Index: Subjects

London Viewers and their Certificates, 1508-1558: Certificates of the Sworn Viewers of the City of London. Originally published by London Record Society, London, 1989.

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Alley, 83, 98, 173, 242, 297, 304, 328

annuity, 165

assessment of rent, 38

Bakehouse, 88

beam, 95, 168

bearing of tenement, 5, 241, 353, 357

benches, 226

braces (brases), timber, 211

brewhouse, 26, 51, 70, (former) 80, 85, 120, 204, 219

brickwork, 419

bridge, 71

burial ground, 182

buttery, 106

buttress, 56, 84, 179, 373, 421

Cabin, 114

causeway (cawsey), 87

ceilings, 172, 380

cellar, 16, 44, 67, 115, 124, 160, 165, 184, 200, 217–18, 239–40, 270, 324, 331, 340, 345, 370, 399

chamber, 67, 106, 109, 124, 160–1, 172, 177, 185, 227, 239–40, 272, 289, 293, 303, 321, 343, 385, 392

channel (for water), 33

chapel, 116, 421

charnel house, 165

chimney,10, 12, 14, 53, 76, 81, 84, 110, 129, 158, 189, 195, 206, 285, 305, 316, 346, 371, 376

coalhouse, 67, 141, 177, 263, 270

commodities, 140, 190, 278–9, 305, 360, 364, 369, 372, 376, 403, 422

countinghouse, 142, 178, 377

Custom of London
-, on cleansing of party jakes, 272
-, on light, ?336
-, on moving of fixtures, 172, 226, 380
-, on wall of vault of jakes, 270
-, on walls, 2
-, on water, 81, 84, 154, 236–8, 249–50, 253, 255, 262, 284–5, 298–9, 307, 317, 319–20, 322–3, 326, 334–5, 345–6, 352–5, 357, 360– 2, 364, 379, 383, 396, 399, 402, 407–8, 415

Damage
-, to chimneys, 285
-, to church, 340
-, to house, 175–6, 211, 236, 285, 301, 314– 15, 329, 332, 357, 380
-, to plates, 59
-, to stable, 72
-, to tenement, 8, 85, 92, 128
-, to vault, 376
-, to wall, 48, 72, 132, 171, 175, 255

demolition, 41, 79, 89, 117, 127, (right to demolish) 139, (right to demolish) 158, (right to demolish) 181, (ordered) 219, 228–9, 275, 278, 288, 320, 329, 345, 373, 375, 380

destruction of property, 40, 92, 100, 132, 181, 211, 235, 273, 281, 373, 375, 380, 391

distress, 406

ditch, 78, 87, 268; (cleansing of) 78

door, 44, 64, 67, 115, 119, 124, 160, 179, 184–5, 212, 226, 233, 245, 249–50, 257– 9, 282, 288, 314–15, 327, 345, 351, 361, 370, 376, 380

draught (withdraught) see jakes

dung, 171, 202, 422

dyehouse, 369

Easement, 89, 140, 190, 202, 210, 306, 360

easement, houses or rooms of see jakes

eaves, 77, 92, 258–9, 408, 422

encroachment, 5, 7, 10, 12–15, 17, 28–9, 33, 35, 48, 53, 58, 62, 68, 71, 73, 76, 79, 81– 4, 96, 110, 112–13, 117, 129–30, 134, 156–9, 167–8, 174–5, 179, 183, 187, 214, 218, 233, 235, 247, 267, 283, 297, 304, 328, 371, 377, 396, 400, 419

entertise (enterteyse), 138, 168

entry, 51, 89, 114, 119, 148, 185, 212, 245, 258–9, 278, 282, 288, 310–11, 314–15, 327–8, 345, 361, 363, 368–9, 380, 398, 421

entry, common, 239–40, 432; to be paved, 310, 327

estate pur autre vie , 394

evidence shown, 29, 49, 121, 165–6, 179, 184, 193, 208, 231, 239–40, 287, 289, 292, 301, 311–13, 318, 321–2, 341, 345, 353, 364, 370–1, 420

Fence, defence (see also pale), 6, 30, 34, 37, 39, 43, 46, 55, 58–9, 63, 91, 93–4, 99, 104, 111– 12, 125, 131, 133, 136, 153, 180, 192, 194,

