"Cordewaneria" or "Cordwainery" in Cheap is several times referred to in early records, and was evidently the designation of that locality in the City occupied by the cordwainers for the purposes of their trade.
"Cordwaineria in Chepe" is mentioned in the will of Thos. de Basinges, 1275 (Ct H.W. I. 23).
Robt. de Meldeburn gave to his son his seld in Westchep situate in the Cordwainery in the parish of St. Peter de Wodestrate, opposite the Pillory, 1285 (ib. 74).