The instrument concludes with the statement that these things were 'done in the forebooth of the tenement or lodging ….'
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The instrument concludes with the statement that these things were 'done in the forebooth of the tenement or lodging ….'
Source: wiktionary
This might be rebuilt with permission, or on payment of a fine (set down in borough archives), as a permanent shop or forebooth perhaps, with an unglazed window to the street.
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Helen Dunbar had the liferent of this booth (described as a forebooth with a foreshop adjacent) and died about 1605.
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He also had the forebooth on the south side and the pentice below the outside stairs.
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