586 Petition of Francis Price, vicar of Blackburn, circa 1687/8 Lancs, to Charles II against the seizure of Lango [now Langho] Chapel, a chapel of ease of Blackburn, by Bartholomew Walmsley. Ca. 1687-8 - date derived from related Chancery case. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24586

CLC/B/050/A/035/MS24677 Letter from Arthur Thornton in York to Peter 1678 May 18 Clayton concerning property "in the north" purchased by Peter Clayton on behalf of Antony Lawson and mentioning a Mr Bulmer and a Christopher Bulmer. Peter Clayton (1649-85), brother of Sir Robert Clayton, supervised the work of the clerks of the latter 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24677

CLC/B/050/A/036/MS24678 Letter from Francis Singleton in Gloucester 1672 [?shire] to Peter Clayton about Singleton's debt to John Hancock. Peter Clayton (1649-85), the brother of Sir Robert Clayton, suvervised the work of the clerks of the latter 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24678 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 10 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/037/MS24952 2 letters from Sir Charles Dymoke at 1671 Dec 1 Scrivelsby, Lincs, to John Morris, about moneys and 1675 July he owes to Clayton and Morris and will send by 8 carriers. 2 items in envelope Former reference: MS 24952

CLC/B/050/A/038/MS24953 Last folio of a letter from John Houghton, writer circa 1677 on agriculture and trade to (?) Sir Robert -1705 Clayton about the advantage of home manufactures to imports and the employment of the London poor, referring to Thomas Firmin's scheme. Damaged. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24953

CLC/B/050/A/039/MS24954 Letter from Sir William Ellis at York to John 1673 July 14 Morris about money to be lent to Sir William Turner and Lady Stanhope. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 24954

CLC/B/050/A/040/MS24955 Letter from [Sir] Ric[hard] Reynell and Henry 1673/4 Jan 27 Whitfeild [Whitfield] to John Morris about a bill of exchange for +620 and seeking his help to recover money lent by the late [Humphrey] Abdy. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 24955

CLC/B/050/A/041/MS24956 Letter from Wa[lter] Chamberlaine to John 1674 July Morris enclosing the account [of the manor of Melbourne, Leicestershire] between Joseph Wood (executor of Peter Wood) and Chamberlaine (on behalf of Morris and Clayton). Damaged. 2 sheets in envelope Former reference: MS 24956

CLC/B/050/A/042/MS24957 Letter from Thomas Morris to his brother John 1676 Oct 1 about work on the manor of Hambleden [Buckinghamshire, owned by Clayton and Morris] and about a recalcitrant tenant. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24957 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 11 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/043/MS24958 Letter from Robert Houghton to John 1676 Oct 6 Morrisabout the money he owes to Morris and a Mr Jackson about his estates of Ranworth and Bastwick, Norfolk. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24958

CLC/B/050/A/044/MS24959 Release by Sir Thomas Bond of Peckham, 1668 July 1 Surrey, of Clayton and Morris and Caesar Cranmer of Astwood Berry, Buckinghamshire, of all money owed to him upon the manor of Wragby and other of the Duke of Buckingham's lands in Lincolnshire, Clayton and Morris having paid off the mortgage of -ú2875 on the estates. Damaged. 1 double sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24959

CLC/B/050/A/045/MS24960 Letter from [Humphrey] Whitgrave [bailiff]of the 1673 May 24 manor of St Osyth, Essex, to Thomas Leman about 200 carried by [Richard] Greene and about the times of coaches to Colchester. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24960

CLC/B/050/A/046/MS24961 Letter from Sir William Hartopp to Peter 1682 June Clayton, mentioning his service to Sir William Gulston [Clayton and Morris' lawyer] and [Peter] Vandeputte (Hartopp is staying in Salisbury under the name of Mr Thomas Smith). 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24961

CLC/B/050/A/047/MS28912 Letter to Robert Clayton from Thomas Viner at 1665/6 Mar 17 the Feathers in Little Britain about Clayton and Morris' subscription to books for Gloucester Cathedral Library. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28912. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 12 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/048/MS28913 Letter from John Hancock at Glouc[este]r to 1669/70 Feb Peter Clayton about payments by Tho[ma]s 16 Webb (+800) and Richard Bennett (+100) into his account. Peter Clayton, brother of Robert Clayton, superintended the work of Robert Clayton's clerks 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28913

CLC/B/050/A/049/MS28914 Letter from Sir Thomas Foot in Clandon Surrey 1670/1 Jan 25 to John Morris about 3 bonds for +400 which his cousin Anne Foot "of Ireland" has made over to him. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28914

CLC/B/050/A/050/MS28915 Letter from Edw[ard?] Noyes to William Meggs 1671 June 26 explaining the difficulties he has in paying his rent and agreeing to show what acquittances he has to Mr Blake. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28915

CLC/B/050/A/051/MS28916 Letter from Peter Wood at Ashby-de-la-Zouchto 1671 Oct 28 Robert Clayton about the colliery at Okethorpe [Oakthorpe], Leicestershire, asking him to urge "my lady" to decide upon it. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28916

CLC/B/050/A/052/MS28917 Letter from James Vanacker at Hereford to 1672 July 27 John Morris ordering him to pay +20 on his behalf to Robert Simmons [Symonds in Ms 6428 Vol.1] or his agent. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28917

