Sir William More, possibly in response to Anne Farrant's letter to Sir Francis Walsingham, made his own notes on the seizure of the Blackfriars, which a secretary then turned into a formal document. More provides a brief account of the transfer of the lease through various hands. He first let the house to Sir Henry Neville for twenty-one years and thereafter, at Neville's request, to Richard Farrant on condition that he not transfer the lease without More's permission. Farrant claimed to use the house only to teach the children, but in fact used it as a playhouse, to the detriment of both the neighbourhood and the house itself. Farrant also breached the contract in letting part of the house. After Farrant's death, More took possession of the house and accepted rent only conditionally. After refusing to go to court against More over the lease, Anne Farrant sublet the property to William Hunnis, and then Newman or Sutton (he does not remember which), then to Henry Evans, who sold his interest to the Earl of Oxford, who gave his to John Lyly. More than brought a suit against Evans, which was decided in More's favour in Easter term. He notes that Anne Farrant's activities have cost him £40 in legal services, that the house is damaged from the pulling down of partitions, and that Anne Farrant had some £30 of Newman (or Sutton) for the sublease.