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Debtor: Richard Seintnicholas, citizen and tailor of London. Creditor: Thomas Quadryng,...

Catalogue reference: C 131/248/8

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This record is about the Debtor: Richard Seintnicholas, citizen and tailor of London. Creditor: Thomas Quadryng,... dating from 1493 May 23 in the series Chancery: Extents for Debts, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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C 131/248/8
Date
1493 May 23
Description

Debtor: Richard Seintnicholas, citizen and tailor of London.

Creditor: Thomas Quadryng, the elder, citizen and mercer of London.

Amount: £80

Before whom: John Brown, knight, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.

When taken: 05/03/1491

First term: 25/03/1493

Last term: 25/03/1493

Writ to: Sheriff of Kent

Sent by: Chancery

Endorsement: Thomas Kempe, esquire, Sheriff, replies that on Wed. 29/05/1493 he delivered to Thomas the property listed in the writ.

Note
Inquisition and return: Date to be returned to Chancery: 6/10/1493. The Sheriff had replied to a previous writ that on the day of the recognisance Richard was seized in demesne of two messuages, a dove-cote, a barn, 40 acres of land, 5 acres and 3 rods of meadow, 29 acres and 3 rods of pasture in Wingham Ash next to Wingham [Wingham Hundred] and Elmstone [Preston Hundred] in Kent, worth 8m. a year. He had in his possession a horse, a cow, a boar, a sow, 3 piglets, a gander, 2 geese, 4 qrs of wheat, 6 qrs of barley, 5 measures of vetches called Tares, 5 measures of peas, 1½ measures of beans, 4 measures of oats, 30 rabbits called Toppes, vetches called Tares, a plough, and a yoke for oxen , worth altogether 100s. 11d.
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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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Debtor: Richard Seintnicholas, citizen and tailor of London. Creditor: Thomas Quadryng,...