Cork Street and Savile Row Area: Burlington Estate Lease Tables

Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1963.

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'Cork Street and Savile Row Area: Burlington Estate Lease Tables', in Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32, St James Westminster, Part 2, (London, 1963) pp. 546-565. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp546-565 [accessed 19 April 2024]

BURLINGTON ESTATE LEASE TABLES

The numbers are as at present or (where sites have been merged) are those of the original sites in the present sequence. Where the present site arrangement differs radically from the original the numbers last in use when the original sites still existed are given (as in Boyle Street). Nineteenth-century alterations have sometimes made it necessary to give Horwood's enumeration (as in Swallow Street).

The information about leases is based on the Middlesex Land Register. This is supplemented and corrected by some counterpart leases of Lord Burlington's, recitals in a larger number of counterpart leases of the Duke of Devonshire, and rentals of c. 1770 and c. 1800, all at Chatsworth, and by a few original leases in various ownerships.

The information about first occupants is mainly based on St. James's parish ratebooks, G.E.C., D.N.B., Burke and other standard works of reference. The complete or partial absence of ratebook entries for 1725 and 1726 has sometimes necessitated imprecision in dates of residence at that period.

Unless otherwise stated, all the leases were from Lord Burlington alone, and included a two-year term at a 'peppercorn' rent.

The layout of the estate is shown on fig. 78, page 445.

No. Date of building agreement Date of lease M.L.R. reference Term of years Rent £ s. d. Frontage Lessee Designation Address Associated builders or architects First occupant Period of residence
BOYLE STREET : NORTH SIDE
For the house numbered 1 Boyle Street by Horwood and later No. 22–3 Savile Row see that street
1 9 June 1734 1734/3/21 62 from Lady Day 1733 7 0 0 17' 9" Edward Allen carpenter St. James's Lord Sidney Beauclerk, son of the Duke of St. Albans, father of Topham Beauclerk 1735–6
2 do. 1734/3/20 do. 5 0 0 14' 6" do. do. do. Mrs. Smith 1738–42
3 10 March 1718/19 1722/3/303 61 from Lady Day 1719 11 0 0 30' do. do. do. Edward Allen, carpenter 1721–35
Girls' Charity School 7 August 1719 1723/5/356 do. 21 13 0 126' William Benny of St. James's, gentleman, and Trustees of the School Supervised by Colin Campbell for Lord Burlington. For workmen see page 542. Charity School 1723 or 1725–1936
Unnumbered site 10 March 1718/19 1723/2/5 do. 4 5 0 34' Rev. Joseph Smith, later Provost of Queen's College, Oxford Doctor of Divinity St. James's Coach-house and stables
do. do. 1722/3/302 do. 3 2 0 37' Benjamin Timbrell carpenter St. Martin's in the Fields do.
BOYLE STREET: NORTH SIDE
For houses on corners of Old Burlington Street see Nos. 20 and 21 in that street
4 Included in site of No. 20 Old Burlington Street Edward Winn 1722–42
5 do. Johnson 1724–7
For house on corner of Savile Row see No. 24 in that street
CLIFFORD STREET: NORTH SIDE
1 See sub Savil Row
2 An unbuilt site with No. 14 Old Burlington Street
3 See sub Old Burlington Street
Here is Old Burlington Street. For N. W. corner house see No. 24 in that street
4 25 September 1719 1721/1/16 61 from Michaelmas 1719 10 0 0 20' John Witt bricklayer St. Martin's in the Fields Mrs. Twitty 1721–3
5 do. 1721/1/14 do. 13 0 0 26' do. do. do. Francis Whitworth, M.P., Surveyor General of Woods and Forests 1722–37 (on removal to No. 20 Savile Row)
6 28 September 1719 (fn. 1) 1723/1/208 do. 18 0 0 (fn. 2) 36' Samuel Bagenall esquire Barleston, Staffs. (? Joshua) Fletcher, (fn. 3) Thomas Knight of St. James's, master builder, witness of assignment 1723 Samuel Bagenall, esquire, or Lady Teynham, widow of 8th Baron 1722–3 1724–30
7 13 January 1719/20 1719/6/278 61 from Michaelmas 1719 17 0 0 34' Moses West joiner St. Mary le Savoy Thos. Bedford of St. Andrew's, Holborn, bricklayer, witness of assignment 1720 (fn. 4) Lt.-Gen. Richard Gorges, M.P. 1721–8 (d.)
