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Will of Agnes, late the wife of William Hanampstede, citizen and pepperer of London;...

Catalogue reference: C 146/6871

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This record is about the Will of Agnes, late the wife of William Hanampstede, citizen and pepperer of London;... dating from 1349 May 29 in the series Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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C 146/6871
Date
1349 May 29
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Will of Agnes, late the wife of William Hanampstede, citizen and pepperer of London; directions for burial in the church of St Antoninus, London, near the tomb of her husband, and for legacies to the said church, to other pious and charitable uses, to her servants, and to William, son of the said William, and to John Flaun as executors; her plate and household goods to be divided equally among her four children; the residue of her goods to be expended for religious and charitable purposes. London, 29 May, 1349. Endorsed with note of probate of the will and codicil before Roger de Kempele, clerk, commissary-general of Ralph, Bishop of London. Codicil whereby the testatrix bequeathes legacies to Sir Tancred, chaplain of the fraternity of pepperers of London, to Richard Mienge, and to Alice, her servant, or whoever else shall nurse her son John until he is weaned, the executors to be guardians of her children; bequest to her husband's son William of a silver 'tourdener' with his father's mark (signum) at the bottom, and to her two daughters of all her chaplets (circuli) and pearls in equal shares.

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Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C

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