CLC/B/050/A/053/MS28918 Letter from [Sir] Ric[hard] Reynell and Henry 1673 Dec 30 Whitfeild [Whitfield] [executors of Humphrey Abdy] to John Morris concerning 2 bills of exchange for +600 and one bill for +620 to pay off [Abdy's] debts. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28918 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 13 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/054/MS28919 Letter from Wa[lter] Chamberlaine to John 1674 May 4 Morris about arrears of rent due [from Melbourne manor, Leicestershire] and Jos[eph] Wood's desire to settle his brother's debts to Morris. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28919

CLC/B/050/A/055/MS28920 Letter from John Duckbery [endorsed and 1674 Aug 26 appears in GL Ms 6428 vol.2 as Duxbury] to John Morris asking for the lease of his farm at Fa'sham [Faversham, Kent?] to be extended. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28920

CLC/B/050/A/056/MS28921 Letter from H[enry] Slingsby to John Morris 1676/7 Jan 6 explaining that his wife's long sickness caused his absence from London and that he has turned down Lady Stanhope's offer to lend him money. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28921

CLC/B/050/A/057/MS28923 Letter and address panel from Roger Lyndonto 1663 Nov 9 Christopher Dobson at the forge near Comolin about Lyndon's distraint of iron at Comolin (near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland). The address panel has a contemporary annotation perhaps by Dobson.|Photocopy only: whereabouts of original unknown (in a dealer's possession in 1992). A modern transcript is attached, together with a background note about the Enniscorthy ironworks and forges at Comolin. Clayton and Morris controlled ironworks at Enniscorthy where they leased land from the Earl of Anglesey to whom they owed rent in 1663. Lyndon was presumably an agent of the Earl. Dobson was one of the clerks employed at Clayton and Morris' forge 4 sheets in envelope Former reference: MS 28923 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 14 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/058/MS28924 Promissory note (including receipt) to repay 1664/5 Feb 4 Richard Jennings the sum of £1170 which John Morris has received on his behalf. Photocopy only: whereabouts of original unknown (sold at auction in 1992). 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28924

CLC/B/050/A/059/MS28925 Order from Sir John Talbot to John Morris for 1662 Aug 2 the £250 in Morris' hands to be delivered to Rich[ard] Barber. Photocopy only: whereabouts of original unknown (sold to a private collector in 1989). 2 sheets in envelope Former reference: MS 28925

CLC/B/050/A/060/MS28926 Letter from Edw[ard] Edwards at Londonderry 1674 Nov 18 to Sir Robert Clayton, asking for more time to pay the +1500 and interest which he owes Clayton and Sir James Langham. He himself is owed great sums but there is no money in the country. Photocopy only: whereabouts of original unknown (in the possession of a dealer in 1992). 2 sheets in envelope Former reference: MS 28926

CLC/B/050/A/061/MS28927 Letter from Richard Griffiths of Rossell [Rossall, 1674/5 Jan 26 Shropshire?] to Sir Robert Clayton complaining about [the bailiff] Mr Thomkis [Humphrey Tomkins] on several counts including driving Griffiths' cattle away in lieu of rent which he had already paid to Thomas Knifeton [Kniveton]. Clayton and Morris owned the estate at Rossall. Photocopy only: whereabouts of original unknown (in the possession of a dealer in 1992). 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 28927

