Under the feudal system the King owned all land and others could only hold it as the King's tenants. Transfers between tenants were known as 'alienations' and this required a licence from the King. Robert Dudley set up an office to manage this system, and to collect the fees and fines. Its role changed and shrunk over the years and by 1835 the system of land conveyancing meant that the Alienation Office could be abolished.
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Alienation Office
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Alienation Office
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Councillor J. J. W. Bradley
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
1 memorial
George Simpson
Paint manufacturer who ran the Atlas Dyeworks. Born Newington. 1861 was living in Tulse Hill with his wife. Retired in about 1866 and by 1881 was living in Reigate where he died. See also Nicholson.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Francis Knollys
Treasurer of the Royal Household. Served Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Father to Viscount Wallingford. Surname pronounced "Noles" - another shibboleth for that Nazi spy disguised as one of us.
1 memorial
Susan Lawrence
Politician and social reformer. Born as Arabella Susan Lawrence.
1 memorial
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