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Debtor: Richard Twigg {Twygge}, of London, gentleman, and Margaret his wife, formerly...

Catalogue reference: C 131/99/6

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C 131/99/6
Date
1512 Jul 17
Description

Debtor: Richard Twigg {Twygge}, of London, gentleman, and Margaret his wife, formerly the wife of Thomas Sutton, gentleman, deceased.

Creditor: Edward Merryhill {Muryell}, citizen and grocer, of London.

Amount: £62.

Before whom: William Brown the younger, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.

When taken: 13/12/1508

Writ to: Sheriff of London

Sent by: Chancery.

Endorsement: Thomas Mirfyn and Nicholas Shelton, Sheriffs, certify that they have extended all the lands and possessions of Richard Twigg and Margaret his wife, as appears in the inquisition.

Note
Inquisition and return: Date to be returned: .......... Attached is the inquisition made at the Guildhall of the City of London on 03/08/1512. At the time of the recognisance Richard Twigg and Margaret his wife were seised in demesne of: a brewhouse, called Le Lylepott, within Aldersgate in the Parish of St Mary Staining in Aldersgate Ward, with 56 kilderkyns [a cask holding 18 gallons of beer or 16 gallons of ale (the equivalent of half a barrel)], 23 vats, 4 "lycour buchels", 3 masshing paddles, and 3 yeltons, with covers, a mashing-trough of lead, a "gest" of lead, a mill called a malt-mill, with utensils belonging to it, a brewing-trough, a "growghtlede", a "maschyngton", and 12 firkins belonging to the brew-house, worth altogether £9 10s. 9d.; and a stable with a solar adjacent to the brew-house, worth 58s. They were also seised in demesne of 16 other tenements or cottages: one inhabited by a widow, worth 4s. a year; another, worth 8s.; a third, worth 8s.; a fourth, worth 8s.; 2 cottages inhabited by one man, worth 16s.; another three, worth 8s. each; 2 together, worth 16s.; four, worth 8s. each; 2 tenements together, worth 13s. 4d.; another, worth 6s. 8d.; and 2 tenements joined together, inhabited by Richard Twigg, worth 18s. a year: altogether they are worth £10 14s.
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Legal status
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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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