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Draft (Latin) letters patent granting to Stephen Smaleman, esquire, and his assigns,...
Catalogue reference: WARD 2/61/241/48
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This record is about the Draft (Latin) letters patent granting to Stephen Smaleman, esquire, and his assigns,... dating from 1605 June 28 in the series Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WARD 2/61/241/48
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1605 June 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Draft (Latin) letters patent granting to Stephen Smaleman, esquire, and his assigns, for the term of his life, to hold himself or by sufficient deputy, the office of protonotary and clerk of the crown in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, in reversion after the deaths of Francis Rame, junior, and Christopher Anderton, to whom the office was granted for term of their lives by letters patent of Queen Elizabeth dated 14 July 1592; and further granting the same to William Holland, gentleman, and his assigns, in reversion after the death of the above Stephen, for the term of his life. Postcript: English summary of the above, signed by Windebank. 'This office may be so granted if it please his most excellent majesty', signed R. Leukenor.
[Endorsed]: Expedited at Westminster on 28 June 1605.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manors
- Europe and Russia
- Population
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Record URL
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WARD 2
Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences
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