Description | Indenture of mortgage by demise by Tomlinson Busby of the city of London, soapmaker, and William Busby of Loughborough, Leicestershire, gent, to Elizabeth Chittey of London, widow, of a messuage in Kensington, Middlesex, known as the King's Head, late in the tenure of William Blake, deceased, with an adjoining parcel of land containing 1 acre, together with a parcel of ground in the parish of St Margaret, Westminster called the Birding Bush Acre or Birding Bush Half Acre, in the tenure of George London and [Henry] Wise, to be held for a term of 1000 years, to secure £500 and 5% interest, with provision for re-payment of £512 10s in one year's time. 1 March 3 Anne 1704 [by modern calendar 1705]. Seal: for Elizabeth Chittey, applied to tag. |