8 26 March 1719 1723/3/145 61 from Lady Day 1719 do. do. Thomas Walker esquire Inner Temple Thomas Walker, M.P., Commissioner of Customs, Surveyor General of Crown Lands 1721–48 (d.)
9 28 September 1719 1720/6/173 61 from Michaelmas 1719 20 0 0 40' Benjamin Timbrell carpenter St. Martin's in the Fields Earl of Harold, son of Duke of Kent 1721–3 (d.)
10 do. 1720/6/172 do. 11 0 0 23' Rev. Hilkiah Bedford, nonjuror clerk St. Margaret's Benjamin Timbrell, carpenter, witness to assignment 1723 (fn. 5) Mrs. Anne Aspley (Apsley), widow 1723–7
11 10 March 1718/19 1722/2/234 61 from Lady Day (? 1719) 15 10 0 31' Nathaniel Green (of Dover Street and Walthamstow, Essex) esquire St. James's Charles Tryon, esquire 1722–9 (on removal to George Street)
12 26 March 1719 1719/5/253 61 from Lady Day 1719 8 0 0 18' Richard Richardson carpenter St. Anne's Jeremiah Hancock of St. James's, brazier, assignee in 1720 (fn. 6) Mary Hobson 1720–1
(17 New Bond Street) do. 1722/6/237 do. 9 0 0 33 Edward Sparkes bricklayer St. Andrew's, Holborn Montague Wood, pastrycook 1721–6
CLIFFORD STREET: SOUTH SIDE
(15–16 New Bond Street) do. 1719/6/217 do. 15 10 0 41' Benjamin Timbrell carpenter St. Martin's in the Fields Charles, 4th Baron Cornwallis, Paymaster-General of Forces 1720–22 (d.)
14 do. 1719/6/216 do. 11 10 0 32' do. do. do. Col. Sir Edmund Elwell, bart., Comptroller of Excise 1721–40 (d.)
15a-d see Cork Street
Here is Cork Street
15e 26 March 1723 1724/6/341 1726/6/305 61 from Lady Day 1723 17 10 0 (after 4 years' peppercorn) 35' Benjamin Timbrell do. do. John, 10th Baron St. John of Bletso 1725–7
16 do. 1724/6/340 do. do. do. Joseph Stallwood bricklayer St. Giles in the Fields Samuel (later 1st Baron) Sandys, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer 1725–42
17 do. 1724/3/145 do. 10 0 0 (after 4 years' peppercorn) 23' William Pickering painter St. James's Charles Wither of Deane, Hants., M.P., Surveyor General of Woods and Forests 1725/7–1731 (d.)
18 do. 1724/3/144 do. 11 12 0 37' Benjamin Timbrell and Joseph Stallwood carpenter bricklayer St. Martin's in the Fields St. Giles in the Fields General Sir John West, 7th Baron (later 1st Earl) De La Warr 1725/7–1740
19 An unbuilt site held with No. 13 Old Burlington Street
CORK STREET: WEST SIDE ONLY
(No. 15 a-d Clifford Street) 24 March 1718/19 1720/6/168 61 from Lady Day 1719 12 8 0 30' Benjamin Timbrell carpenter St. Martin's in the Fields John Cookburn 1724
2 do. 1720/6/166 do. 7 0 0 20' Joseph Stallwood bricklayer St. Giles in the Fields Jeremiah Hancock, brazier, mortgagee 1721 (fn. 7) William Belitha 1723–7
3 do. 1720/6/167 do. do. do. William Pickering painter stainer St. James's John Bannister, gentleman 1723–7
4 10 March 1718/19 26 March 1719 1721/2/123 do. 9 13 6 21' 6" (Colonel) Thomas Harrison esquire do. Nicholas Dubois and building tradesmen, assignees 1721 (see page 489) Jane Hammond, widow 1725–40 (intermittently)
5 do. Before 25 July 1721 1722/5/48 do. (fn. 8) 16 4 0 36' do. do. St. Martin's in the Fields Samuel, 1st Baron Masham, husband of Abigail, Queen Anne's confidante 1725–36
6 26 March 1719 1721/3/37 61 from Lady Day 1719 15 15 0 35' (Doctor) Paul Buissière surgeon do. Doctor Buissière or his son 1720–39
7 do. do. 1724/6/111 do. 9 13 6 21' 6" (Colonel) Thomas Harrison esquire St. James's do. ?Colonel Harrison 1720–2
8 do. 1723/6/378 do. 9 9 0 21' Christian Cole do. do. Christian Cole, former Resident at Venice, dilettante 1720–7
9 do. 1722/3/305 do. 8 1 6 19' Benjamin Wells gentleman do. Benjamin Wells, gentleman 1720–3
10 24 March 1718/19 1720/4/30 do. 8 18 0 21' William Jackling bricklayer do. Thos. Miller of Fulham and Caleb Miller of Hammersmith, brickmakers, mortgagees 1719 (fn. 9) Henry Gardie, esquire, wine merchant. Also of Kensington 1721–41
11 do. 1720/4/29 61 from Lady Day 1719 8 10 0 20' Robert Scott carpenter St. Martin's in the Fields do. Doctor John Arbuthnot, friend of Pope 1721–35 (d.)
