Part Two Items 2535-3281 SWAINS LANE – ELISHA COISH's HOUSE
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Part Two Items 2535-3281 SWAINS LANE – ELISHA COISH’S HOUSE 14 March 1609 2535 On 19 March 1605 William Gwercie and Everard Gilpin son of John Gilpin gent, surrendered to John Wetherley and Margaret his wife, a newly built cottage, garden and half acre in Swayns Lane, late in the tenure of John Purton and Richard Blake 19 July 1632 2536 John Wetherley yeoman has died and his widow Margaret is admitted 21 April 1657 2537 On 12 May 1656 Elisha Coysh surrenders to will, a cottage and garden and a close adjoining containing half an acre, in Swines Lane and a messuage adjacent the cottage, being formerly part thereof. 29 July 1658 2538 On 3 July 1658 Sir Robert Payne surrendered to Elisha Coysh: A parcel of land extending from the north-east corner of the stable of Elisha Coysh, in a straight line drawn therefrom to a yard in breadth upon the north side of the bush that standeth by the north-west corner of the arbour of Dr Coysh, and extending in length from the said north-west corner westwards along a yard beyond the said bush and also the land within the said straight line and between the garden grounds etc. Also, a parcel of land adjoining the above. 3 July 1658 2539 Elisha Coish surrenders to Sir Robert Payne a parcel of land near the common well in Swains Lane, containing east-west 16 yards and north-south 6 yards 14 April 1659 2540 Elisha Coish is granted licence to lay pipes from the well to his house and his other tenements there. 15 March 1665 2541 Elisah Coish is granted a parcel of waste adjoining his tenement on the east, containing north-south 9ft and east-west 8 feet. SWAINS LANE – ELISHA COISH’S HOUSE (cont) 1 Dec 1692 2542 Elisha Coish died in 1686 on January 11. His widow Sara is admitted. 1693 2543 Mrs Sara Coish £1. 2. 0d. 11 May 1704 2544 Sara Coish died in March 1703. She held a messuage now 2 messuages. 26 May 1709 2545 Elisha Coish and Richard Coish, sons of Elisha are admitted to a messuage and half acre 3 March 1725 2546 Elisha Coish has died and his brother Richard is admitted, reserving a third share to Hannah Coish, widow of Elisha, to two thirds of a messuage, garden and small close in Highgate, half acre. 22 April 1740 2547 Richard Coish is dead and his sons Elisha and Thomas are admitted to two-thirds of a moiety and a moiety of two messuages and a little close adjoining. 6 April 1763 2548 Thomas Coish died in January 1761. His wife Rebecca inherits and remainder to his son Richard. 22 April 1767 2549 Rebecca Coish is dead and Richard Coish is admitted 3 April 1771 2550 On 7 July 1770 Richard Coish of Muswell Hill and his wife Loretta surrender to John Rolls of Bermondsey, cowkeeper. 8 April 1801 2551 Finney Sirdefield is admitted. SWAINS LANE – ELISHA COISH’S HOUSE (cont) 17 April 1811 2552 Finney Sirdefield is granted licence to lease to Thomas Vincent for 21 years 2 houses in Swaines Lane. 1 April 1834 2553 Alfred Sirdefield and William Bradley are, under the will of Finney Sirdefield, admitted to 6 messuages in Swaines Lane and a small close adjoining. 14 March 1858 2554 Anna Sirdefield is admitted. 4 December 1883 2555 Anna Sirdefield died 4 November 1882 and her executors are admitted to two messuages in Highgate and a close, and 4 messuages heretofore in the occupation of Sarah Prime, James Bush, Peter Comerford and John Jenkins. 28 June 1887 2556 Lawrence Harrison, Walter Field and Emma Shearman, executors of Anna Sirdefield, surrender to the London Cemetery Company, for £1575 paid to John Sirdefield Brown of 17 Upper Gough Street, Birmingham, hozier, and James Finney Brown of 23 Albert Street, tailor: 1-8 Swains Lane, viz., 2 messuages and a little close and 4 messuages heretofore in the occupation of Sarah Prime, James Bush, Peter Comerford and John Jenkins, afterwards of William Hobbes and others. SOUTH HILL COTTAGES 20 August 1663 2557 William Holmes is granted a parcel of waste in Swains Lane containing north-south, and east-west 1 perch 5 November 1663 2558 Nicholas Baker is granted a parcel of waste in Swain Lane east-west 1 perch, north-south 15ft adjoining a parcel of waste of William Holmes on the south. 3 May 1666 2559 William Holmes is dead and his widow Elizabeth is admitted to a third share and their son William to two-thirds of a messuage and garden in Swains Lane. 9 July 1685 2560 On 3 June 1685 John Graves of Highgate, barber, mortgaged to Barbara Robinson widow of Kensington, a parcel of waste in Swains Lane and 2 messuages thereon. 