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The Theatre Royal, about forty odd years ago was under the lesseeship of Messrs. Lewis and Banks. 

From Recollections of Old Liverpool by Nonagenarian, A

During his lesseeship of the Lyceum he was in the same straits as he was in the Old Covent Garden days.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

Newspaper proprietorship has in fact become not less a fashion of the day than theatrical lesseeship was a few years since.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

He occupied it awhile, and Pete Lee succeeded him in the lesseeship and management of the concern.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George