12 do. 1722/3/304 do. 8 15 0 do. Dowager Lady Folliott, Baroness of Ballyshannon, widow of 3rd Baron Lady Folliott 1722–42 (d.)
Here is Cork Street Mews
13 26 March 1719 1719/6/117 do. 6 0 0 20' John Witt bricklayer St. Martin's in the Fields Thomas Knight of Vine Street, joiner, witness of mortgage 1719 (fn. 10) Thomas Mitchell 1722–37
14 10 March 1718/19 1720/5/351 61 from Michaelmas 1719 5 0 0 19' John Cox gentleman St. Andrew's, Holborn Christopher Liddal 1722–3
15 do. 1720/5/353 61 from Lady Day 1719 do. do. do. do. do. Captain William Marcham 1721–7
16 do. 1720/5/354 do. do. do. do. do. do. Captain Prosper Brown 1721–40
17 24 March 1718/19 1721/3/36 do. 6 6 0 21' Rev. James Richardson clerk St. Martin's in the Fields ?Thomas Knight of St. James's, joiner, mortgagee 1719 (fn. 11) William Robinson or Lady Sherborne 1723–34 1724
(18) 26 March 1719 1721/6/216 do. 6 0 0 do. Rev. Joseph Smith (later Provost of Queen's College, Oxford) Doctor of Divinity do. Matthew Barton, gentleman 1720–7
NEW BOND STREET
1 26 March 1719 1721/6/217 61 from Lady Day 1719 4 10 0 21' Rev. Joseph Smith (later Provost of Queen's College, Oxford) Doctor of Divinity St. Martin's in the Fields Rev. Dr. Smith or Ann Camen, widow 1720–1724/6 1725/7–1735
2 Before 20 June 1719 1719/4/86 do. 5 0 0 25' Thomas Knight joiner St. James's John Holdbrooke 1720–34
3 10 March 1718/9 1720/5/355 do. do. 19' John Cox gentleman St. Andrew's, Holborn John Oliver 1721–47
4 do. 1720/5/350 do. do. do. do. do. do. Lady Sherborne 1721
5(stretching north of present frontage) do. 1720/5/352 do. 7 14 0 37' do. do. do. Lady Rouse 1721
Here are Nos. 6–16, reaching to Clifford Street. For Nos. 15–16 and 17 see that street
18 26 March 1719 1721/1/38 do. 0 17 0 (sic) 34' John Prince master builder St. Paul's, Covent Garden Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington 1721–3
NEW BURLINGTON STREET: NORTH SIDE
1 1 June 1736 5 June 1739 1739/3/83 62 from Michaelmas 1735 15 16 0 (fn. 12) 19' 9" William Gray and Richard Fortnam (lessors, Burlington and Job Jeffries of St. George's, Hanover Square. gentleman) bricklayers St. George's, Hanover Square Thomas Knight, joiner, party to building agreement with Burlington, 1 June 1736; (fn. 14) Henry Flitcroft, mortgagee 1739 (fn. 15) Mrs. Beckford, ?sister of William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London 1744–1749 or 1750
2 do. do. 1739/3/85 do. 16 0 0 20' 7" do. do. do. Thomas Knight, joiner, party to building agreement with Burlington (fn. 16) Thomas Banks Hodgkinson 1744–6
3 22 March 1736/7 1737/1/199 do. 16 16 0 21' William Gray and Richard Fortnam do. do. Robert Umpleby, carpenter, witnessed request for registration of lease 1737 Richard Chandler, esquire 1738–51
4 1 August 1735 20 December 1735 1735/5/638 do. 28 16 0 36' Henry Worsley esquire St. James's Gray and Fortnam lessors with Burlington Henry Worsley, former Governor of Barbados (1723–31) 1738–40 (d.)
