Whereby, having recited: firstly, that the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty are seised with below-mentioned premises, part of which is charged with chief rents or other trusts; and secondly, that the corporation has contracted several debts at interest: therefore, in order to discharge debts and secure the trusts (vesting the property in William "Jelliff", Joseph Chambers, James Nailer, Ralph Philipps, Nathaniel Harryman, Thomas King, Francis Harryman, Edward Lapworth, William Webster and Thomas Bournes (aldermen), Edward Owen (capper and feltmaker), Richard Hayward (ironmonger), William Snell (mercer), Edward Bradney (draper) and George Allat (surgeon), all of Coventry) for 5/- that body entrusts William Jeliff et al (as per a year-lease of the previous day) with (a) a capital messuage called the "Motthouse" with lands in Coundon, Warwickshire, let to Samuel Clarke, gentleman but now occupied by Richard Eburne; (b) Coundon manor; (c) Radford Mill with lands let to Sir William Jesson, knight; (d) "Great Holloway Feild", Radford, demised to the late Countess of Southampton; (e) "Little Holloway Field" which, like (d), is now held by Mr. [George] Bowne {or Bohun]; (f) "Steeplefeilds", lately let to John Winterton; (g) a tenement, close and little meadow in Radford, demised to Mrs. Mary Hayward; (h) "Little Newfeild", Radford, occupied by Gabriel Catterns; (i) Barkers Leys, Radford, let to Nathaniel Shewell; (j) messuages, tenements and meadows leased to Sir Richard Hopkins, knight and to Thomas Wagstaff, gentleman (both deceased) in Stoke and Stoke Bigging, Coventry; (k) Attoxhall Farm [,Walsgrave-on-]Sow[e] parish, leased by Francis Cater of Coventry, mercer; (l) Hawkesbury Grove, Sow parish, managed by Elizabeth Higginson; (m) a messuage and lands in Sow (in Warwickshire and Coventry counties) of which the late John Symmons was lessee; (n) "Evans Croft" in Coventry county of which the late Thomas Love was tenant; (o) parts of Priors Orchard and a "spang" of ground beneath the town wall; (p) the messuage called Swanswell Mill with conduit head and other apparatus where the widow Margaret Bewley now lives; (q) a pasture near Greyfriars' Gate called "the Mayors Orchard" [no tenant]; (r) "Harnold Fields", farmed by John Lax (gentleman), Edmund Rogers, William Gravenor and John Bennet; (s) "Windmill Hill Feild", Spon End, occupied by John Snell; (t) a tenement upon Spon Causeway [no tenant]; (u) a croft and two closes at Summerlands Butts, lately held by Abraham Walden, deceased; (v) two Spon End tenements plus "Chappell Feilds" and closes "with other names", lately let to Abraham Walden; (w) Hearsall grounds let to Mr. William Jesson, deceased; (x) a Hearsall ground demised to Nicholas Wilcox; (y) £5 per annum fee-farm rent from Greyfriars' churchyard with diverse tenements there [no tenants]; (z) a close, leased to Mr. Thomas Hobson, adjoining St. Nicholas' churchyard; (aa) a close, leased to Humphrey Welton, adjoining Barrs Hill outside Bishop Gate; (ab) "Bell Orchard", Radford let to Mr. Samuel Bryan, deceased; (ac) closes on [the city] side of Radford called "Quarrey Close" and "Dovehouse Close", let to the same Samuel Bryan; (ad) pasture near Jeffrey Woods Cross let to Mr. Thomas Jesson; (ae) a meadow near Dalby Leasow tenanted by Mary Hobley, widow; (af) another "Quarrey Close" on [the city] side of St. Nicholas' churchyard, leased to Samuel Catternes; (ag) part of a close at Hill Street End which the corporation bought from Sir Thomas