CLC/B/050/A/062/MS28928 Letter from William Hardy at Alford, Lincolnshire 1676 Jul 19 to John Morris about the value of the farms at Habertoft which are security for Morris' loan to [Sir John] Prettyman. Photocopy only: whereabouts of original unknown. 2 sheets in envelope Former reference: MS 28928 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 15 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/063 Photocopy of letter from Dr Peter Pett, 1662 Oct 22 Advocate General in Ireland, to Sir John Cutler, merchant and partner of Clayton and Morris in the Enniscorthy ironworks, with typescript transcript and notes See also CLC/B/050/A/084 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/064 Letter from Sir Thomas Foot to Clayton and 1665 Oct 5 Morris See also CLC/B/050/A/049MS28914; CLC/B/050/081 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/065 Transcript, photocopy and notes of a letter from 1669 Sep 14 James Morley to Clayton and Morris (concerning a debt owned to Sir Thomas Foot) 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/066 Letter from Sir Thomas Abdy to John Morris 1670/1 Feb 21 (concerning rents from houses in St Mary Axe) 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/067 Photocopy of letter from Ra[ ] Walley to John 1671 May [5?] Morris, with typescript extract and notes 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/068 Letter from Sir Anthony Aucher to John Morris 1671/2 Jan 26 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/069 Letter from Robert Robotham at St Albans to 1672 Aug 1 John Morris (concerning payment for interest due to Robotham from Mr Palgrave and offer of a buck from Lord Aston) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/070 Letter from Robert Houghton to John Morris 1672/3 Jan 27 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/071 Letter from Walter Chamberlaine to Allan 1673/4 Mar 12 Swanwicke (mainly concerning property in Melbourne [Derbyshire]) 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 16 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/072 Letter from Robert Morris in Abingdon to his 1673 Apr 27 brother John Morris 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/073 Letter from Sir William Ellis to Clayton and 1673 May 17 Morris See also CLC/B/050/A/039MS24954; CLC/B/050/A/082 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/074 Two letters from Robert Jen[n]ings to John 1673 - 1675 Morris (1673 Aug 6, 1675 Apr 4) Robert Jennings may have been headmaster of Abingdon School, Oxfordshire, 1657 - 1683 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/075 Letter from Peter Wood to John Morris 1673 Sep 17 See also CLC/B/050/A/090 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/076 Letter from Richard Salter to Sir Robert Clayton 1674 Sep 26 concerning property at "Roseall" (Rossall, Shropshire) See also CLC/B/050/A/078 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/077 Letter from Robert Houghton to John Morris, 1673 Dec 12 with typescript note See also CLC/B/050/A/043MS24958; CLC/B/050/A/070 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/078 Letter from Richard Griffithes at "Rossell" 1674/5 Jan 26 (Rossall, Shropshire) to Sir Robert Clayton, with typescript extract and notes See also CLC/B/050/A/061MS28927; CLC/B/050/A/076; CLC/B/050/A/080 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/079 Letter from John Knight and John Collier to 1674/5 Mar 3 John Morris 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/080 Letter from Hum[phrey] Tompkins at 1675 Sep 29 Shrewsbury to Clayton and Morris See also CLC/B/050/A/061MS28927 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 17 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/081 Letter from Sir Thomas Foot to Clayton and 1675 Dec 22 Morris, with typescript transcript and notes See also CLC/B/050/A/049MS28914; CLC/B/050/A/064 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/082 Letter from Sir William Ellis to John Morris 1676 See also CLC/B/050/A/039MS24954; CLC/B/050/A/073 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/083 Letter to John Morris from his brother Thomas 1676 Apr 6 at Hambledon, with transcript See also CLC/B/050/A/042MS24957 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/084 Letter from John Berey to John Morris 1678 Aug 2 (concerning Spanish iron imported to Liverpool and Chester, possibly referring to the Enniscorthy ironworks) See also CLC/B/050/A/063 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/085 Letter from Samuel Verdon to John Morris 1681 Aug 29 (comprising a copy of his answer as one of the defendents to the bill of complaint of Thomas Sherman concerning the manor of Hangleton) See also CLC/B/050/A/004MS10049 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/086 Letter from Henry Canning at Jesus College, 1668 Dec 15 Cambridge, to Peter Clayton (concerning a request to send a pound of tobacco) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/087 Letter from Henry Maurice to Peter Clayton 1668 Oct 31 (concerning the sale of books) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/088 Letters from John Hancock to Peter Clayton 1670 - 1670/1 (1670 Aug 8, 1670/1 Feb 6) 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/089 Letter from John Freeman to Peter Clayton at 1682 Jun 17 Sir Robert Clayton's house in Old Jewry (concerning the account of "Mr Julen") 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 18 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/090 Letter from Peter Wood, Clayton's agent in 1671 Nov 4 Leicestershire, to Sir Robert Clayton (concerning a coal-mine) See also CLC/B/050/A/051MS28916; CLC/B/050/A/075 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/091 Letter from Sir Stephen Langham to Sir Robert 1674 - 1676 Clayton (1674 Jun 8), and letter from Sir James Langham to Sir Robert Clayton (1676 Aug 16) with note See also CLC/B/050/A/060MS28926 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/092 Letter from Robert Hyde to Sir Robert Clayton 1674 Sep 5 (mentions Mr Whitgrave and Jo[hn] Richardson ) See also CLC/B/050/A/045MS24960 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/093 Letter from Michael Hale to Sir Phillip Howard 1671/2 Jan 2 (concerning arrest for non-payment of navy bills ) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/094 Photocopy of letter from John Finch in Cadiz to 1682 Jun [7/17 Sir Henry Goodricke ] Original letter was lot 494 in Sotheby's Fairfax Sale (Dec 1993). Sale catalogue states that the letter was part of the Clayton and Morris collection, but the connection is not clear. 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/095 Papers of Sir Samuel Starling, including 1649 - 1674 correspondence, agreements, affidavit, memoranda See also CLC/B/050/A/018MS15617 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/096 Papers concerning suits between John Morris 1672 and George Cox on the one hand and Sir Samuel Starling on the other about properties in the Minories which were bequeathed to Dame Mary Starling See also CLC/B/050/A/018MS15617 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 19 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/097 Deeds concerning lands held by Dame Mary 1662 - 1674 Starling also Sternell in the Minories (1672/3 - 1674), and in the parishes of St Mary at Hill (1673) and St Olave Hart Street (1673) in the City of London. Also includes a deed concerning a messuage in the parish of St Olave Hart Street held by her father, Richard Garford (1662) 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/098 Bill from Henry Avery to Mr Morris and partner 1664/5 Jan 5 (with a Clayton and Morris annotation) for textile goods and furniture supplied, with note 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/099 Deed concerning a messuage and wharf called 1598 May 11 "Galley Keye" in Petty Wales in Thames Street in the parish of All Hallows Barking 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/100 Deeds concerning a toft where a messuage 1668 - 1671 used to stand before the Great Fire of London with a wharf in Thames Street in the parish of All Hallows the Great (1668 - 1671), and deed concerning several tofts of ground between Fryer Lane als Greenwich Lane and Brewer Lane als Grantham Lane near Thames Street in the parish of All Hallows the Great (1670) 1 bundle of 4 items