5 1 August 1734 29 January 1735/6 1736/2/122 do. 24 16 0 31' Anne. Dowager Viscountess Irwin Gray and Fortnam lessors with Burlington. They and Thomas Knight parties to builders' agreement with Lady Irwin 1735. Nicholas Hawksmoor architect of interior Lady Irwin, Lady of Bedchamber to Princess of Wales, authoress, and her husband, Colonel Douglas 1738–64 (d.)
6 By September 1734 20 December 1735 1735/5/639 do. 25 12 0 32' Israel Russell painter stainer St. George's, Hanover Square Gray and Fortnam intended lessees September 1734, and parties to lease (fn. 17) Joseph Townsend, esquire 1738–51
7 30 April 1734 (fn. 13) 9 September 1734 1734/3/215 62 from Lady Day 1734 20 16 0 26' Edward Cock carpenter do. Thomas Knight, joiner, lessor with Burlington Alan, 2nd Viscount Midleton, joint Comptroller of Army Accounts 1738–47 (d.)
8 13 (recte 30?) April 1734 9 September 1734 1734/3/257 62 from Lady Day 18 8 0 23' John Clavering esquire St. George's, Hanover Square Thomas Knight lessor with Burlington and party to building agreements with him and Clavering. For workmen see page 49on. Robert Morris examined work and witnessed receipts 1735–7 John Clavering, M.P., of Chopwell, Co. Durham, Groom of Bedchamber to George II 1738–62 (d.)
9 30 April 1734 21 September 1734 1734/4/429 do. 17 12 0 22' William Elliott do. do. Thomas Knight lessor with Burlington (Lt.-Col.) William Elliott 1737–64 (d.)
NEW BURLINGTON STREET: SOUTH SIDE
10 25 August 1735 1735/4/81 do. 19 5 0 92' Robert Umpleby carpenter do. William Godfrey, mason, lessor with Burlington. Elevation of office wing to be approved by Daniel Garrett Henry Grey (né Neville), of Billingbear, Berks., grandson of 2nd Lord Grey of Werke 1738–40 (d.)
11 13 November 1733 1 July 1735 1735/3/148 61 from Lady Day 1735 16 10 0 (after one year's peppercorn) 22' William Gray and Richard Fortnam bricklayers do. Robert Fisher, coffee-house keeper (Burlington Coffee House) 1735–1740 or 1742
12 do. 10 March 1735/6 1735/5/640 do. do. do. do. do. do. John Mackreth of Westminster, lime-merchant, mortgagee 1737 (fn. 18) Mrs. Bristow (succeeded in 1743 by Robert Bristow, esquire, ?Commissioner of Board of Green Cloth) 1738–41
13 do. 23 March 1735/6 1736/5/254 62 from Lady Day 1734 16 10 0 do. Israel Russell painter stainer do. Gray and Fortnam lessors with Burlington Lady Woodhouse (?Frances Wodehouse, widow) 1738
14 24 March 1735/6 1736/5/255 62 from Michaelmas 1735 19 10 0 26' do. do. do. do. Captain (later Lt.-Col.) the Hon. Charles Feilding, son of 4th Earl of Denbigh 1737–42
15 20 September 1737 1738/3/463 do. 13 8 0 18' William Gray and Richard Fortnam bricklayers do. Felton Hervey, esquire (?a son of 1st Earl of Bristol) 1742–8
16 16 October 1735 do. 1738/4/466 do. 21 0 0 28' do. do. do. Henry Flitcroft, mortgagee 1738 and 1740 (fn. 19) 8th Earl of Home, served in army abroad April 1743 1743
OLD BURLINGTON STREET: EAST SIDE
1 (Queensberry House) 1719 (see page 456) 8 December 1719 1722/4/361 61 from Michaelmas 1719 35 0 0 100' Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry Giacomo Leoni, architect, John Witt, bricklayer, builder. See page 455 3rd Duke of Queensberry 1724–78 (d.)
2 28 September 1719 1720/5/66 do. 14 14 0 21' John Fa(u)lkner bricklayer St. James's Benjamin Timbrell, carpenter, witness of assignment 1720 (fn. 20) Thomas, Baron Paget, M.P., author 1721–4
3 do. 1720/5/67 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 1721–30
4 25 September 1719 1721/3/73 do. 12 5 0 35' Lady Mary Forrester widow Hampton, Middlesex Benjamin Timbrell, carpenter, assignee 1722 (fn. 21) Hon. Mrs. Anne Lumley, widow of Gen. Hen. Lumley 1723–36
5 28 September 1719 1721/1/197 61 from Michaelmas 1719 12 5 0 35' Joseph Stallwood bricklayer St. James's Thomas Knight, joiner, witness of assignment 1722 (fn. 22) Col. the Hon. William Egerton 1723–32 (d.)
