Survey of London: Volumes 33 and 34, St Anne Soho. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1966.
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'The Pitt Estate: table of leases granted by Charles Cholmondeley and/or Thomas Pitt', in Survey of London: Volumes 33 and 34, St Anne Soho, (London, 1966) pp. 248-255. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols33-4/pp248-255 [accessed 10 May 2024]
LEASES GRANTED BY CHARLES CHOLMONDELEY AND/OR THOMAS PITT
Except where otherwise indicated the leases tabled below were granted by Charles Cholmondeley of Vale Royal, Cheshire, with the consent of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc, Cornwall, son-in-law and grandson respectively of Thomas Pitt of Old Sarum.
See fig. 51 on page 208.
| No. | Building agreement | Date of lease | M.L.R. reference | Term of years | Ground rent | Frontage | Lessee | Designation | Address | Associated builder or tradesman | First occupant | Period |
| DEAN STREET: EAST SIDE | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 15 August 1731 | 1732/2/182 | 102¾ from Michaelmas 1730 | 1 yr. pep-percorn: £8 | 18' | Hannah Johnson | widow of Joel Johnson, late of St. Marylebone, bricklayer | William Barling | 1731–7 | |||
| (37, entrance to stableyard) | do. | 1732/2/187 | do. | do.: £15 | — | do. | do. | — | — | |||
| 38 | do. | 1732/2/183 | do. | do.: £8 | 18' | do. | do. | George Smith | 1731 | |||
| 39 | do. | 1732/2/184 | do. | do.: do. | do. | do. | do. | James Warren or Waring | 1731–41 | |||
| 40 | do. | 1732/2/185 | do. | do.: do. | do. | do. | do. | Francis Capes (or Keate, apothecary?) | 1731 (-52?) | |||
| 41 | do. | 1732/2/186 | do. | do.: do. | do. | do. | do. | Thomas Turner, cabinet-maker255 | 1732–51 | |||
| DEAN STREET: WEST SIDE | ||||||||||||
| 67 | 20 March 1731/2 | 1732/5/308 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. pep-percorn: £9 | 19' 8" | John Meard | esquire | St. Anne's | 'Ten.'Peter Chardien, esquire | 1733–4 1735 | ||
| 68 | do. | 1732/5/309 | do. | do.: do. | 20' 10" | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.'Sir William Sanderson of Combe, Greenwich, 2nd bart. | 1733–4 1735–7 | ||
| Here is Meard Street: See below | ||||||||||||
| 69 | do. | 1732/5/310 | do. | do.:£22 | 36' 6" | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Lady Chaplin | 1732–3, 1735 1736–9 | ||
| 70 | 20 March 1731/2 | 1732/5/311 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. peppercorn: £12 | 23' | John Meard | esquire | St. Anne's | Governor (? William) Matthews | 1732–3 | ||
| 71 (fn. 1) | 1755, with lessee257 | 20 October 1756 | 1757/1/111 | 77¼ from Lady Day 1756 | Peppercorn terms not known: rents totalled £42 10s.259 | 23'258 | James Filewood | carpenter | St. James's | Ralph Willett of Shooter's Hill, and Merly House, Dorset, esquire, book-collector | 1760–95 | |
| 72 (fn. 1) | do. | do. | 1757/1/110 | do. | (?22'7", residue of 68' 6")257 | do. | do. | do. | Thomas Yeo Paul, esquire | 1760–1 | ||
| 73 (fn. 1) | do. | do. | 1757/1/109 | do. | 22' 11"260 | do. | do. | do. | Jane Stott, ?wife of John Stott of Bideford, Devon, esquire | 1759–60 | ||
| 74 | 20 March 1733/4 | 1734/1/320 | 98¾ from Michaelmas 1734 | 1 yr. peppercorn: £21 6s. | 23' 9" | Thomas Richmond | carpenter | St. Anne's | 'Ten.' Edward Conyers, esquire | 1735 1736–9 | ||
| 75 | 20 February 1732/3 | 1732/5/775 | 101 from Midsummer 1732 | do.: £35 2s. | 39' | do. | do. | do. | John Sanger, carpenter, witness of mortgage, 1733261 | Bulstrode Peachey Knight, of West Dean, Sussex, and Chawton, Hants, M.P. | 1735 | |
| 76 | do. | 1732/5/773 | do. | do.: £33 6s. | 37' | do. | do. | do. | 7th Earl of Abercorn | 1735–42 | ||
| 77 | do. | 1733/1/104 | 101¼ from Lady Day 1732 | do.: £31 | 35' | Elizabeth Desborough | widow of John Desborough of St. Anne's, carpenter | St. Anne's | Thomas Richmond, carpenter, party to lease, and mortgagee, 1733:262 Francis Jackman of St. James's, timber merchant, witness of mortgage, 1733263 | 'Ten.' (Sir) Kenrick Clayton, of Bletchingley, Surrey, M.P., 2nd bart. | 1735–6 1737–49 | |
| 78 | 16 February 1731/2 | 1731/5/551 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. peppercorn: £8 10s. | 20' | Thomas Richmond | carpenter | St. Anne's | 'Ten.' Abraham Fowler | 1732 1733–7 | ||
| 79 | do. | 1731/5/552 | do. | do.: do. | 19' | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Mrs. Willmot | 1732–3 1734–5 | ||
| 80 | do. | 1731/5/553 | do. | do.: do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten' Benjamin Massey | 1732–3 1734–8 | ||