Fencecontd.
-, 197, 213, 228, 235, 238, 242, 246, 257, 262, 264, 269, 271, 275–6, 280, 282, 291, 294, 302, 308–9, 316, 319, 334, 345, 349–50, 358, 364–5, 369, 375, 379, 387–8, 395, 400–1, 405, 412–14

fixtures, 172, 226, 380

fire, 85, 287

floors, 109, 160, 195, 219, 272, 285, 380, 385

foreign (foreyn), 2

foundation, 51, 107, 164, 166, 179, 186, 243, 246, 395, 419

frame, 40–1, 68, 71, 102, 114, 119, 135, 160– 1, 166, 174–5, 210, 214–16, 239–40, 243, 299, 307, 322–3, 366–7, 371, 391, 396

fumes, 85

Gable (end), 54, 107, 156, 189

gallery, 66–7, 185, 206, 233, 368, 381

garden, garden ground, 6, 43, 58, 72, 100, 121, 167, 171, 193–4, 199, 213, 238, 242, 245, 257, 264, 291, 297, 312–13, 338, 364, 371

garners, 115

garret, 124, 204, 219

gate, 98, 115, 185, 190, 217, 283, 316, 327, 343, 355, 422

gatehouse, 3, 316

glass, 226, 380

grate, 16, 78, 87, 144, 358, 390

ground, void ground, passim

ground of the City, common, 45, 71, 157, 174

ground of the highway, common, 419

groundsill, 114, 204

gutter, passim

Hall, 109, 211

hayloft, 219, 287

headland, 349

hearths, 195

hedge, 134, 302

highway, 233–4, 267, 272, 361, 419; to be paved, 245, 310, 327

horizontal division of property, 106, 114, 160–1, 166, 177, 184–6, 212, 219, 227, 231–2, 239–40, 253, 262, 266, 272, 277, 303, 324, 343, 355, 359, 362, 368, 370, 376, 385, 390, 392, ?403, 423

house, housing, passim

Implements and standards, 226

ingress and egress see right of way

inn, tavern, 29, 83, 207, 234

Jakes (also easement (houses or rooms of), office (house of), privy, siege, with- draught), 2, 16, 67, 84, 89, 128, 141–2, 154, 166, 170–1, 177, 183, 189–90, 202, 206–7, 209, 214, 232, 255, 263, 267, 269–70, 272, 278–9, 288, 295–6, 311, 320, 323, 325, 333, 364, 368, 383, 413, 422; cleansing of, 16, 166, 170, 190, 206, 209, 263, 267, 272, 295–6, 320, 323, 325, 333, 368, 383

jetty, 6, 36, 54, 65, 83, 111, 178, 217, 230, 254, 314–15, 327

joists (juests, giosts), 168, 178, 189

Kennel (of street), 299, 327, 361, 374

key, 226, 422

kitchen, 51, 106, 109, 114–15, 120, 172,231, 295, 351, 389, 392

Lane, 96, 144–5, 150, 174, 184, 233, 306

lattice, 226

lease, passim

lights, 1, 6, 98, 103, 129, 142, 183, 217, 222, 224, 251, 258–9, 267, 272, 278–9, 286, 317, 336, 357, 368, 376, ?381, 421–3

loft, 231, 239–40, 362

loup light (lowpe), 103, 129

Marstones, 34

measurement of ground, passim

measurement of structures, passim

messuage, 290, 292, 373

mill, 344

millhouse, 139

Nuisance, 1, 2, 10, 12, 14–19, 33–6, 40, 44, 47–8, 50–4, 57, 60–2, 68, 71–2, 85, 97– 8, 102, 107–8, 128, 154, 156, 158–9, 171, 178, 181, 183, 206, 420

Oven, 79, 157–8, 183

overhang, 18–19, 24–5, 33, 36, 40, 47, 52, 54, 57, 60–1, 72, 84, 95, 97, 102, 107, 113, 132, 164, 178, 181, 188, 396, 407

overlook, 103, 108, 129, 171, 260

Pale (see also fence, defence), 23, 43, 76, 83, 94, 111, 131, 133–4, 136, 143, 167, 192, 194, 197, 199, 213, 218, 228, 246, 252, 257, 264, 269, 294, 334, 349–50, 365, 369, 387–8, 412, 414

pantry, 106

parsonage, 56, 66

partition, 80, 124, 196, 272, 296, 298, 402

party or partible:
-, entry, 245
-, fence, 46, 194, 345, 349, 387, 412, ?414
-, gable, 35; repair, 35
-, gutter, 16, 26, 128, 155–6, 176, 182, 210, 225, 236, 261, 279, 288, 290, 296, 310, 314–15, 319, 330, 332–3, 351, 366–7, 378, 381, 408; repair, 16, 26, 261, 332– 3, 366–7, 378, 381
-, partition, 196, 272, 296, 298, 402

party or partiblecontd.
-, post, 212, 279, 296, 298, 361
-, sink, 279
-, wall, 1, 7, 21–2, 24, 31, 37, 46, 64, 69, 74, 110, 113, 123, 127, 133, 151, 155, 162, 202, 216, 220–1, 243, 246, 253, ?281, 296, 305, 319, 335, 346, 391, 393
-, well, 33, 290, 360, 398; repair, 290, 398
-, withdraught (siege, jakes, privy) or cistern of same, 16, 89, 166, 170, 190, 206, 209, 232, 267, 279, 288, 295, 323, 325, 368; cleansing of, 16, 166, 170, 190, 206, 209, ?263, 267, 288, 295; 320, 323, 325, 333, 368; separation of same, 270, 368

