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APPENDIX B—
REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS OF SAMPLE

In Section ii of Chapter 5, the real estate holdings of the sample were discussed. Information on these was acquired from three main sources: the listing of unpaid rents in inventories which were not backed by the listing of leasehold property, memoranda in the Common Serjeants' Books and information from the wills of the sample. Altogether, 181 wills have been found (48 per cent of the whole sample and 80 per cent of those who were testate) and it seems probable that, using all three sources, not many men with real estate will have been missed, since it is a reasonable assumption that most men who possessed real estate would have made a will. Only a minority of references contain valuations or a statement of the rental of property, and the valuations in the list below are therefore mainly guesstimates. Where property has been valued, this has been used as a guide to the value of what seems a similar sort of property which has not been valued. Rentals have been multiplied by 20 to provide valuations.

The properties have been graded for value on a five point scale for value as follows: 1 = less than £300; 2 = £300–£999; 3 = £1000–£1999; 4 = £2000–£5000; 5 = over £5000.

They have also been classified by type as follows: A = London property; B = suburban or villa property; C = provincial urban property; D = one or two farms; E = larger country estate.

Sample	Description of Real Estate Holdings	Grade	Type
S. 4	Unpaid rents @ £65 p.a; no leases	3	A
S. 9	Tenements @ £100 p.a. in St Giles Cripplegate; tenement on Tower Hill; land in Essex & Ireland	5	A,E
S. 10	3 houses in Monkwell St; houses in Dunnings Alley; dwelling-house in Bishopsgate Street	3	A
S. 12	Messuage with land in Tottenham	2	B

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Sample	Description of Real Estate Holdings	Grade	Type
S. 14	Two houses in Botolph Lane; half of Cox Key	3	A
S. 15	Three messuages in Trinity Court, Aldersgate Street, worth less than one-third of personal estate of £600	1	A
S. 16	Farm in Herts, 43 acres of wheat growing, say 100 acres @ 5/- to 7/6 an acre	2	D
S. 21	Farm and other property in Surrey	2	D
S. 23	House in Southwark	1	A
S. 24	Foreclosed lands and tenements in Kent = £1400	3	E
S. 25	Dog and Bear Inn, Southwark	1	A
S. 27	Lands in Berks, his home county	4	E
S. 31	Copyhold estate in Somerset = £100	1	D
S. 37	Lands and tenements in West Ham = c.£1500; lands in Berks = c.£1190; in Herts = £300; land in Yorkshire; land in Kent @ £35 p.a.; house in Southwark; some of this mortgaged	4	A,B,E
S. 45	Dwelling-house, other houses and land at Cow Cross; house in Twickenham	3	A,B
S. 48	Tenements in Southwark	1	A
S. 56	Messuages and lands in Suffolk, less than £1000	2	D
S. 59	Three houses in City; houses and land in Greenwich; property in Canterbury	4	A,C
S. 61	House with some land in Lancashire	1	D
S. 65	London houses; land in Surrey and Essex; copyhold and freehold land in Isleworth; in all over £380 p.a.	5	A,B,E
S. 69	Copyhold lands in Middlesex (fine = £150); house in Kensington	3	B,E
S. 70	Two houses in Leadenhall Street; copyhold in Surrey	3	A,D
S. 82	Three messuages in Staying Lane	1	A
S. 89	House in Stratford and 7 small houses in Greenwich	2	A,B
S. 93	Eight houses in City; 6 houses and copyhold land in Tottenham	5	A,B
S. 97	Freehold and copyhold property in Hampstead	2	B
S. 99	House and ground in Gloucestershire	2	D
S.100	Freehold messuages and lands	3	?
S.105	Urban estate in Nottingham; lands and tenements in Cow Cross	3	A,C
S.108	Messuage at Slough	1	D
S.114	Three houses in Hosier Lane	2	A
S.115	Several houses in Whitefriars; lands in Surrey and Cambridgeshire	5	A,E
S.125	Copyhold messuages, tenements and land in Mortlake	2	D