CLC/B/050/A/101 Deed concerning a messuage in Thomas 1663 Dec 18 Apostles in the parish of Holy Trinity the Less 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/102 Deed concerning Baynards Castle manor 1670 Jul 23 house in the parishes of St Andrew by the Wardrobe and St Benet Paul's Wharf 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/103 Mortgage of a parcel of ground where formerly 1690 Jul 7 stood a great messuage called Southampton House in the parish of St Andrew Holborn 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 20 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/104 Deed concerning the capital messuage called 1654 May 25 Hatton House in the parish of St Andrew Holborn 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/105 Deeds concerning a messuage in the parish of 1649/50 - 1657 St Andrew Undershaft, being parcel of the possessions belonging to Rochester Bridge in Kent 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/106 Deed concerning a messuage in Lime Street in 1650 Sep 27 the parish of St Andrew Undershaft 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/107 Deeds concerning a shop on the east side of 1653 - 1657/8 the dwelling house of Simon Ruddock in Leadenhall Street in the parish of St Andrew Undershaft 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/108 Deed concerning several messuages in or near 1682/3 Mar 22 Capel Court and in or near Bartholomew Lane in the parish of St Bartholomew by the Exchange 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/109 Deed and final concord concerning messuages 1627/8 - 1631 in the parish of St Botolph Aldgate including The final one in Houndsditch concord is in 1 envelope Latin

CLC/B/050/A/110 Deed concerning the mortgage of certain 1680 Dec 28 messuages near the Tower of London in the parish of St Botolph Aldgate 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/111 Deeds concerning messuages in Hand Alley als 1670/1 - 1696 Todds Alley in the parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate 1 bundle

CLC/B/050/A/112 Lease and assignment of lease concerning a 1649 - 1661 messuage in Fleet Street in the parish of St Bride Fleet Street 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 21 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/113 Leases concerning a messuage in Fleet Yard in 1657 - 1661/2 the parish of St Bride Fleet Street 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/114 Deeds concerning a messuage in Fleet Street 1663 - 1663/4 in the parish of St Bride Fleet Street 1 bundle

CLC/B/050/A/115 Draft articles of agreement concerning building 1670 Jul 30 work on a messuage in Fenchurch Street in the parish of St Dionis Backchurch 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/116 Deed concerning a messuage in Fleet Street in 1662 Dec 16 the parish of St Dunstan in the West called the Spread Eagle 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/117 Deed concerning two messuages in 1644/5 Jan 18 Paternoster Row in the parish of St Faith, one known by the sign of the Bird in Hand and the other known by the sign of the Dolphin 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/118 Lease concerning a messuage called the Boars 1663 Apr 2 Head in Paternoster Row, and other messuages in the parishes of St Faith under St Paul's and St Gregory 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/119 Deed concerning a garden and messuage in 1636 May 26 the parish of St Giles Cripplegate 1 bundle

CLC/B/050/A/120 Deed concerning a messuage in Angel Court in 1662 May 21 Redcross Street in the parish of St Giles Cripplegate 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/121 Lease concerning a messuage known by the 1659 Jun 13 sign of the Black Boy in Paul's Churchyard in the parish of St Gregory by St Paul 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 22 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/122 Deed concerning a messuage in Ludgate Street 1683 Jul 31 in the parish of St Gregory by St Paul 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/123 Deed concerning a messuage in Fenchurch 1657 Apr 1 Street in the parish of St Katharine Coleman 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/124 Deed concerning an annuity from a messuage 1657 Aug 18 in Northumberland Place in the parish of St Katherine Coleman 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/125 Assignment concerning a capital messuage in 1664 Nov 29 the parish of St Katherine Creechurch 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/126 Deeds concerning an inn called the Swan in 1668 - 1672 Ladd Lane in the parish of St Lawrence Jewry 1 bundle

