PI/1/3
Reference code
PI/1/3
Level of description
Sub-series
Title
Leases of Close Properties, 1629-1895
Original Title
Chapter Leases
Date
1629-1895
Quantity & Format
11 box
Description
A collection of 10 boxes containing 33 bundles of documents described as 'Chapter Leases' in the hardcopy catalogue. The hardcopy catalogue records that 'These documents all come from the Muniment Room - they were either on the floor or in one of the big chests' and that 'the leases are arranged in bundles...as far as practicable, according to modern numbering in the Close ie beginning at the Bishop's Palace (Coldharborough Meadow) and going round, ending at Harnham Gate.'
There are 33 bundles. Each bundle appears to relate to the same property or piece of land but this has not been checked. Each bundle can consist of between 1 and 24 individual documents. Details of individual documents are listed in the hardcopy catalogue.
A copy of the list from the hardcopy catalogue is included with the documents The hardcopy catalogue list mentions the following properties and land: Coldharborough Meadow; east side of road leading to Bishop's Palace; plot of land boarded by land belonging to the Bishop, Thomas Corfe, Exeter Street and Bishop's Walk; near the choristers house leading to Bishop's Palace and bordered by Close wall on east; ground behind Symesbury Place; tenement on way to St Ann's Gate; mansion house near the Vicars Hall on way leading to St Ann's Gate (Malmesbury House?); tenement and garden near Bowles Canonry, possibly house next to Aula le Stage; land near Close Wall near New Street; house and premises used as the Theological College; Loders; properties surrounding the belltower; land and tenement on the way to Harnham Gate; garden abutting the porter's house and Matrons College; North Gate; Wardrobe; Miles Close.