| Here is Richmond Buildings: See below | ||||||||||||
| 80B | 16 February 1731/2 | 1731/5/554 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. peppercorn: £8 10s. | 19' | John Sanger | carpenter | St. James's (Carlisle Street in 1742)264 | Thomas Richmond, carpenter, party to lease | 'Ten.' Granth. Andrews, esquire | 1732 1733–5 | |
| 81 | do. | 1731/5/555 | do. | do.:do. | 20' | do. | do. | do. | do. | Elizabeth Hubert | 1732–4 | |
| 82 | Thomas Richmond, carpenter, party | do. | 1731/5/556 | do. | do.: £8 2s. | 18' | do. | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Rev. John Thomas, D.D. (Rector of St. Benet, Paul's Wharf, Bishop of Peterborough 1747–57) | 1732 1733–41 |
| 83 | 20 March 1738/9 | 1740/2/238 | do. | peppercorn | 23' | Thomas Richmond | do. | St. Anne's | Wife of John Sanger, carpenter, witness of mortgage, 1742264 | 'Ten.' Elkina Haddock, cabinet-maker265 | 1732, 1735 1736–41 | |
| 84 | do. | 1740/2/239 | do. | 1¼14 yr. peppercorn: £1 10s. | 19' 7" | do. | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Edward Compton, esquire | 1735–6 1737–41 | |
| Slip of ground behind St. Anne's Court | 21 April 1731266 | do. | 1740/2/240 | do. | peppercorn | do. | do. | do. | ||||
| MEARD STREET: SOUTH SIDE | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 20 March 1731/2 | 1732/5/312 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. peppercorn: £7 | 19' 7" | John Meard | esquire | St. Anne's | 'Ten.' Mrs. Nelson | 1733, 1735 1736 | ||
| 3 | do. | 1732/5/313 | do. | do.: do. | 19' 8" | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Elizabeth Lucas | 1733 1734–9 | ||
| 5 | do. | 1732/5/314 | do. | do.: do. | 19' 6" | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Mrs. Marchand | 1733, 1735 1736–7 | ||
| 7 | do. | 1732/5/315 | do. | do.: do. | 20' | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' or John Meard Henry Sandoll | 1735–6 1737–46 | ||
| MEARD STREET: NORTH SIDE | ||||||||||||
| 2 | do. | 1732/5/318 | do. | do.: £9 | do. | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' or John Meard Robert Scott | 1735–7 1738–47 | ||
| 4 | do. | 1732/5/317 | do. | do.: £9 2s. | 20' 6" | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Doctor Sands | 1733–6 1737–41 | ||
| 6 | do. | 1732/5/316 | do. | do.: £9 | 21' | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' or John Meard Mr. Edwards | 1733–9 1740–6 | ||
| West of Nos. 6 and 7 the leases for Meard Street had been granted to the same lessee, as John Meard, citizen and carpenter, in 1722–3, by John or William Pulteney (see page 238). | ||||||||||||
| RICHMOND BUILDINGS: NORTH SIDE | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Thomas Richmond, carpenter, party | 19 May 1732 | 1732/3/87 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. peppercorn: £6 10s. | 19' | John Sanger | carpenter | St. James's | Thomas Richmond, carpenter, party to lease | John Trean or Frean, gentleman | 1735–7 |
| 2 | do. | 1732/3/88 | do. | do.: do. | 18' 4" | do. | do. | do. | do. | Mrs. Newdigate | 1735–6 | |
| 3 | do. | 1732/3/89 | do. | do.: do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | Mrs. Carle | 1735–6 | |
| 4 | do. | 1732/3/90 | do. | do.: do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | do. | Captain (Henry?) Johnson | 1735–41 | |
| 5 | do. | 1732/3/91 | do. | do.: do. | 18' 8" | John Devall | mason | St. Marylebone | do. | Mrs. Anderson | 1735 | |
| 6 | do. | 1732/3/92 | do. | do.: do. | 18' | do. | do. | do. | do. | 'Ten.' Doctor Bailey | 1735 1736–43 | |
| The premises numbered 7 and 8 in the later nineteenth century, at the west end of Richmond Buildings, were built c. 1772 onwards, not on the Pitt estate | ||||||||||||
| RICHMOND BUILDINGS: SOUTH SIDE | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 19 May 1732 | 1732/3/94 | 102¼ from Lady Day 1731 | 1¼ yr. peppercorn: £8 | 18' 8" | John Desborough | carpenter | St. Martin in the Fields | Thomas Richmond, carpenter, party to lease: John Devall, mason, mortgagee, 1733: Francis Jackman, timber merchant, witness of mortgage267 | 'Ten.' 2nd Baron Southwell | 1735 1736 | |
| 10 | do. | 1732/3/93 | do. | do.: £7 | 18' 6" | do. | do. | do. | do. | James Thibauld, gentleman | 1735–47 | |
| 11 | do. | 1732/3/188 | do. | do.: £6 10s. | 19' | Thomas Richmond | do. | St. Anne's | Mrs. Hughes? or John Stanley | 1734 1735–9 | ||
| 12 | do. | 1732/3/187 | do. | do.: £7 | do. | do. | do. | do. | Mary Rouse | 1734–5 | ||
| 13 | do. | 1732/3/186 | do. | do.: £6 10s. | do. | do. | do. | do. | Mrs. Peto | 1735–46 | ||