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Senate House Library, University of London

Wills (Kent, miscellaneous)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 773

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Wills (Kent, miscellaneous)

Date(s): 1615-1777

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 items

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Four wills, details as follows:
1. Probate copy of the will of William Batte of Shoreham, Kent, making 'my loving master John Baker' the overseer of his will, 27 Dec [1615]. Lacking letters of probate and seal.
2. Probate copy of the will of Joseph Wright of Maidstone, Kent, 'practitioner of physick', 12 May 1701. Lacking letters of probate and seal.
3. Copy of the will of John Streatfield of Maidstone, Kent, 12 Apr 1766, with a note of probate on 4 Nov 1768, 'Extracted from the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The will mentions bequests to the Charity School of Maidstone and monies to be distributed to the poor of the parished of Maidstone, Hever, Mayfield (Sussex), Tonbridge and Penshurst.
4. Copy of the will dated 11 Oct 1777, with a codicil of 28 Mar 1781, of Robert Streatfield of Burwack [Burwash], Sussex, with a note of probate on 19 Mar 1782. The will was extracted from the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Previous provenance unknown. A note of 1958 in the hand of Miss M.K.Dale accompanying the documents states 'Found among old papers of Miss Jeffries Davis or Mr.H.Guy Harrison or London Survey Office (Mr.P.Norman).

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Professor R.B. Pugh in 1969.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Probate | Legal procedure | Administration of justice
Civil law

Personal names
Batte | William | d 1615 | of Shoreham, Kent
Streatfield | John | d 1768 | of Maidstone, Kent
Streatfield | Robert | d 1782 | of Burwash, Sussex
Wright | Joseph | d 1701 | of Maidstone, Kent

Corporate names
Charity School | Maidstone

Places
Kent | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe