LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 GORT FAMILY E/GOR Reference Description Dates LONDON: MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS, PROBATES AND TRUSTEESHIP PAPERS E/GOR/001 Articles of marriage 1735 - 1736 1. Pierre Gaspard Gresse, St. Anne French Westminster, gent; 2. Jeanne Magdelaine Bayeux, St. Anne Westminster, spinster; 3. Pierre Caremme, St. Anne Westminster, master tailor. Property: 1. and 2. are to be married, etc. E/GOR/002 Articles of marriage 1735 - 1736 1. Pierre Gaspard Gresse, St. Anne French Westminster, gent; 2. Jeanne Magdelaine Bayeux, St. Anne Westminster, spinster; 3. Pierre Caremme, St. Anne Westminster, master tailor; etc. Property: 1. and 2. are to be married, etc. E/GOR/003 Letter of administration 1736 On the death of: Lucretia Champelon, St. Martin in the Fields, widow. Granted to: Jane Magdalen Gresse, wife of Peter Gaspard Gresse and cousin of Lucretia E/GOR/004 Probate of the will (15 Feb 1794) of John 1794 Alexander Gresse Late of Tottenham Court Road, St. Mary Pancras, esq., decd. E/GOR/005 Probate of the will (5 May 1791), and codicil (29 1791 May 1791) of John Perry, Strand, St. Clement Danes, cap and umbrella maker Property: includes mention of two gold seals, one 'being my own Coat of Arms and the other the head of Inigo Jones'. Enclosed: E/GOR/005/02-03: Releases by Ann Callowhill, Islington, widow, and Elizabeth Perry, etc. E/GOR/006 Grant of an annuity 1809 1. James Cowing, Chiswick, gent. 2. John Jones, Hammersmith, gent. Property: an annuity of £340 by way of repaying a debt of £3,600. Enclosed: 6/2 Signed judgment in the case of (2) v. (1) granted in favour of (2) for debt of £7,200, 20 Nov 1812 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 GORT FAMILY E/GOR Reference Description Dates E/GOR/007 Assignment of a 1/5 share in a reversionary 1825 interest in £3,000 1. Wotton Byrchinshaw Thomas, Chesterfield, Derby, and Rowland Hodgson, Sheffield, Yorks., trustees to Charlotte Fernell (nwe Tudor), wife of (3); 2. Rowland Hodgson, and Joseph Wreaks of Sheffield, merchant, trustees to 3; etc. E/GOR/008 Order 1828 To James Howorth, esq. For the production of deeds in a plea of trespass and ejectment involving George Tudor, the Perrys (see also E/GOR/005 and others) E/GOR/009 Release from trusteeship 1911 1. Rt. Hon. John Standish Surtees Prendergast Viscount Gort, eldest son of the late John Gage Prendergast Viscount Gort; 2. George Anthony Fenwick, The Croft, Hill Morton, Rugby, esq., and Sir Charles William Frederick Crawford, etc. LONDON: PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS E/GOR/010 Lease for 4 years from 29 Sep 1712 Unfit 1. William Melmoth, Lincoln's Inn, esq.; William Not available for general access Bishop, St. James Clerkenwell, esq.; John Dudley, Six Clerks Office, London, gent; 2. William Beresford, St. Pancras, yeoman. Premises: 20 acres of ground held copyhold, etc. E/GOR/011 Marriage Settlement in the form of a lease and 1804 release 1. John Jones, Covent Garden Churchyard, gent; 2. Fanny Whitehead, Isle of Wight, spinster; 3. George Hardisty, Worton, Isleworth, gent., and William Way, St. Martin's Lane, grocer, etc. 2 items LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 GORT FAMILY E/GOR Reference Description Dates E/GOR/012 Counterpart lease for 16 3/4 years less 10 days 1809 from 29 Sep 1. Dame Anne Talbot, Mickleham, Surrey, widow; 2. James Bardwell, Gresse Mews, St. Pancras, coach master. Premises: Gresse Mews, being a messuage with 4 rooms situate at the south end of Gresse St. with the Gateway, etc. E/GOR/013 Deed of partition of leasehold premises 1817 1. Amelia Anne Talbot, Southampton, spinster; 2. John Cotton, Highfield near Hemel Hempstead, Herts., esq., and Catherine Jane his wife (late CJ La Borde, widow, and formerly CJ Talbot, spinster); 3. Anne Elizabeth Talbot, etc. E/GOR/014 Assignment of lease for remainder of the term 1818 of 111 years from 24 June 1715 1. John Cotton (as E/GOR/013); 2. John Jones, Percy St., Bedford Sq., esq. Premises as E/GOR/012. Consideration: £295, and a rent of £10 a year E/GOR/015 Messuage abutting west to Charlotte Street, St 1763 Pancras Lease for 62½ years from 21 June 1. William Franks, Gerard St., St. Anne Westminster, gent; 2. William Reeves, St Marylebone, carpenter. Consideration: £7 7s. a year. Margin plan E/GOR/016 Lease for 63 years from 24 June 1764 1. Francis Goodge, Gt. Titchfield St., St. Marylebone, gent., and William Goodge, Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras, gent; 2. William Franks (as E/GOR/015). Premises: messuage, coach-house and stables abutting N to a new street, etc. E/GOR/017 Lease (and counterpart) for 97 3/4 years from 1765 25 March 1. Thomas Rawstorne, St Martin in the Fields, smith; 2. Thomas Bird, St Marylebone, bricklayer; 3. William Franks (as E/GOR/015). Premises: 1. leases to 3. a triangular piece of land and shop to be built thereon, etc. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 GORT FAMILY E/GOR Reference Description Dates E/GOR/018 Lease (and counterpart) for 97 3/4 years from 1765 25 March 1. Thomas Rawstorne, St Martin in the Fields, smith; 2. Thomas Bird, St Marylebone, bricklayer; 3. William Franks (as E/GOR/015). Premises: 1. leases to 3. a triangular piece of land and shop to be built thereon, etc. E/GOR/019 Assignment of lease (term as E/GOR/017) 1768 1. William Franks, St Pancras, gent; 2. Thomas Rawstorne (as E/GOR/017); 3. Stephen Caesar Le Maistre, St. Pancras, esq. Premises as E/GOR/017, from 1. to 3. with the consent of 2. to pull down the messuage built thereon, etc E/GOR/020 Assignment of lease (terms as E/GOR/016 and 1827 017) 1. John Gustavus Lemaistre, Dover St., Piccadilly, esq; 2. George Tudor, Park Crescent, Portland Place, esq. Premises as E/GOR/016 and 017. Consideration: £2 10s. E/GOR/021 Articles of agreement to execute a lease for 59 1767 years from 25 December 1. Peter Gaspard Gresse, St. Pancras, gent; 2, Stephen Caesar Le Maistre, Peircy {Percy} Street, St. Pancras, esq. Premises: 2 acres of ground abutting east to messuages fronting Tottenham Court Road, etc. E/GOR/022 Articles of agreement to execute a lease for 59 1767 years from 25 Dec for the building of a messuage 1. Joseph Pritchet, St Pancras, bricklayer; 2. Peter Gaspard Gresse (as E/GOR/021). Premises: messuage ('Mr Gresses House'?; see E/GOR/023) to be built according to design described and at (2)'s expense on part of land leased E/GOR/023 Lease for 58 1/4 years from 29 Sep on the 1768 completion of building Parties as E/GOR/022. Premises: 'Mr Gresses House', being the first double brick messuage and premises abutting N to Stephen St. leading from Tottenham Court Road, W to a house leased to Pritchet, E to Black Horse Yard, etc. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 GORT FAMILY E/GOR Reference Description Dates E/GOR/024 Counterpart lease for 58 1/4 years from 29 Sep 1768 In consideration of building having taken place (and the intended completion of building) at the lessee's expense; 1. Peter Gaspard Gresse (as E/GOR/021), lessor; 2. Stephen Caesar Le Maistre (as E/GOR/021), etc. E/GOR/025 Counterpart lease (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 2B Stephen St., abutting south to Stephen St. and west to the messuage on the corner of Gresse St. and Stephen St. (see E/GOR/034). Consideration: £ 6 a year. Margin plan E/GOR/026 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease E/GOR/027 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease E/GOR/028 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease E/GOR/029 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease E/GOR/030 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 GORT FAMILY E/GOR Reference Description Dates E/GOR/031 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease E/GOR/032 Counterpart leases (term etc. as E/GOR/024) 1768 Parties as E/GOR/024. Premises: 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B and 9B Stephen St. respectively, all abutting south to Stephen St. Consideration £6 a year each. Margin plan on each lease E/GOR/033 Counterpart lease (term etc.