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Sample	Description of Real Estate Holdings	Grade	Type
S.127	Farm at Leyton	2	B
S.136	Freehold farms and lands in Bucks and Herts; houses in London	4	A,E
S.138	Lands and tenements in Gloucs; also in Leyton	3	B,E
S.139	House near Temple Bar	2	A
S.147	Three copyhold messuages in Suffolk	2	E
S.150	Freehold and copyhold land in Essex	2	D
S.157	Manor of Somersby, Lincs @ £100 p.a.; five farms in Lincs = at least £1200	4	E
S.164	Lands in Kent @ £57 p.a.; copyhold in Dagenham	3	E
S.167	Copyhold lands in Manor of Hackney; land in Ireland; in all at least £385 p.a.	5	A,E
S.168	Two houses in Warwicks; land in Berks & Oxfordshire	3	E
S.171	Manor and lordship of Claythorpe & Bellew, Lincs; other freehold and copyhold land in Lincs; estate at West Ham	5	B,E
S.183	Freehold messuages and lands in Surrey	2	D
S.191	Property in Wales, Surrey and Kent, the last valued @ £ 1680	5	E
S.193	Freehold and copyhold in Norfolk and Suffolk	3	E
S.196	Messuage and land in Bristol, more than £100 p.a.; messuages and lands in Edmonton and Gravesend, more than £80 p.a.	4	B,C
S.208	Four houses in St Dunstans in the East	3	A
S.210	Messuage in Westminster	1	A
S.218	Farm in Herts	2	D
S.219	Six freehold tenements in Lambeth	2	A
S.225	Farmland and meadows in Hunts and Bucks	2	D
S.231	Freehold lands in Surrey and Yorkshire, £240 p.a.	4	E
S.234	Four houses in London; freehold estate in Herts and Bucks @ £40 p.a.	4	A,D
S.237	Six houses in London @ £164 p.a	4	A
S.239	Lands in Yorks and Essex; copyhold in Isle of Wight, the last valued at £500	4	E
S.241	Houses in Southwark	2	A
S.247	Farm in Kent @ £36 p.a.	2	D
S.249	Land in Essex = £550; land in Notts = £450	3	E
S.253	Manor of Levenhall, Suffolk and two houses in London, in all worth at least £2000	4	A,E
S.257	Two messuages with orchards in Tooting; 8 cottages in Lambeth	3	A,D
S.259	Lands in Yorks @ £120 p.a.	4	E
S.265	Land in Bedfordshire @ £90 p.a.	3	E
S.269	Several messuages, farms and lands	3	E

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Sample	Description of Real Estate Holdings	Grade	Type
S.271	Farm in Essex	2	D
S.275	Property in Suffolk	2	D
S.276	Signiorie of Inchequine, Ireland & other Irish lands	4	E
S.277	Property in Walthamstow @ £29 p.a.	2	B
S.282	Tenements and land in Yorkshire	2	D
S.285	Messuages and lands	3	E
S.288	Rents due @ £19 p.a., no leases	2
S.289	Farms in Suffolk, Wilts, Essex and Sussex	3	E
S.303	Land in Bucks @ £20 p.a.; farm in Middlesex	2	D
S.308	Five farms, 3 cottages and other lands in Derbyshire; copyholds in Highgate and Stepney; 6 houses in City	5	A,B,E
S.313	Property in Clerkenwell	2	A
S.314	Rents @ £185 p.a., no leases	4	?
S.316	Land in Wales = £200; in Warwickshire = £250	2	D
S.319	Land in Derbyshire @ £20 p.a.	2	D
S.322	Land in Bucks = £1500; half the manor of Symeons in Chilton, Bucks	4	E
S.325	Messuages in West Ham; messuages in Penrith	2	B,D
S.326	Farms in Suffolk, Essex & Cambridgeshire @ £123 p.a.; houses in Southwark	4	A,E
S.331	Freehold houses in Wood Street	3	A
S.340	Freehold houses in Blackfriars	2	A
S.345	House in Kingston @ £18 p.a.	2	B
S.347	Three houses in Whitechapel and Shoreditch	2	A
S.348	Land in Hants @ £55 p.a.	3	E
S.353	Copyhold lands in Herts @ £41 p.a.	2	D
S.354	House and land in Hackney = £650	2	A
S.355	Freehold houses in Wapping	2	A
S.358	Farms in Northants and Hunts @ c.£50 p.a.; house in Coleman St, in Fleet St, 4 in Blackfriars; one in Bermondsey	4	A,E
S.364	Estate in Colchester	2	C
S.365	Freehold estate in Berks	3	E
S.375	Lands and tenements in Writtle and Chignell, Essex	4	E

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APPENDIX B— REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS OF SAMPLE

APPENDIX B—
REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS OF SAMPLE