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Will of John Sketchley, Widower of Saint Andrew Holborn , Middlesex
Catalogue reference: PROB 11/593/155
What’s it about?
This record is about the Will of John Sketchley, Widower of Saint Andrew Holborn , Middlesex dating from 17 September 1723 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PROB 11/593/155
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Title (The name of the record)
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Will of John Sketchley, Widower of Saint Andrew Holborn , Middlesex
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Date (When the record was created)
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17 September 1723
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Description (What the record is about)
- Will of John Sketchley, Widower of Saint Andrew Holborn , 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)
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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))
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/D684759/
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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
470 records
Within the piece: PROB 11/593
Name of Register: Richmond. Quire numbers: 183-225
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Will of John Sketchley, Widower of Saint Andrew Holborn , Middlesex
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