6 do. 1721/1/196 do. do. do. Benjamin Timbrell carpenter St. Martin's in the Fields Richard Arundell (formerly Bellings), esquire, of Lanherne, Cornwall 1722–5 (d.)
7 25 September 1719 1720/6/169 do. 6 6 0 18' Richard Jackling bricklayer St. James's Thos. Miller of Fulham and Caleb Miller of Hammersmith, brickmakers, mortgagees 1720 (fn. 23) Lady Sophia Duncombe 1722–7
8 do. 1720/6/170 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. William Forrest of St. Anne's, also mortgagee 1721 (fn. 24) Mr. Guindot 1722–3
9 do. 1720/1/165 do. 7 7 0 21' John Solly joiner do. Thomas Richmond of St. James's, carpenter, witness of mortgage 1721 (and described as lessee of site in 1720) (fn. 25) Thomas Clutterbuck, esquire, M.P., later Treasurer of Navy, of Ingatestone, Essex 1723–39 (d.)
10 do. 1722/6/62 do. 8 15 0 25' (Colonel) John Ligonier esquire do. Colonel (later Field-Marshal, Earl) Ligonier 1723–30 (on removal to N. Audley Street)
11 do. 1723/3/336 do. 7 14 0 22' Jane Cotton spinster St. Martin's in the Fields Mr. Kreyenberg, Hanoverian Resident 1722–c. 1727
12 do. 1721/3/72 do. do. do. Captain Sir George Saunders, M.P., later Admiral and Commissioner of the Victualling Office knight St. James's Sir Thomas Hanmer, bart., M.P., former Speaker of House of Commons 1723–7
13 do. 1722/3/105 do. 8 15 0 25' (Lt.-Col., later Lt.-Gen.) Archibald Hamilton esquire St. Martin's in the Fields Lt.-Gen. Hamilton 1721–49 (d.)
13a do. 1724/3/143 do. 7 0 0 20' Hon. Mrs. Ann Britton widow Hon. Mrs. Britton 1724–41
Here is Clifford Street. North of that street Old Burlington Street was originally called Noel Street
(3 Clifford Street) do. 1720/6/171 do. 7 7 0 21' Thomas Knight master joiner St. James's Hon. Col. William Egerton 1721–3
14 26 September 1719 1720/5/356 do. 6 13 0 19' do. do. do. Thomas Knight, joiner 1721–36
15 25 September 1719 1721/3/35 do. 7 0 0 20' Solomon Legg carpenter do. Nicholas Dubois lived here c. 1726–9 Sir Humphrey Howard 1723–4
16 25 September 1718 (recte 1719?) 1720/6/181 do. 5 12 0 16' Thomas Sturt do. do. Nicholas Blick of Lambeth, timber merchant, assignee in 1721 (fn. 26) Robert Burch, tailor 1721–4
17 25 September 1719 1720/6/182 do. do. do. Joseph Nutkins bricklayer do. Joseph Nutkins, bricklayer, or Mrs. Green 1720–3 1724
For site of building now numbered 18 Old Burlington Street and 25 Savile Row see Boyle Street, North side
18 25 September 1719 1720/5/365 61 from Michaelmas 1719 5 5 0 16' Richard Long carpenter St. James's Thos. Miller of Fulham, brickmaker, mortgagee 1721 (fn. 27) Thomas Murray 1721–4
19 do. 1720/5/367 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Eleanor Tollett 1723–4
20 (with site of Nos. 4 and 5 Boyle Street) do. 1720/5/366 do. 6 13 0 17' do. do. do. do. Richard Long, carpenter, or Hugh Cox 1722–4/5 1728–30
OLD BURLINGTON STREET: WEST SIDE
21 (with Nos. 13–14 Coach & Horses Yard) do. 1721/3/34 do. 19 0 0 41' John Witt bricklayer St. Martin's in the Fields Robert Hyde 1722–4
22 do. 1721/1/15 do. 100' do. do. do. A stable yard (Nos. 22 and 23 built 1812)
23
24 do. do. do. 9 10 0 do. do. do. John Witt, bricklayer, or Elizabeth Scott, widow 1722–3 1724–35
Here is Clifford Street. For S. W. corner house see No. 18 in that street
25 26 March 1723 1724/3/146 61 from Lady Day 1723 8 8 0 (after 4 years' peppercorn) 21' William(s) Ludbey mason St. James's Benjamin Timbrell, carpenter, and Joseph Stallwood, bricklayer, assignees by November 1724 (fn. 28) Lady Phillipa Pratt, widow, daughter of Earl of Abercorn 1725/7–1735
26 25 September 1719 1720/5/348 61 from Michaelmas 1719 14 12 6 22' Charles Dartiquenave esquire do. Joiner's work by John Tufnell measured by James Horne 1721–2. Payment to Tufnell witnessed by Horne and Nicholas Dubois Dowager Lady Romney, Lady of Bedchamber to Princess of Orange 1725/7–1733 (On removal, as Countess of Hyndford, to Savile Row)
27 do. 1720/5/347 do. 16 5 0 25' do. do. do. Charles Dartiquenave, Paymaster of Works, friend of Pope 1723–37 (d.)
