Folios 251r–252v contain documents concerning property in Fenchurch Street.

There is a red-ink heading to f. 251r of “Willelmus Walton” and one to f. 251v of “Fanchirche – Walton”. Folios 252r and 252v both have the heading “Fanchirche”.

Testament of William Walton, citizen and goldsmith of London [20 November 1458]

In the name of God, Amen. On 20 November ad 1458 and the thirty-seventh year of the reign of King Henry VI, I, William Walton, citizen and goldsmith of the city of London, of sound mind and with good memory, draw up, make, and ordain my present testament, concerning in particular the tenements written below, in this manner: Firstly, I bequeath and commend my soul to almighty God my creator, and to the blessed Virgin Mary his mother, and to all the saints, and my body to be buried as I have declared more fully in my other testament concerning my moveable goods. Item, I, the same William Walton, by this present testament give and bequeath to the wardens of the craft or mistery of goldsmiths of the said city of London and to the community of the same craft or mistery all those lands and tenements of mine with their appurtenances in Wood Street and Gutter Lane in the parish of St Peter in West Cheap, London, which I previously had, together with Robert Seman, clerk, now deceased, and with John Hampden, esquire, and Richard Stace, citizen and goldsmith of London, who have remitted and released all their right and claim in them to me, the aforesaid William Walton and my heirs and assigns, by a certain document of theirs dated 20 October in the tenth year of the reign of the said King Henry VI [1431], and we had them from the demise and enfeoffment of Robert Walton my brother, late citizen and goldsmith of London, and of Thomas Peretre, citizen and draper of London.