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Will of William Brown Westcott, Clerk in the London District Post Office of Hoxton...
Catalogue reference: PROB 11/2068/251
What’s it about?
This record is about the Will of William Brown Westcott, Clerk in the London District Post Office of Hoxton... dating from 11 January 1848 in the series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PROB 11/2068/251
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Title (The name of the record)
- Will of William Brown Westcott, Clerk in the London District Post Office of Hoxton , Middlesex
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Date (When the record was created)
- 11 January 1848
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Description (What the record is about)
- Will of William Brown Westcott, Clerk in the London District Post Office of Hoxton , Middlesex
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Wills and probate
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/D122429/
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Series information
PROB 11
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,265,632 records
Within the department: PROB
Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1,018,499 records
Within the series: PROB 11
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
438 records
Within the piece: PROB 11/2068
Volume number: 2. Quire numbers: 51-100
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Will of William Brown Westcott, Clerk in the London District Post Office of Hoxton , Middlesex
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