Excerpt from Brooke House, Hackney: Being the Fifth Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London In 1659 William Smith and others, who it is probable purchased it of the Parliamentary Commissioners, alienated It to William Hobson, . Esq whose three daughters and co heirs married Sir William Bolton, Kt., Patient Ward, and William White, Esquires, who were Lords of the Manor till 1669, when they alienated it to John Forsyth, Esquire, citi zen and alderman of London.1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.