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Reciting that Benjamin Dickens has lately sold to Charles Jordan a newly erected dwelling house in Jordan Well and has promised to levy a fine to the use of Jordan [a way of strengthening Jordan's title to the property]. Now, Dickens agrees to a levy the fine to Jeffrey on the following properties:- (A) a messuage on the south side of Smithford street with outbuildings etc heretofore in the occupation of Edward Owen, gentleman, deceased, afterwards of James Birch Esq deceased, since of Alderman Edward Freeman, deceased, afterwards of Jonathan Evans and now of Benjamin Dickens; and the passage from the garden to Vicar Lane; and the wall of the garden separating it from the Kings Head Inn; (B) messuage on the south side of Smithford Street between (A) and the Kings Head Inn, heretofore occupied by Henry Cockran (sic), afterwards John Goodall, then William Bagnall, sadler, since of several people, but late of Thomas Sharp, feltmaker, and now Thomas Miller, draper; (C) a messuage heretofore used as an inn called the Turks Head on the west side of Warwick Lane or Grey Friars Lane, and a little yard and stable lying behind the messuage, adjoining on the south side the land late of Thomas Dullison belonging to the Red Lion Inn, on the west adjoining (A), on the north adjoining land of Holy Trinity Church, the premises being formerly in the tenure of Thomas Rew, afterwards Edward Wilmore, then William Sayer, now Charles Johnson; (D) ground with the building used as a necessary house [see PA1896/11/1/15]; (E) a newly erected dwelling house built by John Smith on the site of an ancient messuage, with garden, on the south side of Jordan Well Street, bounded by the street, by the messuage now or late belonging to William Bickerton Rawlins, by buildings late belonging to William Ball and now to William Line in his own occupation, by buildings belonging to Charles Lilly, silkman, occupied by his tenants, and by land now or late belonging to James Whittem. Before the building of the new messuage, the site was sometime in the holding of Richard Wright, afterwards John Carlisle, then of John Smith, afterwards Charles Bruce; excepting the common use of the well and pump and the right of way for Charles Lilly. Benjamin Dickens is to levy a fine to Jeffrey for (A) to (D) in trust to the use of Dickens himself and Craddock, and for (E) in trust to the use of Jordan. Original 1808; copy 1813