Westminster Connections
Old Palace Yard; Tufton Street and Tothill Street
References have been found to three separate Newman
residences in the Westminster area:
- Richard Newman
of Fifehead 1620-1695 is said to have lived in Tothill Street, Westminster
- ref: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/honywood-sir-william-1654-1748.
- His son Richard
Newman of Evercreech Park 1650 - 1682 left a will
in which he left to his wife Grace the house in Tufton St Westminster. Raymond
Mercier also reported that Richard
Newman 1620-1695 had a dwelling in Tufton Street which was probably inherited
by his son. It may also have been owned by Richard
Newman of Fifehead d.1649 since it appears to be he that is described
in the purchase contract for Evercreech
Park as Richard Newman of the City of Westminster.
- In an Act of Parliament drawn up in 1754 to empower a committee of the estate
of Elizabeth Kitchen to make leases during her lunacy, mentions the four children
of Sir Richard Newman of Evercreech, viz: Sir
Samwell, Frances, Barbara and Elizabeth,
living in a tenament at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster. The Act describes
the dwelling in quite disparaging terms: "Freehold Messuage or Tenement,
in the said Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, is in such a decayed and
ruinous State and Condition, that it will be absolutely necessary to pull
down, rebuild, or substantially repair, the same: But it is apprehended, that
no Person will take a Lease thereof, for the Purpose aforesaid, without having
a long Term of Years granted of the said Premises."
Tufton Street, Tothill Street and Old Palace Yard are all located
close to one another as can be seen in the maps below:
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