28 25 December 1719 1720/5/349 do. 14 12 6 22' do. do. do. Mrs. Elizabeth Neville 1725/7–1736
29 28 January 1729/30 1729/3/402 61 from Lady Day 1725 Peppercorn for Lord Burlington's life, then 39 0 0 61' 7" General George Wade Designed by Lord Burlington; main façade derived from Palladio design General (later Field-Marshal) Wade 1725–48 (d.)
30 27 September 1719 1725/5/16 61 from Michaelmas 1719 37 15 0 57' William, 3rd Earl of Essex Designed by Lord Burlington (for Lord Mountrath) Sir Michael Newton, K.B. and bart., M.P. 1725–43 (d.)
31 25 September 1719 1722/3/306 do. 25 15 8 40' Sir William Stapleton, M.P. baronet St. James's Edward Strong, mason, mortgagee in 1724 (fn. 29) Sir William Stapleton, M.P. 1724
32 25 September 1719 1726/2/195 61 from Michaelmas 1719 20 11 8 32' Colin Campbell (the architect) esquire St. Martin's in the Fields Campbell mentions finishing the house in his will, 1722. Kent illustrates chimney piece and ceiling, 1727 Henry Pelham, M.P., later Prime Minister 1722–32
33 15 September 1720 1722/2/235 61 from Lady Day 1719 19 10 0 30' Dowager Countess of Warwick (Joseph Addison's widow) 7th Earl of Warwick 1720–21 (d.)
34 7 March 1725/6 1726/1/16 61 from Lady Day 1725 (fn. 30) or 1726 (fn. 31) Peppercorn 47' 6" Hon. Richard Arundell esquire St. James's Campbell, architect. Kent witness of lease, and illustrates a room and chimney piece, 1727 Hon. Richard Arundell, M.P., of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorks., Surveyor General of Works, etc. 1720–49 (on removal to No. 29)
SAVILE ROW: EAST SIDE
1 21 March 1731/2 61 from Lady Day 1731 Peppercorn for Burlington's life, then 17 10 0 41' 6" Bryan Fairfax do. do. 'Design or plan' to be as 'laid down and approved' by Lord Burlington Bryan Fairfax, Commissioner of Customs, dilettante. Also his brother Ferdinando 1733–49 (d.)
2 20 March 1731/2 do. do. 35' William Kent (the architect) esquire St. James's 9th Earl of Huntingdon (husband of Selina, the Evangelical Countess) 1735–40
3 19 April 1733 29 August 1733 1733/3/469 62 from Lady Day 1733 22 15 0 do. Benjamin Timbrell carpenter St. George's, Hanover Square Hon. William Finch, M.P., uncle of Countess of Burlington; Envoy to Sweden; Vice-Chamberlain of Household 1735–66 (d.)
4 do. 20 August 1733 1734/2/496 do. 15 15 0 25' William Mantle plasterer do. Thomas Spence 1735–7 (succ. by Madam Spence)
5 do. 29 September 1733 1734/3/389 do. 12 12 0 21' Sarah Heysham widow do. Thomas Knight intended lessee in August 1733 (fn. 32) and party to lease to Mrs. Heysham Col. Thomas Hatton of Alborne, Wilts. 1736–67
6 do. do. do. 13 4 0 22' William Pealing (Peeling) gentleman St. Martin's in the Fields Thomas Knight party to lease William Pealing, wine merchant 1735–8
7 29 October 1733 1733/4/6 do. 16 4 0 27' William Blakesley bricklayer St. James's Elizabeth Eliot, widow of Edw. Eliot of Port Eliot, Cornwall, esquire 1735–8 and 1744–8
8 do. do. 1733/3/497 do. 13 16 0 23' Arthur Bilbey brickmaker St. Marylebone Col. (later Lt.-Gen.) Thomas Howard, Governor of Berwick 1735–53 (d.)
