In 1605 John Slaney held the lease of a hall on the north side of Cornhill, between Bishopsgate Street and Finch Lane (in the City of London), and standing at the north end of Newman's Court. This adjoined the south-west corner of the Merchant Taylors' Hall premises (which fronted onto Threadneedle Street), and on its north side a small garden intersected awkwardly with their buildings. The Company had entered into a sub-lease with Slaney to extend, or "jet", their upper room called "The King's Chamber" over part of his garden, and for many years they negotiated with him to make it a freehold.
In 1605, John Slaney held a lease on a hall in Cornhill, London, adjacent to the Merchant Taylors' Hall. The Company wanted to extend their "King's Chamber" into Slaney's garden for many years before finally negotiating a freehold purchase.