28 November 1689 2561 On 29 August Barbara Robins and John Graves surrendered to Richard Tounsend of Highgate brewer. 5 February 1703 2562 Edward Townsend and John Graves surrender to Edmund Mullins of Tottenham, yeoman, as above 4 October 1723 2563 Edmund Mullins is dead and Thomas Smith, under age son of John Smith of Tottenham, inherits 2 cottages in Swains Lane. His wife Judith has also died. 5 July 1738 2564 Thomas Smith of Humberson, Leicester, stocking weaver, surrenders to Edward Smith of Tottenham, 2 cottages in Swines Lane 20 April 1754 2565 Richard Smith surrenders to Thomas Saunders of Highgate in Hornsey, shoemaker, two cottages in Swines Lane in the occupation of Widow Lines and Susanna Munday. SOUTH HILL COTTAGES (cont) 24 Apr 1760 2566 William Saunders is admitted of half of two cottages in Swines Lane and a house in Swines Lane. 30 August 1770 2567 William Saunders is dead and his only brother Thomas is admitted. 5 September 1770 2568 Thomas Saunders of Highgate, shoemaker, leases to William Sims of Highgate, carpenter, 4 messuages and a garden and barn at the lower end of the same premises, three of which messuages are in the occupation of John Cave, Elizabeth Lines, Alexander Andereby and Clarke, and the others empty. 22 July 1775 2569 William Sims of Highgate assigns to John Mears gent: 3 leases viz 5 Sept 1770 Thomas Saunders to William Sims 29 March 1775 William Hartwell to William Sims 6 April 1775 William Hartwell to William Sims of three tenements built on one of the said parcels of land in Swines Lane. 23 April 1777 2570 Thomas Saunders is dead intestate and without issue and Richard Saunders of Wotton, Bucks, cordwainer, William Saunders of Shenley, Bucks, cordwainer and Henry Saunders of St Giles in the Fields, cordwainer, his brother, are admitted to two cottages in Swines Lane, heretofore in the occupation of widow Lines and Susanna Monday, and now of William Sims. 26 March 1788 2571 On 4 July 1787 Henry Saunders and his wife Hannah surrendered to Jasper Notley of Silver Street, Clerkenwell, pawnbroker, One third of two cottages in Swines Lane, on which premises are now 4 messuages in the tenure of Wetherell. 1 June 1798 2572 Thomas and Richard Saunders surrender two-thirds to Jasper Notley. 17April 1805 2573 Jasper Notley has died and his widow Mary inherits. SOUTH HILL COTTAGES (cont) 9 April 1806 2574 John Fuller and Deborah Howley are admitted under the will of Mary Notley. They surrender to William Smith. 12 April 1814 William Smith is licensed to demise to S. Wilkins 28 March 1815 2576 William Smith is licensed to demise to Thomas Moore 16 August 1826 2577 Mary Smith is admitted under the will of her husband William to 3 parcels of land in Swines Lane and 2 messuages thereon in the occupation of Samuel Hasluck and John Marian, and 4 messuages and parcels of land. 8 April 1829 2578 Mary Smith and her sons surrender to Samuel Clement and Charles Finch in trust. 28 March 1837 2579 Samuel Clement and Charles Finch are granted licence to demise to Thomas Clare Smith for 21 years. 21 April 1840 2580 Samuel Clement and others surrender to William Hawes 1-7 Swains Lane. 5 March 1661 2581 Anne Smith widow of Highgate is admitted for 99 years to a cottage, now divided into two, in her occupation at Swains Lane. 20 August 1663 2582 Anne Smith is granted a parcel of waste in Swines Lane containing north-south 5 perches and east-west 1 perch. 28 April 1670 2583 Anne Smith, widow on 26 April 1670, surrendered to herself for life, reversion to Thomas Smith her son, a messuage in the occupation of Edward Tompson, victualler and a stable. SOUTH HILL COTTAGES (cont) 12 February 1687 2584 Thomas Smith, labourer of Highgate and his wife Alice (Anne?), mortgages to Jane Merry, spinster of Hornsey for £53, a messuage in Swines Lane in his own occupation. 26 March 1688 2585 Thomas Smith of Highgate, smith and his wife Anne, surrender to Joseph Wells citizen and vintner A cottage lately built and a yard in Swines Lane He has licence to build at the north end of the messuage. 28 June 1688 2586 Joseph Wells is granted a parcel of waste in Swines Lane near his dwelling house containing north-south 24ft. On May 29 1688, Francis Blake and his wife Mary of Highgate surrendered to Joseph Wells a parcel of land near Swines Lane adjacent to the garden of Sara Coish, a field of Francis Blake, and a field in the occupation of Sir William Ashurst. 28 November 1689 2587 Joseph Wells is granted a parcel of waste in Swines Lane abutting south on the house of Elizabeth [sic] Coish, south on the house of Abraham Andrews, containing north-south 3 perches and east-west 2 perches.