9 do. do. 1733/3/467 do. 16 4 0 27' William Hale mason St. George's, Hanover Square Lord Polwarth, later 3rd Earl of Marchmont, M.P., diplomat 1735–43
10 do. 1733/3/466 do. 13 16 0 23' do. do. do. Frances Perris, spinster 1735–59
11 do. 1733/4/7 do. 15 12 0 26' Robert Scott carpenter do. Henry Flitcroft, mortgagee 1733 (fn. 33) Mrs. Elizabeth Warde of Squerryes Hall, Kent 1735–54
12 do. 1733/3/476 do. 18 0 0 30' John Neale do. do. William Poyntz, Consul-Gen. at Lisbon, merchant 1735–48 (d.)
13 29 October 1734 1736/1/394 62 from Lady Day 1733 13 16 0 23' Executors of James Slater plumber St. James's Francis Dayrell, esquire, of Shudy Camps, Cambs. 1738–60 (d.)
14 do. 1736/1/395 do. 20 8 0 34' George Wyatt bricklayer do. Robert Coke, esquire, M.P., of Longford Hall, Derbyshire, Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Caroline 1735–50 (d.)
15 30 May 1733 (fn. 34) 16 November 1733 1733/4/8 do. 15 12 0 26' William Gray and Richard Fortnam bricklayer St. George's, Hanover Square Roger Morris examined joiner's bill January 1735/6. Earl of Pembroke acted for Countess of Suffolk in agreement with Gray Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and her husband Hon. Geo. Berkeley, M.P. 1735–67 (d.)
16 29 October 1733 1733/3/498 do. 13 16 0 23' Phillip Speed locksmith St. James's Eleanor Wahup 1735–47
17 do. 1733/3/468 do. 14 8 0 24' Dennis Clough bricklayer do. William Mantle, plasterer, (see No. 4) mortgagee 1735 (fn. 35) Lord Robert Montagu, later 3rd Duke of Manchester, M.P., Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Caroline 1735–9 (on succession to Dukedom)
18 30 May 1733 (fn. 34) 16 November 1733 1733/3/510 do. 16 16 0 28' Henry Keene carpenter St. George's, Hanover Square Henry Flitcroft, mortgagee 1735–7 (fn. 36) 2nd Duke of Atholl, Lord Privy Seal 1736/9–1756
19 do. 29 October or 6 November 1733 1733/3/477 do. 15 0 0 25' William Godfrey mason do. John, Lord Carmichael, later 3rd Earl of Hyndford, diplomat, Lord of Bedchamber 1735–6
20 25 August 1735 1735/4/80 62 from Lady Day 1735 19 5 0 35' ?Robert Umpleby carpenter do. William Mantle, plasterer, (see No. 4) mortgagee 1735–7 (fn. 37) Francis Whitworth, M.P., Surveyor General of Woods and Forests 1737–42 (d.)
For former No. 21 see No. 10 New Burlington Street
Northern end (on site of street extension now fronted by present Nos. 23 and 25 Savile Row)
22–23 1 March 1733/4 1733/5/269 62 from Lady Day 1733 11 11 0 for lessee's life then 13 4 0 33' John Boson carver St. George's, Bloomsbury John Boson, carver 1735–43 (d.)
