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I 30 Apr 1756. Lease by Samuel Crichlowe (of Coventry, woollen draper) to William Skears (of Coventry, mason) to a 3-r. close outside Greyfriars' Gate, extending for 69 yards on the western side of the Warwick road and 75 beside Poddy Croft, being 44.5 yards broad; to be held from 2 Feb [1756] for 99 years at £4/4/- per annum; re-entry if the rent fall a fortnight behindhand.
II 2 Feb 1760. Copy Will [catalogued at CCA/2/3/472/3] of Samuel Crichlowe which left inter alia the close to his wife Alley Crichlowe for life, but, if they prove childless, to her niece Mary Bury. 5 Jun 1760. Probate.
III 11 Apr 1760. Samuel Crichlowe was buried at St. Michael's.
IV 9 Jul 1764. Ally Crichlowe was buried at St. Michael's.
V 5 Jan 1769. William Issard and Mary Bury married at their parish church of St. Michael's.
VI 1 Aug 1772. Deed to Lead to a Final Concord [catalogued at CCA/2/3/472/4] whereby William Issard (of Coventry, silkman) and his wife Mary covenanted to levy with John Peter (of Coventry, stuffmerchant) a fine as of the previous Trinity or the next Michaelmas term for all of the Issards' property in St. Michael's parish to uses as they might appoint.
VII Trinity Term, 12 George III. Final Concord [catalogued at CCA/2/3/472/5] wherein John Peter was plaintiff and William Issard with his wife Mary were deforciants for six messuages, three stables, six gardens and 1a. land in St. Michael's parish.
VIII 5 Dec 1775. Mary Issard was buried in St. Michael's.
IX 29-30 Oct 1783. Lease and Release by way of Settlement [catalogued at CCA/2/3/472/6-7] whereby for 5/- William Issard (of Oswestry, Shropshire, plumber and glazier) and his wife Ann entrusted the premises to Richard Bickerton (grocer) and Edward Williams (cabinetmaker and joiner), both of Oswestry, for the successive uses of William Issard, Ann Issard and his heirs.
X Hilary Term, 54 George III. Final Concord wherein Bryan Troughton [banker] was plaintiff and James Troughton [banker] with his wife Sarah, Charles Harris [shag-manufacturer] with his wife Catherine, William Issard with his wife Ann, Richard Newman Clarke [innholder] with his wife Mary, William Murrall, John Murrall alias Morrall, and Francis Gunn with his wife Hannah were deforciants for two messuages, two cottages, one coalhouse, two stables, one bakehouse, one outhouse and six gardens, and a moiety of two messuages and two gardens, all lying in St. Michael's, Holy Trinity and Foleshill parishes[, for a nominal consideration of £1,600 - catalogued at CCA/2/3/442/15].
XI 9 Oct 1817. Deed to Declare the Uses of a Final Concord whereby (in consideration of payment of £225 by Henry Lea (of Coventry, gentleman [solicitor]) to William Issard (formerly of Coventry, silkman; then of Oswestry, Shropshire, gentleman (late plumber and glazier)) and 5/- to each of William Issard and his wife Ann from Henry Lea and Francis Lea (of Falcon Square, London, silkman)) the Issards and Bryan Troughton (of Coventry, gentleman [banker]) declared that X enured regarding (a) the "Three Tuns" inn beyond Greyfriars' Gate and (b) I's close (occupied after William Skears by Mrs. Rew, then by [the butcher] William Copestake and John Cotton [cf. BA/E/K/114/178] as undertenants to [Captain] William Whiston and his wife Anna) to H. Lea and his heirs with Francis Lea as his trustee, as would the term's residue.
XII 12 Jan 1761. Copy Will of William Skears which left residuary estate to his daughters Ann Awson and Sarah Rew equally.
XIII 24 Feb 1784. Underlease whereby, having recited: firstly, I and William Skears' erection of two houses on the close; and secondly, that Ann Awson and Sarah Rew (of Coventry, widows) had agreed to sublet the premises to William Whiston (of Coventry, gentleman): therefore they leased to him the messuages and close from 25 Mar [1784] for seventy years ten months and five days at £7 per annum rent to each of them.
XIV 13 Apr 1795. Ann Awson died (and was buried in St. Michael's), by her will (no date) having appointed as executors her daughters Elizabeth the wife of Richard Bea[r]croft and "Sally" (Awson), though the former alone proved it on 9 Oct 1795.
XV 14 Oct 1803. Copy Will of Sa[rah] Rew which left her property at the bottom of Greyfriars' Lane to her daughter and executrix Henrietta Whiston. 12 Oct 1804. Probate.
XVI 27 Aug 1816. Lease by William Whiston and his wife Henrietta to William Copestakes (of Coventry, victualler) of all the premises from 2 Aug 1817 for 21 years at £47 per annum.
XVII 1 Jun 1816. Copy Will of William Whiston which left his wife Henrietta all his leaseholds held from William Issard in Warwick Row (occupied by [the grocer] William Wills or undertenants) and personalty, she being sole executrix. 16 Aug 1819.
XVIII 21 Dec 1821. Assignment of Lease whereby, having recited: firstly, XVI; and secondly, William Whiston's death: therefore for £200 William Copestakes transferred the lease to Charles Shettle (of Binley, Warwickshire, farmer), allowing Henrietta Whiston to re-enter the premises if the rent be unpaid.
XIX 24 Jun 1822. Mortgage in Fee whereby, having recited, firstly and secondly, XVI, XVIII, for £120 Charles Shettle charged the premises to Edward Reynolds (of Coventry, gentleman [ironmonger]) for redemption with interest on 24 Dec [1822], Henrietta Whiston also participating.
XX 27 Jul 1825. Surrender whereby, having recited: firstly, I, XII-XVII; secondly, XVII, XIX, and the letters of administration (23 Jul [1825]) with the will annexed for Ann Awson's estate, granted to John Awson [butcher]; thirdly, XI; and fourthly, that the road improvement commissioners had need of part of the site, so Henrietta Whiston, John Awson, Charles Shettle and Edward Reynolds had to surrender the terms created by I, XIII and XVI to Henry and Francis Lea, in return for which the Leas should spend £630 above the value of the current buildings' materials in erecting a substitute house on the ground not needed by the commissioners for Hertford Street, it having a 49-feet frontage, to be let to C. Shettle for 21 years from 2 Feb [1825] at £45 per annum, H. Lea granting a £36 annuity to H. Whiston and a £7 one to J. Awson, payable from the new messuage and another which adjoined it: therefore for 5/- each the other parties surrendered the premises to H. Lea.