pastry house, 31

pentice (penthouse), 206, 267

pipe(s), 16, 77, 200, 261, 301, 314–15, 333, 358, 376

plate(s), 19, 54, 59, 97, 113, 160, 166, 195, 204, 206, 214, 243, 290, 371, 376, 389, 395

porch, 142, 234

post, corner post, principal post, 7, 13–14, 17–18, 23–4, 35, 57, 60–2, 68, 96–7, 102, 113, 138, 150, 152–3, 156, 159, 178, 180–1, 195, 211–12, 214, 222, 245, 272, 279, 296, 298–9, 328, 361, 388–9, 413

prison, 171

privy see jakes

procession way, 182, 306

property of late religious institutions, 179, 185, 190, 233–4, ?239, 240, 245, ?261, 275, 291, 301, 316, 318, 359, 370, 375, 402, ?411, 416

putgally (putgaley), 157

Quire, 186

quit-rent, 165, 324

quoin, 25, 27, 47, 56, 84, 95, 234

Rafter, 77, 168, 204

rasen (reisin, reysen, resyn), 19, 40, 52, 54, 57, 61, 88, 102, 115, 168, 178, 195–6, 211, 219

release of wall, 317

release of water table, 171

removal of property: bay window, 286; bra- ces, 211; chimney and oven, 158; gut- ter, 156, 236, 261, (ordered) 332, 366– 7; jakes, 255, 263; pipe, 301; posts and boards, timber, 211, 388; room, 372; wall, roofs, 380

rent(s), 38, 406

repairs to leased tenement, 23, 88, 105, 109, 114–15, 140, 189, ?195, 204, 206–7, 214, 219, 223, 244, 285, 289–90, 292, 301, ?310, 324, 329, ?337, 344, 362, 380, 394, ?403

repairs and maintenance, passim

right to build, 5, 27, 40, 83, 92, 100, 111, 132, 142, 151, 210, 218, 232, 243, 254, 260, 262, 269, 273, 291, 295–6, 302, 307, 317, 319, 322–3, 326, 335, 342, 352, 357, 365, 373, 390–1, 396, 415; no right to build, 6, 171, 348, 354, 400

right to cut down, 132, 181, 291, 302, 334

right of way, 119, 144–5, 150, 160, 182, 190, 217, 234, 239–42, 245, 257–9, 316, 327– 8, 330, 360, 368–9, 385, 423

rights in Thames, 68, 71

roof, 115, 287, 289, 329, 380

rooms, 140, 362, 368, 372, 423

ruinous structures:
-, gallery, 206
-, garret, 219
-, housing, 126, 164, 380
-, messuage, 380
-, roof, 289
-, tenement, 109, 114, 394
-, vault, 186
-, wall, 25, 118, 188, 202, 235, 379

Sanctuary ground, 397

seats, 226

sewer, common, 87, 154, 197, 242, 268, 352, 401, 405, 420; cleansing of, 197

shed, 33, 49, 58, 76, 97, 112, (wrongly fastened) 128, 139, 141, 206, 246, 329– 30, 344, 371, 379, 399

shelves, 172

shop, 70, 109, 114, 147, 172, 267, 272, 314, 351, 392

siege see jakes

sink, common, 416

sluice, 87, 192, 197, 420

solar, 166, 185, 239–40

somer(s), 115, 124, 138, 175, 253, 389

spur, 71

stable, 72, 139, 180, 235, 275, 285, 293, 344

stair, steps, 68, 71, 115, 144–5, 150, 184–5, 200, 217, 385

stair, common, 150

stalls, 327

storehouse, 161, 241

street see highway

Table, 288

tavern, 83

tenement, passim

tithes, 141

tower, 149

town wall, 251

tresance, 66

Vapour, 85

vault, 44, 56, 67, 166, 168, 288, 331, 376 of jakes, 16, 166, 263, 270, 279, 288, 296, 320
-, partition of, 270, 325

vertical division of property or tenement, 120, 124, 135, 140, 156, 185, 196, 208, 215, 228, 238, 254, 274, 342, 386, 390– 1, 406

vestry of church, 266

Wainscot, 172

wall (see also partition), passim; paper wall, 273, 275

wards, boundaries of, 121, 384

wareboards, 172

warehouse, 124, 135, 166, 217, 231, 370

water, passim

watercourse, 33, 78, 87, 272, 279, 286, 288, 293, 296, 314–15, 327, 351, 358, 363, 376, 386, 390, 395, 398, 408, 416, 423

water table, 171, 187

way, common, 144–5, 150, 174, 199, 297, 304, 348

well, 33, 88, 214, 290, 360, 398; cleansing, 88

wharf, 68, 71, 115, 179, 285

window, 77, 98, 103, 108, 115, 119, 124, 129, 206–7, 211, 226, 260, 286, 336, 347, 351, 357, 361

withdraught see jakes

woodhouse, 141, 161, 177, 206, 244, 401

worsted presses, 404

wrongful fastening or leaning on, 128, 164, 175, 241, 353, 357, 376, 379

Yard, 45, 200, 217, 237, 282, 293, 300, 341, 345, 356, 398