Norton, baronet; (ah) "Hurts Close", Spon End, farmed by William Maycock; (ai) two Spon End closes, demised to Richard Brockhurst, called "Marlefeild" and "part of Black Orchard"; (aj) part of Black Orchard, known as "the Moores" or by other names, leased to the late Mr. Thomas Bewley; (ak) Gosford Street Ward houses and lands tenanted by Richard Hopkins (esq.), Joseph Farren, John Fawson, William Briscow, James Ward, Edward Fairebrother, Mr. Abraham Owen and John "Eedes"; (al) 10/- per annum rent from a Mill Lane tenement and garden lately occupied by John Berry; (am) 8/- per annum rent from a Gosford Street tenement lately Mr. Samuel Wade's; (an) tenements and gardens in Much Park Street, inhabited by -, Susannah Clifton and Ellen Price; (ao) messuages in Earl Street let to Sir William Jesson (knight), William Mitchell, Elizabeth Parker (widow), James Morgan and Sarah Adderley; (ap) a capital mansion called St. Mary's Hall, Bayley Lane; (aq) a Bayley Lane messuage held by Henry Taylor; (ar) a High Street messuage leased to George Owen; (as) a Smithford Street tenement lately demised to John Brooke; (at) 13/4 per annum rentcharge from a Smithford Street tenement in lease to -; (au) Spon Street tenements whose tenants are Thomas Johnson, Robert Lax, Anne Gibbons, Thomas Fox, - Ward, William Lindsay and Simon Pickering; (av) 20/- per annum rentcharge from a tenement [no place] occupied by John Murdock; (aw) messuages in Cross Cheaping Ward inhabited by Mrs. Eleanor Brownell (widow) and John Moore; (ax) "the Portchhouse", Radford with lands, let to John Hicks, clerk [in Holy Orders]; (ay) 20/- per annum rentcharge from a Cross Cheaping messuage held by Samuel Morton; (ax) a close, adjoining the town wall, in lease to Robert Farnworth; (ba) a "Harnold Bridg" close farmed by Robert Paull; (bb) a tenement and garden outside Well Street Gate, demised to John Shaw; (bc) a tenement and garden "within Well Street", whose tenant is John Smith; (bd) a Well Street tenement and garden whose lessee is Robert Blackwall; (be) 8/- per annum fee-farm rent from a barn and close [no place] whose holder is Humphrey Newberry; (bf) 8/- per annum fee-farm rent from a croft outside Well Street Gate whereon a barn formerly stood [no tenant]; (bg) 6/- per annum fee-farm rent from Hill Cross ground [no tenant]; (bh) a messuage lately the dwelling of Mrs. Prudence Hobson, widow, which lies in Bishop Street; (bi) Radford closes with a barn and four leys to rear outside Hill Street Gate, in the tenure of John Snell; (bj) Dives Farm, Kinwalsey, Warwickshire, let to William Smith of Fillongley; (bk) a tenement and grounds in Morgan's Waste, Foleshill parish, let to Anne Yates, widow; (bl) a great messuage in Smithford Street, lately inhabited by Samuel West, with the "Little Poddy Croft" nearby, demised to Job Joanes; (bm) a close outside Bishop Gate called "litle Swans Croft", lately held by Mr. Thomas Love; (bn) Stoke manor, Coventry; (bo) "Willbram" [Wilbraham] Anglesey manor, Cambridgeshire; (bp) the Wilbraham farm where - Pratt operates; (bq) the Norton-juxta-Twycross [,Leicestershire] farm on lease to John and Thomas Greene; (br) the Brinklow, Warwickshire messuage leased to David Cotton; (bs) messuages, in Hay Lane and Bayley Lane, the dwellings of Henry Taylor, Elizabeth Spittle, George Cotton, John Ambrose, William Baggot and - Moody (clerk); (bt) "Jordan Well Street" and Ward messuages lately tenanted by William Kennon, Sir William Jesson (knight) and Robert Bedford (deceased); (bu) a Jordan Well