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Release by Humphrey Catesby, esquire, son and heir of John Catesby, knight, late...
Catalogue reference: C 146/2219
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This record is about the Release by Humphrey Catesby, esquire, son and heir of John Catesby, knight, late... dating from 1495 Dec 2 in the series Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- C 146/2219
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1495 Dec 2
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Description (What the record is about)
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Release by Humphrey Catesby, esquire, son and heir of John Catesby, knight, late one of the king's justices of the Common Bench, to Robert Rede, one of the king's justices of pleas coram rege, William Wodegate, John Ware, and Christopher Kendale, of all his right in a messuage, land, meadow, pasture and wood in Orpyngton, Farnburgh, and Hease, which formerly belonged to the said John Catesby and Elizabeth bis wife by the feoffment of Nicholas Lathell, gentleman, and John Clerke, citizen and grocer of London. 2 December, 11 Henry VII. Kent
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- Signed.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Legal
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C 146
Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C
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