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however, the patronage of the living is vested in the Crown
and the Bishop, although how or when the interest of Lord
Jermine's family became transferred to the Crown is not
quite clear. The Rector was held to be entitled to similar
fees and offerings as were enjoyed by the Vicar of St.
Martin's, and the endowment of the newly-formed Parish is
described in the Act ot Parliament as follows:
A certain Toft, situate on the North Side and East End of the said Churchyard,
containing in front towards Piccadilly Street alias Portugal Street
Thirty-three Feet of Assize, a little more or less, and in Depth backward
Thirty-two feet and Six Inches, and of and in a certain Piece or Parcel of
Ground whereon some Stables and Tenements are erected, now or late in
the Tenure or Occupation of Sir Thomas Bond of Peckham in the County
of Surrey, Baronet, and Thomas Bond Esquire, youngest Son of the said
Sir Thomas Bond, their Assign or Assigns, Tenant or Undertenants, containing
in front next the said Street Forty Feet, and in Depth backward
Seventy-live Feet, a little more or less, abutting on the said Street North,
and on the East and South on the said Churchyard, and the Ground now or
late of Anthony Hart Bricklayer on the West, and the two Messuages or
Tenements fronting the said Street are now or late in the Tenure and
Occupation of Richard Hayburne Carpenter, and the other now or late in
the Tenure of John Ellison, with all the Bents, Issues, and Profits thereof,
after the Expiration of a Term of Years therein granted to the said Sir
Thomas Bond and Thomas Bond by One Indenture, bearing Date the
Seven-and-twentieth Day of January One thousand six hundred eightyfour;
and also of and in Five Houses or Tenements, with the Appurtenances,
situate in the said Street called Jermine Street now or late in the Tenure or
Occupation of Sir Cæsar Wood alias Cranmer, Knight, his Assign or
Assigns, Tenant or Tenants, containing in Front from East to West One
Hundred Twenty-six Feet, and in Depth backward Fourscore and three
Feet, a little more or less; and of and in the Yearly Rent of Sixty Pounds
reserved upon Demise thereof to the said Sir Caesar Wood alias Cranmer,
for the Term of Fifty-six Years Five Months and Twenty days, bearing Date
the Tenth Day of March One thousand Six hundred Eighty-three, and other
the Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof, after the Expiration of the said Term,
and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders, of the
Premises and every of them; saving unto the said Thomas Tennison all
his Right, Title, and Interest in and to the Premises or any of them which
he hath or may claim by virtue of One Indenture or Mortgage, bearing Date