Street or Ward tenement held by the aforesaid Mary Bewley; (bv) 20/- per annum rent from Whitefriars'; (bw) Bastell [Bastille] Tower; (bx) Gosford Street messuages in lease to Henry Cotton, Samuel Collins, Bridget Wegewood (widow), Christopher Wale, Mr. Thomas Jesson, William Bosworth, John Eccles junior, Henry Langdon and Abraham Worster; (by) 30/- per annum fee-farm rent from ground outside Gosford Gate, cultivated by Samuel Smith; (bz) 5/- per annum fee-farm rent from two Gosford Street houses where John Drought and Henry Cheney live; (ca) £3/6/8 per annum rentcharge from a ground outside New Gate, tilled by Daniel Austin; (cb) Much Park Street Ward messuages let to William Hobson, John Goddard, Edward Smith, George Power, John Gravenor, Henry Gamble, John Wedgwood, Sarah Gower, Richard King, John Edwards, Anthony Edwards, Edward Gravenor, John Botterell, William Lilly, William Irons and - Barton (widow); (cc) 10/- per annum fee-farm rent from four Much Park Street tenements [no tenants]; (cd) Dead Lane alias St. John Street tenements occupied by Joan Marston, Elizabeth Dudbridg, - Saunders, Mary Shackspeare, Edward Walker, John Cosby, Hugh Fisher, - Walker (widow), Robert Turner, Richard Warren, Sir Thomas Norton (baronet), Thomas French junior, William Gardner, John Holloway, - Davis (widow), William Long, Humphrey Musson and - Messenger (widow); (ce) Little Park Street messuages held by Mary Shackspeare (widow), Randle Gardner, Sir Thomas Norton (baronet), Robert Leeson, Elizabeth Gulson, Elizabeth Troughton (widow) and John Wilcox; (cf) 50/- per annum fee-farm rent from James Morgan's Little Park Street house; (cg) 20/- per annum fee-farm rent from Thomas Pike's Little Park Street house; (ch) Warwick Lane tenements and lands let to Francis Cater, John Craner, Sampson Clarke, Thomas Francis, Samuel Swift, Richard Ash and - Ellis (widow); (ci) an Earl Street tenement demised to John Brockhurst; (cj) 8/- per annum rent from an Earl Street tenement of John Lilley's; (ck) 24/- per annum rent from Broadgate Ward land lately Samuel Wither (gentleman)'s and Mr. Richard Hayward's; (cl) Smithford Street tenements, the dwellings of William Pollard, Thomas Towers, Thomas Kevet and William Cook; (cm) a Fleet Street messuage occupied by Ann Gibbons, widow; (cn) two annual rents from land and tenement against Bablake church, amounting to 12/- and 6/8 and sometime paid by Oliver Lynes; (co) tenement and ley, Spon End, let to Thomas Bissaker; (cp) a parcel of Spon Gate district property held by Hannah Olds, widow; (cr) 8/- per annum fee-farm rent from a Spon Street tenement inhabited by Edward Harford; (cs) 10/- per annum rentcharge from the Spon Street tenement where Thomas Shewell lives; (ct) 8/- per annum rentcharge from the two tenements [no tenants] next above Spon Street conduit; (cu) a Hill Street barn and backside lately used by Mary Glen, widow; (cv) a Hill Street tenement held by Rebecca Penton [Fenton?], widow; (cw) a Hill Street close utilized by Mr. Abraham Owen; (cx) a Well Street tenement and garden in lease to Samuel Sharrat; (cy) "Welch Market" ground in the tenure of John Mitchell; (cz) "Cowpers Feild" next to "Lockyers Lane", farmed by John Warden; (da) fee-farm annual rents of 3/- from a close shooting upon Middleborough Way (tenanted by Humphrey Newberry) and 4/- from each of two tenements with crofts there (both lately Mr. Kervin's lands); (db) Cook Street tenements and gardens (occupiers: Elizabeth Fearne (widow) and Anne Sugar); (dc) Agnes Lane tenement and