Homepage

Record

Reference Numberb496.5 BA9360/A17/Box 1/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/10/5/1
TitleLease Book
DescriptionCover is annotated 'Purprestures' and the inside cover annotated 'An account of all the City Lands and Rentes payable to the Corporation of Worcester in 1662, with pourprestures Chief Reats paid out for the City and other Fees etc paid by the Chamberlains'.

Written description of properties and their value with details of lease (some of which predate 1662 by several decades) arranged by ward, including some charities and in wards outside the City. Separate list, also by wards, of purprestures and the fines imposed for such. Many entries crossed out but still legible. Towards the back of the volume are brief entries recording leases made between about 1714 and 1722

Parchment covers are loose. With a typed itinerary of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Worcester in 1932 to open the New Bridge crossing the River Severn.
Date1662
Add to My Items
    Skip to main content
    A Seal attached to a Deed in the Vernon family collection.

    A Seal attached to a Deed in the Vernon family collection.

    Useful Links

    Showcase items

    A list of our latest and most exciting new items.

    Map of the Pirton Estates
    Map of the Pirton Estates
    Humphry Littelton Warrant
    Humphry Littelton Warrant
    A Seal attached to a Deed in the Vernon family collection.
    A Seal attached to a Deed in the Vernon family collection.
    Worcester City High Street Plan found in Corporation of Worcester Book of Plans
    Worcester City High Street Plan found in Corporation of Worcester Book of Plans
    Explore Showcase