SAVILE ROW : WEST SIDE
24 30 May 1733 16 November 1733 1733/3/508 do. 5 5 0 16' Peter Vandercom and Edward Prestridge masons St. James's Hon. Robert Byng, Paymaster of Navy, Governor of Barbados 1735–6
25–26 do. 1733/3/509 do. 15 0 0 65' do. do. do. Francis Commins of St. George's, Hanover Square, mason, mortgagee 1733 (fn. 38) Hon. Sarah Osborn of Chicksands, Beds., widow, sister of above 1735–41
27 Vacant site first built upon c. 1799
28 28 May 1733 48½ from Lady Day 1732 3 0 0 20' Mrs. Jane Warner pastrycook do. Vacant site, first built upon c. 1776
29 24 June 1736 1736/3/59 59 from Lady Day 1736 2 17 0 19' Thomas Knight joiner do. Fronts to follow elevation appended to Lord Burlington's leases. Bartholomew Hammond of St. Clement's Danes, timber merchant, witness to mortgage 1736 (fn. 39) Thomas Knight or Mrs. Browne 1736 1738
(I Clifford Street) do. 1736/2/438 do. 3 3 0 (after one year's peppercorn) 21' do. do. do. Thomas Knight or Mr. Newton 1736 1738–57
SWALLOW STREET
Brewhouse, later Nos. 106–8 29 September 1733 1738/5/260 61 from Lady Day 1732 28 2 0 89' 6" Nathaniel Lister brewer St. James's Nathaniel Lister (for brewhouse) 1734–1754/7
109 Henry Webster 1734–5
110 15 September 1733 1738/5/259 do. 6 2 6 17' 6" do. do. do. William Webb 1735–6
111 29 September 1733 1738/5/261 do. do. do. do. do. do. Robert Burton 1735–6
Here are Mews
112 do. Thomas Knight John Bois 1734–6
113 29 August 1733 1733/3/427–32 do. 6 6 0 18' Thomas Knight James Sword 1735 ('broak and run away')
sic 114 4 2 0 14' joiner do. Andrew Pattison 1735–47/9 ('poor')
114 5 16 0 18' Boyle Bennit 1735–39/46
115 do. do. William Lovidge 1736–39/46
116 4 2 0 14' Thos. Ripley, mortgagee of No. 116 in 1744 (fn. 40) Francis Brown 1735–39/46 ('poor')
117 7 0 0 20' Francis Harris 1735
118 Before December 1732 do. do. do. do. Mortgages witnessed by Charles Griffith of Bedfordbury, joiner. (fn. 41) George Lewis 1735–8 ('poor')
119 Thos. Ripley, mortgagee 1746 (fn. 42) James Rigby 1735–39/46
Here is New Burlington Street
120 Before September 1737 do. do. do. do. Edward Phillips 1735–39/46
121 Ralph Harrison 1734–47/9
122 20 February 1733/4 1734/1/2–6 do. 3 11 0 16' do. do. do. Richard Brown 1735–39/46
123 4 0 0 17' William Brown 1735–39/46
124 5 19 0 do. William Ball 1735–6
125 6 6 0 18' John Husband 1735–68/73
126 do. do. Thomas Adams 1735
127 20 July 1733 1733/3/217 do. do. do. do. do. do. Dimmock Morris 1734–5
128 do. 1733/2/216 do. 9 0 0 do. do. do. do. George Hawkeswell 1734–5

Footnotes

  • 1. B.M., Add. MS. 34741, f. 174.
  • 2. Ibid., f. 190.
  • 3. Ibid., f. 290.
  • 4. M.L.R. 1719/3/265.
  • 5. Ibid., 1723/3/263.
  • 6. Ibid., 1719/5/304.
  • 7. Ibid., 1721/4/210.
  • 8. Ibid., 1724/6/118.
  • 9. Burgess, op. cit., pp. 45–6, 55.
  • 10. Ibid., 1719/6/247.
  • 11. Burgess, op. cit., p. 56; Endowed Charities, ut supra, p. 149.
  • 12. Trustees' minutes, 20 May, 22 June 1863, 18 Jan. 1864.
  • 13. Burgess, op. cit., p. 63.
  • 14. Ibid., 1736/5/75.
  • 15. Ibid., 1739/3/269.
  • 16. Ibid., 1736/5/75, 1737/1/199.
  • 17. Ibid., 1734/3/215.
  • 18. M.L.R. 1737/1/109.
  • 19. Ibid., 1738/4/551, 1740/3/481.
  • 20. Ibid., 1720/4/44.
  • 21. Ibid., 1722/3/228.
  • 22. Ibid., 1722/5/247.
  • 23. Ibid., 1720/5/53.
  • 24. Ibid., 1720/4/356.
  • 25. Ibid., 1720/5/53, 1721/2/48.
  • 26. Ibid., 1721/2/92.
  • 27. Ibid., 1721/3/289.
  • 28. Ibid., 1724/4/322.
  • 29. Ibid., 1724/1/98.
  • 30. Chatsworth MSS., rentals c. 1770 and c. 1800.
  • 31. M.L.R. 1726/1/16.
  • 32. Ibid., 1734/2/496.
  • 33. Ibid., 1733/4/97.
  • 34. Ibid., 1735/3/226.
  • 35. Ibid., 1735/3/78.
  • 36. Ibid., 1734/4/445, 1737/1/41.
  • 37. Ibid., 1737/1/5–6.
  • 38. Ibid., 1733/4/149.
  • 39. Ibid., 1736/3/205.
  • 40. Ibid., 1744/2/171.
  • 41. Ibid., 1732/5/121, 168.
  • 42. Ibid., 1746/2/262–3.