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List of immigrant Londoners from 1483
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GRANTOR: John Pountfreyt, saddler, Richard Scotard, grocer, and John Buke, tailor,...
Catalogue reference: LR 14/470
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This record is about the GRANTOR: John Pountfreyt, saddler, Richard Scotard, grocer, and John Buke, tailor,... dating from 20 Ric.II. in the series Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series E. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 20 Ric.II.
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GRANTOR: John Pountfreyt, saddler, Richard Scotard, grocer, and John Buke, tailor, citizens of London GRANTEE: Richard Spenser, citizen and tailor of London, and Isabel his wife. PLACE OR SUBJECT: Grant of a tenement in Gracechurch Street. COUNTY: London.
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- Nationality
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LR 14
Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series E
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Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series E
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