garden (tenant: Thomas Bruce); (dd) Bishop Street tenements and gardens (lessees: Samuel Fenton, Hugh Potter, Thomas Webb, Anthony Ashmore, Samuel Shaw, Simon Craner, Mr. Francis Cater, Abraham Pitts and (the late John Sapcott); (de) St. John's Bridge tenements occupied by Anne Worley and Mr. Robert Mitchell; (df) an Ironmonger Row tenement held by John Marson; (dg) 10/- per annum fee-farm rent from Bancroft Lane gardens cultivated by John Man; (dh) 10/- per annum rentcharge from Palmer Lane tenements let to the late Thomas Greatbatch; (di) a Palmer Lane tenement inhabited by Sampson Hurdman; (dj) Cross Cheaping tenements held by Richard Hunt, Hugh Canter, Thomas Hobson, Mr. Septimus Bott, Charles Winterton, John Diker and Mr. Thomas Murcoate; (dk) the capital messuage St. Nicholas' Hall, West Orchard; (dl) a West Orchard tenement leased to George Allen; (dm) 3/4 per annum chief rent from a West Orchard tenement, the dwelling of Samuel Martin; (dn) Mill in the Hole with lands, lately run by Mr. Abraham Walden, deceased; (do) Swift's Mill, manouevred by John Cave; (dp) a Bishop Street messuage and garden, and the Red Lane close demised therewith to the late John Pono; (dq) "Middlewoods" closes, farmed by Mr. Henry Smith; (dr) "Alliots Feilds", tilled by William Moss; (ds) a little close outside Bishop Gate, leased to Elizabeth Pawlet, widow; (dt) "Great Pudding Croft", occupied by - Geary (widow), Mr. Thomas Laurence, - Smith (widow), Nicholas Adderley, John Snell and, lately, John Tedds; (du) a spang before Whitefriars', demised to Lady Ann Hales; (dv) Foleshill closes occupied by George Fantain; (dw) "Skervins Moore", Foleshill, let to Samuel Hart; (dx) two Foleshill grounds demised to the late Christopher Hollioake; (dy) Keresley, Coventry tenements and grounds let to Humphrey Burton and Michael Ashbourne; (dz) a farm at Meriden-in-Alspath, Warwickshire held by Henry Payne and Robert Harper; (ea) Bubbenhall, Warwickshire cottages and gardens inhabited by Thomas Phillipps, Thomas Gay, Edward Norton and Rebecca Norton; (eb) 4/- per annum rent from Bubbenhall land lately Elizabeth Joanes'; (ec) 4/- per annum rent from Bubbenhall land lately Shatteswell's; (ed) a Gaddesby, Leicestershire farm demised to Francis Needham, gentleman; (ee) Holy Trinity and St. Michael's, Coventry rectories and tithes; (ef) £7/1/2 per annum Holy Trinity rents; (eg) 6/- per annum rent from two closes outside Bishop Gate belonging to the Tanners' Company; (eh) 4/1 per annum rent from New Rents outside Bishop Gate belonging to the Butchers' Company; (ei) 10/- per annum rent from Mr. Matthew Smithe's New Rents land; (ej) 1/- per annum rent from Whittawers' Company New Rents land and Mr. John Walden's heirs'; and (ek) £1/9/4 per annum rent from Corley and Arley, Warwickshire lands tenanted by Bartholomew Smith, Mr. Thomas Whadcock, Nathaniel Foard and John Clarke: all to be held, primarily so that the trustees may pay therefrom chief and other yearly rents, secondarily effect city charities and other trusts, and tertiarily discharge scheduled debts with interest: however, this is void if the corporation thereafter pay the trustees 20/-; the corporation may lease any premises for a maximum of 21 years at any time, the terms commencing at least five
years hence, none of the trustees being independently liable; upon payment of 40/-, the agreement may be revoked at the trustees' request.
Schedule of debts (£1,585 straight debts, £266/13/2 per annum in charities).
[Former reference: 35 Charles II/2.]