In medieval times, clergy were mainly paid through tithes, receiving a tenth of the produce of agricultural land. The Tithe Commutation Act replaced tithing in kind with a money payment. This required a surveyor to map each parish, field by field, and work out the rent charge to be paid on each piece of land.
The map below shows the section of the 1838 tithe map for Mortlake that covered the brewery site. Hold the pointer over the number of an area to see the information recorded in the survey.
85-86 (Riverside House)
Owner: Thomas Fitzgerald
Occupier: Charlotte Best
House, buildings and grounds
Area: 0.9 acres
Rent Charge 10s 0d
87-88 (Cromwell House)
Owner: Thomas Fitzgerald
Occupier: Valentina Aynscombe
House, buildings and grounds
Area: 3.7 acres
Rent Charge £1 1s 6d
90 (Cromwell Fields)
Owner: Thomas Fitzgerald
Occupier: Valentina Aynscombe
Meadow
Area: 6.8 acres
Rent Charge £2 14s 0d
91-92 (Leyden House)
Owner: Thomas Fitzgerald
Occupier: Sir William Kaye
House, buildings and grounds
Area: 0.7 acres
Rent Charge 6s 0d
93 (Thames Bank House)
Owner: Thomas Fitzgerald
Occupier: Richard Whitfield
House, offices and garden
Area: 0.4 acres
Rent Charge 4s 0d
94
Owner: John Searle
Occupier: John Searle
House and garden
Area: 0.4 acres
Rent Charge 4s 0d
100-101 (Fairfax House)
Owner: Colsell Edlin
Occupier: Benjamin Hawes
House, buildings and grounds
Area: 1.0 acres
Rent Charge 12s 0d
102-104 (Stanley Lodge)
Owner: Colsell Edlin
Occupier: Colsell Edlin
House, buildings and grounds
Area: 2.0 acres
Rent Charge 13s 0d
105-106
Owner: Colsell Edlin
Occupier: Elizabeth Hill
House, buildings and grounds
Area: 0.3 acres
Rent Charge 3s 6d
109 & 117
Owner: Penley's Devises
Occupier: Charles Charlwood
Market Garden
Area: 1.9 acres
Rent Charge 17s 9d
118-120
Owner: Samual Taylor
Occupier: Samual Taylor
Market Garden
Area: 2.4 acres
Rent Charge £1 3s 0d
121 (The Cedars)
Owner: John Sanders
Occupier: Elizabeth Pembroke
House and Garden
Area: 0.4 acres
Rent Charge 5s 0d
125 (The Cedars' Garden)
Owner: John Sanders
Occupier: Elizabeth Pembroke
Garden
Area: 0.2 acres
Rent Charge 3s 0d