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Grant by John Spenser, esquire, son and heir of Richard Spenser, formerly citizen...
Catalogue reference: E 210/937
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This record is about the Grant by John Spenser, esquire, son and heir of Richard Spenser, formerly citizen... dating from 1409 Feb 22 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series D. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1409 Feb 22
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Grant by John Spenser, esquire, son and heir of Richard Spenser, formerly citizen of London, to Richard Baynard of Messyng, and Joan his wife, for their lives, of a tenement with a cellar, shop, houses, and soller, formerly his said father's, in Graschirchestrete, in the parish of St Bennet's, Graschirche, London; with remainder in fee to John Hende, Walter Gawtron, and others, named, citizens of London, and John Elmele, clerk. Sealed in the mayoralty of Drugo Barantyn, William Norton and Thomas Duke being sheriffs, and William Askham, alderman of the ward: [Middlesex.] 22 February, 10 Hen IV. Portion of seal of arms.
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- Conveyancing
- Nationality
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series D
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