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UNKNOWN CAUSE: Leases, assignments, wills: London. Includes: Copy will and probate...
Catalogue reference: C 109/426
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This record is about the UNKNOWN CAUSE: Leases, assignments, wills: London. Includes: Copy will and probate... dating from 1549-1737 in the series Chancery: Master Humphry's Exhibits. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- C 109/426
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1549-1737
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Description (What the record is about)
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UNKNOWN CAUSE: Leases, assignments, wills: London.
Includes: Copy will and probate of Dorothy Allen, wife of Robert Allen, gent, of Hammersmith, Middlesex, 1712 - 1713; Administration of William Baker of St James Westminster, 1737, granted to Elizabeth Mince otherwise Elizabeth Baker, widow; administration of Thomas Kingsman of St Paul Covent Garden, Middlesex, granted to Anne Kingsman his wife, 1615; administration of Mary Osborn, widow of St James Westminster, Middlesex, given to her daughter Elizabeth Pratt, wife of Stephen Pratt, 1738
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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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- Topics
- Wills and probate
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C 109
Chancery: Master Humphry's Exhibits
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UNKNOWN CAUSE: Leases, assignments, wills: London. Includes: Copy will and probate...
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