Folios 51r–58r contain documents relating to quit-rents. The red-ink heading at the top of f. 51r translates as “Quit-rents – acquired from the heirs of Simon de Berkyng”, and thereafter each verso has the red-ink heading “General’ fact’” and each recto has “quieti redditus”.

The testament of Adam de St Albans [28 February 1289]

On the Monday after Ash Wednesday in the seventeenth year of the reign of King Edward son of King Henry, the testament of Adam de St Albans the younger, smith [or ironmonger] of London, was proved, and for the sections in it concerning fees held for secular service, contained in it is that the same Adam bequeathed to his wife Isabelle his house with appurtenances in which he lived in the parish of Colechurch, and one mark’s worth of annual quit-rent which he had in Ironmonger Lane from the demise of John de Chese, to have and to hold by the same Isabelle for the whole of her lifetime. And after her death his wish is that the aforesaid house and mark of annual rent should go to his son Richard etc. Item, he bequeathed to his son Richard a shop with appurtenances which he had at the Conduit from the demise of Henry de Evere, and next to the shop of Sewall, fishmonger. Item, he bequeathed to his daughter Beatrice twenty shillings of annual free quit-rent which he had in Soper Lane from the demise of William de Manhale. Item, he bequeathed to his daughter Matilda twenty shillings’-worth of annual free quit-rent which he had in Soper Lane from the demise of the same William.

Soper Lane

Grant by Richard of St Albans to William de Leyre [15 February 1316]

May those present and future know that I, Richard de St Albans, clerk, have given, granted and by this my present deed have confirmed to William de Leyre, citizen of London, thirty shillings’-worth of annual free quit-rent to be received annually at the due and accustomed terms from the following tenements in the parish of St Pancras London, in Soper Lane, i.e. 13s. 4d.