CLC/B/050/A/127 Deed concerning a messuage in St Lawrence 1676 Lane "over against Bosonies Inne", and another messuage in King Street near Guildhall in the parish of St Lawrence Jewry 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/128 Deed concerning a parcel of ground where a 1686 Sep 13 messuage stood before the Great Fire in Rood Lane in the parish of St Margaret Pattens 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/129 Deed concerning a messuage known as the 1657 Apr 18 Half Moon (formerly known as the Ship) in Westcheap als Cheapside in the parish of St Mary Colechurch 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/130 Deed concerning a newly erected messuage at 1682 Apr 28 the north east corner of Bucklersbury next Walbrook in the parish of St Mary Woolchurch 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 23 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/131 Assignment of lease concerning a messuage 1674 Apr 8 known by the sign of the Three Hatts in Lombard Street in the parish of St Mary Woolnoth 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/132 Deeds concerning messuages in Cornhill in the 1651 - 1669/70 parish of St Michael Cornhill 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/133 Assignment of lease concerning a messuage 1665 May 8 known by the sign of the Seven Stars in Cornhill in the parish of St Michael Cornhill 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/134 Assignment of lease of a toft and newly erected 1681 Jun 15 messuage on Whittington College Hill in the parish of St Michael Paternoster 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/135 Assignment of lease of a newrly erected 1666 Sep 27 messuage within Augustine Friars in the parish of St Peter le Poer in Broadstreet 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/136 Deed concerning a messuage in the parish of 1610 Nov 5 St Sepulchre Newgate 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/137 Deeds concerning several messuages in the 1632 - 1657 parish of St Sepulchre Newgate, one of which is in or near a place called the Harpe 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/138 Deed concerning a parcel of ground near 1667 Apr 27 Bishops Court in the parish of St Sepulchre Newgate 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/139 Assignment of lease of part of a shop in the 1607/8 Mar 23 parish of St Stephen Coleman Street 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 24 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/140 Deed concerning a small piece or parcel of land 1613 Mar 29 in the aprish of St Stephen Coleman Street and a brick wall lately built by Sir William Killegrew 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/141 Assignment of lease of a piece of land in Gutter 1671 Dec 26 Lane in the parish of St Vedast Foster Lane 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/142 Assignment and release of a coachhouse in 1676 Sep 19 Bevis Marks [in the parish of St Katherine Creechurch or All Hallows London Wall] 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/143 Deeds concerning Old Enfield Park in the 1684 - 1686 parish of Enfield and Edmonton, Middlesex 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/144 Deed concerning six and a quarter acres of 1669/70 Mar land in London Field in the parish of Hackney, 15 Middlesex, and receipt for money concerning the same 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/145 Deed concerning the manors of Harfield and 1674/5 Feb 2 Moor Hall and diverse lands and tenements in Harfield, Middlesex including the rectory of Harfield 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/146 Mortgage of a moiety of a messuage in Bellipott 1649 Aug 3 End in the parish of Heston, Middlesex 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/147 Lease of a messuage in Old Street, Middlesex 1640 Sep 16 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/148 Particular of lands in Poplar Wharf offered by 1668 Lady Yates for securing £2000 This item is undated. Another copy of this item (dated 1668) can be found in CLC/B/050/C/001MS05286 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 25 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/149 Deed concerning a copyhold messuage called 166- Haydene held of the manor or Ruislip, Middlesex 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/150 Deed concerning a new brick messuage in 1654 Nov 17 Lincolns Inn in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/151 Deed concerning a close of land called Marsh 1686/7 Jan 20 Land in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/152 Abstract of title of Stanhope House near 1659 Jun 1 Charing Cross in the parish of St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/153 Judgement in a dispute between the Duke of 1686 - 1697/8 Buckingham and Sir Thomas Price concerning the paving and repairing of the ground on the east side of a street in St Martin in the Field which leads down from Charing Cross to the Palace of Whitehall and lying between Wallingford House and the houses, walls and buildings of Sir Thomas Price (1686), and deed concerning Wallingford House in the parish of St Martin in the Field, Middlesex (1697/8 Jan 26 ) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/154 Deeds concerning messuages in East 1626 - 1657 Smithfield, Middlesex, including a brewhouse called the Three Kings 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/155 Deed concerning two parcels of land in East 1627 Oct 9 Smithfield in the parish of St Mary Matfellon als Whitechapel, Middlesex 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/156 Deed concerning lands in Stanmore the Less 1652 Dec 10 and Edgware in Middlesex 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 26 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/157 Deeds concerning a piece of wharf ground in 1606 - 1626 Wapping 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/158 Lease of a messuage on the Millbank in 1671 Dec 30 Westminster, Middlesex 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/159 Deed concerning several closes or parcels of 1678 May 15 land which are part of the manor of Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/160 Deed concerning property in Epperson, 1677/8 Feb 11 Nottinghamshire 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/161 Deed concerning fifteen oxgangs of land in 1685 Broughton Sulney, Nottinghamshire 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/162 Deed concerning fee farm rents from the 1675 Jul 15 drained lands of John Bradbourne and Thomas Shelbury in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/163 Receipt for the purchase of the manor of 1657 Nov 21 Blechdon als Bleysdon, Gloucestershire 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/164 Two orders to pay from Robert Everard to 1663/4 Jan - Francis Jaquis on the account of Henry Feb Hastings, Lord Loughborough 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/165 Receipt for £3000 from Sir Peter Heyman of 1664 - 1668 Selling, Kent (1664 Jun 20), and warrant of Sir Peter Heyman for debt owed to Henry Avery (1668 Oct 12) 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 27 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/166 Deed concerning the benefit and right of 1665 Jul 24 redemption out of shares in one moiety of the new river or waterwork brought from Chadwell and Amwell to London 1 file

CLC/B/050/A/167 Will of Stephen Aberley, grocer of London 1672 (dated 1643 May 30, proved 1672) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/168 Valuation of "Deanes Hall" in Brewood, 16-- Staffordshire (undated) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/A/169 Photocopy of an inventory (1671 Dec 6) of the 1675 Jul 15 goods of Thomas Lord Fairfax, and of two letters with instructions for payments from Thomas Lord Fairfax to Clayton and Morris (1660 Feb 13-18) 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 28 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/A/170 Abstracts of title, rentals, accounts, bonds, 1609 - 1800 depositions and other papers, including some papers concerning City matters, presumably belonging to Sir Robert Clayton Includes: list of title deeds concerning Wallingford House, Tyltyard House and Yorke House (1572/3 - 1622/3); receipt for rent paid for Wallingford House due to Sir Humphrey Edwin (nd); statement of taxes owed on the sale of Wallingford House by Sir Robert Clayton and other trustees of the Duke of Buckingham (1697); memorandum that Henry Avery has let the new messuage at the east corner of Bucklersbury to William Pigott (1669); letter from William Perry at Christ's Hospital to Sir Robert Clayton relating to two bills concerning the regulation of carmen and of Blackwell Hall and Leadenhall (1677); Lady Starling's rental of Whitechapel (nd); receipt for the payment of £60 for a lease granted to Robert Lee, merchant, of ground at Leadenhall market (1658/9 Mar 23); rentals of houses and other buildings in Thames Street and Throckmorten Street (1656 and nd); rental of lands in Smithfield (nd); abstract of title of Crosby House (1640 - 1659); abstract of title of Nathaniel Jeffreys to the lease of a house in the Strand (1775 - 1785); notes of repairs needed to Norwich House (1609). Some of the papers in this box may not be part of the Clayton and Morris archive. 1 box

