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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3047

Autographs
94, 95 and 96 Bishopsgate Street
1749-1876 a group of vellum documents relating to the buildings in this site, the earliest dated 1749 being a Lease for eleven years between Ann and Henry Byne and William Bartlett and Samuel Sharpe, Druggists and Chemists, the property is not numbered but described as "... within one door of the Marlborough Head"; 1756 Lease between The Worshipful Company of Plumbers and Messrs Bartlett and Sharpe with a detailed description of the property; 1761 Lease of two houses in Bishopsgate Street "... within one door of the Marlborough Head" with a schedule description of the properties; 1773 Lease and a further Counterpart of Lease for two houses in Bishopsgate Street next to the Marlborough Head; 1793 Release for houses in Bishopsgate Street (no numbers) and 1793 Lease for one year on numbers 94 and 95 Bishopsgate Street; 1820 Lease for 94 and 95 Bishopsgate Street; 1833 Conveyance with plan drawing of number 95 showing the Duke of Marlborough next door; 1837 Conveyance of the Marlboro Head at 97 Bishopsgate Street with plan drawing; 1853 Mortgage of the Freehold for 96 Bishopsgate Street; 1860 Conveyance of numbers 94, 95 and 96 Bishopsgate Street Within and includes a plan drawing of number 95; 1876 Reconveyance of 94, 95 and 96 Bishopsgate Street "(all known and Crosby House)". Also 1790 a Recovery which features a portrait of King George III with large initial capital and allegorical figures by Abel Jenkins against William Abbot for six messuages in the Parish of St. Helens Bishopsgate, with tin skippet bearing the Royal seal

Some of the documents run to several pages. A fascinating archive into the history of these famous buildings in Bishopsgate. Photo


The site is now occupied by 99 Bishopsgate

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Estimate
£500 to £1,000