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Will of William Whelple, citizen and shoemaker of London. Bequests to the church,...
Catalogue reference: E 40/2450
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This record is about the Will of William Whelple, citizen and shoemaker of London. Bequests to the church,... dating from [1100-1603] in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 40/2450
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1100-1603]
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Will of William Whelple, citizen and shoemaker of London. Bequests to the church, priests, and clerks, of St. Alban's in Wodestrete, where Isabella his late wife is buried; leaves 8 dozen pairs of shoes to be distributed amongst the poor; to the four orders of Friar Mendicant, Preachers, Minors, Carmelites, and Austins, London-40d. each; the reversion of his two tenements in the parish of St. Alban's in Wodestrete, at the corner of Addelane, after the death of Elena his wife, to the prior and convent of Holy Trinity within Algate, they paying 7d. weekly to a chaplain celebrating mass for him: [Middx.] Endorsed: Memorandum of probate before the official of the archdeacon of London, 21 May, A. D. 1387, and of probate and enrolment at the Husting for please of land, Monday before the Purification, 21 Richard II.
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- Fragments of two seals
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4941203/
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E 40
Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
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