CLC/B/050/A/171 Deeds relating to property presumably 1729/30 - 1761 administered by Sir William Clayton Property in St Giles Street, in the parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate and in Enfield. Also includes a deed concerning the tithes and tenths from the manor of Aldridge Court, and copy of the will of Mary Baker of St Sepulchre London, widow (proved 1755, copy made 1761) 1 file ABBOTT, ROBERT

CLC/B/050/B/001/MS02931A Miscellaneous business papers, also papers of 1639-1658 and relating to later members of the Abbott family. 1 guard file Former reference: MS 02931A LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 29 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/B/002/MS02931 Account book of Abbott's work as a scrivener. 1646-1652 1 volume Former reference: MS 02931 CLAYTON, ROBERT

CLC/B/050/C/001/MS05286 Schedules, rentals and other particulars relating circa 1650 to estates in London and Middlesex in the -1680 possession or under the administration of Sir Robert Clayton. Includes lands in Bishopsgate Street, Broadstreet, Cornhill, Fleet Street, the Hannaper, Long Acre, and the parishes of St Botolph Aldgate, St Giles Cripplegate, St James Garlickhithe, St Lawrence Jewry, Bethnal Green, Colham, Enfield, Fulham, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Kensington, Littleton, Piccadilly, Ruislip, St Giles in the Fields, East Smithfield, Stanmore Magna, Stanwell, Stepney, Stoke Newington and Whitechapel.

Includes: a particular of lands and houses belonging to the manor of Sutton Court and the rectory of Cheswick granted by the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's for 21 years from 1663; particulars of the manors of Colham (nd), Cowley Peaches (nd), Dawley (nd), Mandeveills in the parish of South Mimms (1673), Cantlers in the parish of St Pancras (1674), Stanwell (1671), Stepney (1675), and Stoke Newington (nd); rental of lands in Enfield (1656); rental of the manor of Ratcliffe (nd). 1 volume in folder Former reference: MS 05286 Draft leases, title abstracts and other legal papers relating to various estates in the possession or under the administration of Sir Robert Clayton. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 30 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/C/002/MS05386/001 Draft leases, title abstracts and other legal circa 1650 papers relating to various estates in the -circa 1690 possession or under the administration of Sir In English and Robert Clayton. Latin Includes lands in the parishes of St Andrew by the Wardrobe, St Andrew Holborn (including Hatton House), St Botolph Aldgate, St Botolph Bishopsgate, St Dunstan in the East, St Edmund the King and Martyr, St Katherine Coleman, St Lawrence Pountney, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Woolnoth, St Matthew Friday Street, St Michael Bassishaw, St Michael Cornhill, St Nicholas Acon, St Olave Hart Street, St Peter Cornhill, St Peter le Poer, St Peter Westcheap, Edmonton, East Smithfield, Enfield.

Box 1 includes: assignment of lease by Mary Sternell concerning messuages in Whitechapel (1670 May 24); draft assignment of lease by Mary Sternell concerning several messuages in Crutched Friars in the parish of St Olave Hart Street (nd); and abstract of title to Essex House (1653 - 1654).

Box 2 includes: draft lease by the Duke of Buckingham of a piece of ground adjoining Wallingford House in the parish of St Martin in the Fields (1685/6 Mar 23); rental of William Cutler's houses in Broad Street (1666); and draft lease of a parcel of land lying in Hand Alley als Todd Alley in the parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate (1670/1 Mar 10). 1 box Former reference: MS 05386 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 31 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/C/002/MS05386/002 Draft leases, title abstracts and other legal circa 1650 papers relating to various estates in the -circa 1690 possession or under the administration of Sir In English and Robert Clayton. Latin Includes lands in the parishes of St Andrew by the Wardrobe, St Andrew Holborn (including Hatton House), St Botolph Aldgate, St Botolph Bishopsgate, St Dunstan in the East, St Edmund the King and Martyr, St Katherine Coleman, St Lawrence Pountney, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Woolnoth, St Matthew Friday Street, St Michael Bassishaw, St Michael Cornhill, St Nicholas Acon, St Olave Hart Street, St Peter Cornhill, St Peter le Poer, St Peter Westcheap, Edmonton, East Smithfield, Enfield.

CLC/B/050/C/003/MS03542 Papers relating to the Kennington estate in 1676-1875 Lambeth, held of the Duchy of Cornwall by Sir Robert Clayton and his descendants. Include rentals of the estate 1676 and 1686, valuation c.1705, printed statements of leases granted and conditions of tenure 19thC, disclaimer of bequests under the will of Sir William Clayton 1834, and printed sale catalogue of building materials from the Old Manor Hall, Kennington, 1875 1 bundle containing 14 items Former reference: MS 03542 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 32 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/C/004/MS08493 Assignments, petitions to the Court of 1683-1723 Exchequer, accounts, and other documents connected with post fines relating to various capital and estate transactions by Sir Robert Clayton and his trustees. Vellum and paper 1 file containing 12 items Former reference: MS 08493

