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Westminster Estate Rentals and Fees in the Tudor Ledger
The document lists rents for rooms in the Palace and Fleet Prison complex, including The Cellar The Coffee Room and several rooms on Chappel Stairs, with annual sums and occupancy details. It notes payments by the Sheriffs to Westminster authorities, commitment and dismissal fees, and extensive extortion sums for named individuals. It calculates total annual income and the effect of deductions for chaplain fees, revealing a net profit to the Warden per year.
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Chappel Stairs
Fleet-ditch
Siigol
Sheriffs
London
Westminster
Walter Newbury
John Dudley
Benjamin Wakeling
Peter Fordalz
Thomas Gouldir
Alexander Sydall
Alexander Leickey
Eremiah Miles
James Bayley
Westminster- Hall
Iso
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Franks
Bedford