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Will of Roger de Mymmes, chandler and citizen of London. Bequests to provide candles,...
Catalogue reference: E 40/1591
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This record is about the Will of Roger de Mymmes, chandler and citizen of London. Bequests to provide candles,... dating from 1348 Mar 14 in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 40/1591
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1348 Mar 14
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Will of Roger de Mymmes, chandler and citizen of London. Bequests to provide candles, and to pay chaplains and all the orders of friars in London to pray for the souls of himself and Joan and Matilda his wives, etc To his wife Julaina he leaves his house in the parish of St. Alphege by Crepelgate, and all his goods, etc (Middx. ) Endorsed: Memordandum of probate before the official of the archdeacon of London, x Kal. Aprilis, 1348. Sunday, 14 March, 1348, 23 Edward III
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- Topics
- Landed estates
- Wills and probate
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E 40
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
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