CLC/B/050/C/005/MS03615 Letters patent (James II) granting the manor of 1686 Apr 21 Kennington to Sir Robert Clayton for a term of 15 years. With four seal fragments in canvas bag Vellum Former reference: MS 03615

CLC/B/050/C/006/MS08493A Minutes of the Parliamentary committee 1689 Apr 5 appointed to investigate a "petition of severall -1689 May 3 merchants and traders in and about the city of London complayneing of severall exactions and undue proceedings of the commissioners and other officers of the customes". From the papers of Sir Robert Clayton, possibly chairman of the committee, at least heading list of members. The complaints in the petition were about "using scurrilous and foul language to merchants... taking more custome than is due..., irregular seizure..., permitting severall prohibited goods to be brought in... by other names". 1 bundle containing 7 documents, ff. 29 Former reference: MS 08493A

CLC/B/050/C/007 Letter from Robert Warcupp to Sir Robert 1672/3 Feb 22 Clayton 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/C/008 Letter from Thomas Aram to Sir Robert Clayton 1672/3 Mar 3 (concerning duty on Newcastle coals) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/C/009 Letter from Charles Bickerstaffe to Sir Robert 1672/3 Mar 16 Clayton (concerning money paid in for the account of the executors of the Duke of Richmond) 1 envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 33 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/C/010 Letter to Sir Robert Clayton from Sir Thomas 1675 Dec 7 Stringer (with transcript) 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/C/011 Letter from Henry Powle (MP of Cirencester) to 1676 Nov 11 Sir Robert Clayton (concerning survey of demesnes at Ramsbury) 1 file

CLC/B/050/C/012 Draft reasons against passing a bill to suppress 166- pedlars and hawkers (undated, 1661/2?) This item has a Clayton and Morris annotation. It was part of lot 58 in the Fairfax sale. 1 file

CLC/B/050/C/013 Copy report by a committee of aldermen to the 1673/4 Jan 22 Recorder of London concerning a dispute between watermen and lightermen over apprentices and also the sale of their boats 1 envelope

CLC/B/050/C/014 Sir Robert Clayton's book plate (undated, but it 168- refers to him being Lord Mayor in 1679) 1 envelope JEFFREYS, GEORGE JEFFREYS

CLC/B/050/D/001/MS14177 Accounts of money received by Jeffreys, 1672-1678 Common Sergeant of London. Some writing lost or illegible. 1 volume Former reference: MS 14177

CLC/B/050/D/002/MS14178 Accounts. 1677-1678 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14179-96 Former reference: MS 14178

CLC/B/050/D/003/MS14179 Accounts of money received and disbursed 1681 "upon the circuit". Damaged, some writing lost. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178 AND 14180-96 Former reference: MS 14179 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 34 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/D/004/MS14180 Copy petition to the House of Commons circa 1680 Nov from"divers cittizens"of London, accusing Jeffreys of electoral and judicial malpractices, and requesting that he should be punished for them. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-9 AND 14181-96 Former reference: MS 14180

CLC/B/050/D/005/MS14181 Copy petition to the King from House of circa 1680 Nov Commons requesting Jeffreys' removal from all public offices. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-80 AND 14182-96 Former reference: MS 14181

CLC/B/050/D/006/MS14182 Precept from the Lord Mayor of London to 1680 Nov Jeffreys, requesting the surrender of the Recordership. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-81 AND 14183-96 Former reference: MS 14182

CLC/B/050/D/007/MS14183 Letters patent appointing Jeffreys as King's 1680 May 12 Serjeant-at-Law. Parchment. 1 item in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-82 AND 14184-96 Former reference: MS 14183

CLC/B/050/D/008/MS14184 Certificate of oath of office taken by Jeffreys 1687 Oct 14 before the Privy Council as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-83 AND 14185-96 Former reference: MS 14184

CLC/B/050/D/009/MS14185 Letter of recommendation, unaddressed, from 1687/8 Jan 20 the Estates General of the United Provinces, presumable to Jeffreys, regarding Everard de Weade, Lord of Dijkvelt, their ambassador to Great Britain. 1 sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-84 AND 14186-96 Former reference: MS 14185 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 35 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/D/010/MS14186 Draft articles of agreement between Jeffreys, 1685 May Sir Robert Henley and Narcissus Luttrell of Gray's Inn, concerning the office of Chief Clerk for the enrolling of pleas in the King's Bench. Damaged, some writing missing. 1 sheaf in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-85 AND 14187-96 Former reference: MS 14186

CLC/B/050/D/011/MS14187 Papers relating to legal matters. 1680-1688 1. Jeffreys' draft reply, as one of the defendants in a bill of complaint by Sir Eduard Deerding, concerning a house in Coleman Street. ca. 1680. 2. Jeffreys' breviate of the case Sands v. Exton in the King's Bench concerning the ship "The Expectation" and its alleged infringement of the charter of the East India Company. 3. Memorandum of Feb 3 1681/2 given and signed by Jeffreys and Edmund Saunders concerning the evasion of customs duties by ships operating between Dover and Calais; with an unsigned, undated addendum on a separate sheet. 4. Petition to Jeffreys from Frances Colles and others, for the enforcement of the appearance of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, in a forthcoming court case. 1687 Oct 28. 5. Unaddressed letter from Sir Walter K. Blount, presumably to Jeffreys, concerning a legal conflict relating to salt springs at Droitwich, Worcestershire. 1688 July 4. 1 envelope containing 5 items. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-86 AND 14188-96 Former reference: MS 14187

CLC/B/050/D/012/MS14188 List of seven vacant benefices in five counties, circa 1680? and their values, with names of those recommended to fill them and of those who had made the recommendations; apparently compiled for Jeffreys' information. Nd. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-87 AND 14189-96 Former reference: MS 14188 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 36 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/D/013/MS14189 Letter to Jeffreys from a Mr Loder in Dorchester 1687/8 Feb 27 giving the value of the clerkships of the peace of Somerset, Devon and Wiltshire, with comments on their holders. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-88 AND 14190-96 Former reference: MS 14189

CLC/B/050/D/014/MS14190 Five letters to Jeffreys and one to his 'servant', 1680/1-1688 a Mr Chambres, requesting his assistance or patronage in various matters. 6 double sheets in envelope.NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-89 AND 14191-6 Former reference: MS 14190

CLC/B/050/D/015/MS14191 Three letters from John Romsey at Newparke, 1688 and six letters (with typewritten transcripts) from Thomas Edwards at Bristol, to Jeffreys, mainly concerning legal activities relating to Lord Pembroke's estates in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan (the latter concern specifically the marriage portion of Jeffreys' son John who married Lord Pembroke's daughter, Lady Charlotte Herbert, on 17 July 1688. The letters from Romsey are damaged with some writing missing. 1 envelope containing 9 double sheets. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-90 AND 14192-6 Former reference: MS 14191

CLC/B/050/D/016/MS14192 Four letters concerning the marriage of Jeffreys' 1688 son John to Lady Charlotte Herbert on 17 July 1688 and the latter's subsequent flight from her husband to put herself under the protection of the French ambassador in London. The letter to Jeffreys from his brother Alderman John Jeffreys is badly damaged with much writing lost. 1 envelope containing 4 double sheets. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-91 AND 14193-6 Former reference: MS 14192 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 37 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/D/017/MS14193 Indenture of sale by Richard Goffe, shipwright 1669 July 30 of Wapping, Middlesex, to Jeffreys of one sixth of a ship called"The Dextra". Parchment. 1 item in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-92 AND 14194-6 Former reference: MS 14193

CLC/B/050/D/018/MS14194 Draft will of John Jeffreys (father of George) of 1679 Sep 22 Denbighshire. 1 envelope containing 2 sheets. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-93 AND 14195-6 Former reference: MS 14194

CLC/B/050/D/019/MS14195 Letter from one J. Knightley to Jeffreys, 1688 June 10 thanking him for favours received, and accompanying a gift of six cheeses. 1 double sheet in envelope. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-94 AND 14196 Former reference: MS 14195

CLC/B/050/D/020/MS14196 Two receipts, one bill and one request for 1678-1681 payment, concerning Jeffreys. 1 envelope containing 3 sheets and 1 double sheet. NOW IN GUARD FILE WITH MSS 14178-95 Former reference: MS 14196

CLC/B/050/D/021/MS22945 Bill for cloth and haberdashery bought for the 1676, 1679 funeral of Sir John Jones Kt [of Fonmon, Glamorgan], 9 Oct 1679, with bills for haberdashery and ale run up by Sir John, 1676; also, an inventory of the livestock inherited by Lady Ann Jones, Sir John's widow, 31 May 1679. Jeffreys married Lady Ann Jones, daughter of Sir Thomas Bludworth, Lord Mayor 1665-66, in June 1679 1 envelope containing 4 sheets Former reference: MS 22945

CLC/B/050/D/022/MS28922 Letter from John Romsey at Bristol to Jeffreys 1688 Oct 24 about Romsey's service to the Duke of Beaufort. Damaged, with loss of text. 1 item in envelope Former reference: MS 28922 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 38 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/D/023 Quitclaim by Edward Baker of London 1678, 1964 gentleman to Sir George Jeffreys of all manner of actions (1678 Oct 25), with an article from The Times (1964 Mar 13) and letter in response (Mar 18) about Judge Jeffreys Transferred from the Prints and Maps Noble Collection. 1 file

CLC/B/050/D/024 Deed concerning a messuage and garden in 1685 Nov 19 Coleman Street in the parish of St Stephen Coleman Street 1 envelope WYSE, JOHN

CLC/B/050/E/001/MS24553 Letter from Thomas Chamberlayne and Samuel 1684 Sep 12 Woods in Messina concerning Wyse's debtors, and 26 his brass, silk and "argot", and the ships in harbour. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24553

CLC/B/050/E/002/MS24676 Letter from John Fowke in Livorno [Leghorn] 1686-1687 about Wyse's hides and the ships in harbour, 30 Dec 1686 and 27 Jan 1686/7. 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 24676

CLC/B/050/E/003 Letters from Lannoy Treadway & Co, latterly 1684 - 1686 Lannoy Bucknall & Devinck, in Aleppo, to John Wise, London 1 file CORNHILL WARD

CLC/B/050/F/001/MS02942B Cornhill ward subsidy ('free and voluntary 1661? present to his Majesty') 1 double sheet in file Former reference: MS 02942B BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RECORD OFFICE LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 39 CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

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CLC/B/050/G/001/MS24496 Catalogue of Clayton family papers, Clayton 197- and Morris business papers and papers of George Jeffreys held by Bucks. County Record Office. 1616-1847 (catalogue compiled late 1970s). 1 file in envelope Former reference: MS 24496