| Description | Petition of John Skellorne and Margery his wife, to the Mayor (Randle Holme) and Common Council. Margery's father, Rowland Johnson and her mother Elizabeth, in her widowhood, held a shop under the Pentice, paying 20s. yearly rent, and the petitioners desire to hold the same for years or lives. Note: 'John Skellerne and Margery his wife to have a lease of the said shoppe for three lives for xxs a yeare rent and five pounds fyne.' |