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1457 Will of William Wetenhale, grocer, dated London, 14 February 1455, proved Monday next before the Feast of S. Dunstan, Bishop [19 May] 1457, London Court of Hustings. "Wetenhale (William), grocer.—To be buried according to directions contained in his will touching his movables. To Alice his wife all his lands and tenements in the parish of S. Mary de Wolchirchehawe for life, so that she forego her dower of his lands and tenements in the parish of S. Pancras; remainder to William his son and to Margaret, wife of the said William, daughter of William Hexstall, esquire, in special tail; remainder to his said son in tail general ; remainder to John Colvyle, grocer, and Margaret his wife, the testator's daughter, in special tail; remainder to the said Margaret in tail general; remainder to Thomas Swetenham, grocer, in tail; remainder to the Wardens of the Mistery of Grocery of the City of London, in trust for sale for pious and charitable uses." [1]


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[1] Reginald R. Sharpe, ed., Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1686, Part 2: A.D. 1358-1688 (London: John C. Francis, 1890), 531, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks], [GoogleBooks].