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 C 111/185 PACKET 11: UNKNOWN CAUSES: Lease of George Barron, John Letten and Thomas Neale to Francis Ligoe of a bakehouse and other buildings in Ratcliff, Middx 1685
-PROB 11/147 Clarke 103-147 Will of Daniel Letten 	25 November 1625
+PROB 11/147 Clarke 103-147 Will of Daniel Letten 25 November 1625
 PROB 11/184 Coventry 117-173 Will of John Letten, Hosier of Norwich, Norfolk 09 September 1640
 PROB 11/316 Hyde 1-56 Will of Joseph Alport, Scrivener of London 13 March 1665
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 Carlos, Ann M. & Jill L. Van Stone, 'Stock Transfer Patterns in the Hudson's Bay Company: A study of the English Capital Market in Operation, 1670–1730' in ''Business History'', vol. 38, issue 2, 1996, pp. 15-39
 Dunkin, Edwin H., W., Sussex manors, advowsons, etc., recorded in the Feet of fines, Henry VIII. to William IV. (1509-1833), Sussex Record Society, vol. XIV (London, 1914)
-Moens, William John Charles, ''	The Walloons and their church at Norwich: their history and registers, 1565-1832, Parts 1-2'', vol. 1 (Reprint, XXXX, 1969)
+Moens, William John Charles, ''The Walloons and their church at Norwich: their history and registers, 1565-1832, Parts 1-2'', vol. 1 (Reprint, XXXX, 1969)
 'Letter from Christopher Wren, Jer : Weyman, John Letten, George Baron, and William Walker to Edward Randolph. London, August 13, 1683', f. 76, in 'Letters Outward, 1680-1687'<ref>Charles McLean Andrews, ''Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 370</ref>
 'Letter from John Letten, George Baron and William Walker to Edward Randolph. The Hudson's Bay House, August 18, 1683', f. 78<ref>Charles McLean Andrews, ''Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 370</ref>

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 '''Nathaniel Letten will'''
-PROB 11/370 Cottle 55-110 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682
+PROB 11/370/455 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682
 '''Editorial history'''

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-==Nathaniel Letten will==
+'''Nathaniel Letten will'''
 PROB 11/370 Cottle 55-110 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682
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 '''Editorial history'''
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-===Abstract & context===
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 The Letten family were of Dutch origin.
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-===Family summary===
+==Family summary==
 Sister Mary De La Port
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 John Mason, formerly my servant, appointed overseer and to assist with explaining books to Nathaniel Letten's wife Sarah Letten
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-===Suggested links===
+==Suggested links==
 See [[MRP: John Letten will|John Letten will]]
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-===To do===
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 PROBATUM fuit testamentum XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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+==Notes==
-'''Manor of Burpham alias Burgham, Sussex'''
+===Manor of Burpham alias Burgham, Sussex===
 "John Pellett, plaintiff, and Nicholas Vanacker, Prudence Butler, wid, Nathaniel Letten, John Letten, Joseph Alport and John Morgan and Anne his wife, deforicants - Manor of NURGHAM alias BURPHAM and tenements in Burgham alias Burpham quitclaimed tp plaintiff and heirs (Trin, 18 Ch. II. [1661])."<ref>Dunkin, Edwin H., W., Sussex manors, advowsons, etc., recorded in the Feet of fines, Henry VIII. to William IV. (1509-1833), Sussex Record Society, vol. XIV (London, 1914), See http://www.archive.org/stream/sussexmanorsadvo00dunkuoft#page/78/mode/2up, viewed 13/12/11</ref>
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 Manor of Isleworth Syon
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-===Possible secondary sources===
+==Possible secondary sources==
 Carlos, Ann M. & Jill L. Van Stone, 'Stock Transfer Patterns in the Hudson's Bay Company: A study of the English Capital Market in Operation, 1670–1730' in ''Business History'', vol. 38, issue 2, 1996, pp. 15-39
 Dunkin, Edwin H., W., Sussex manors, advowsons, etc., recorded in the Feet of fines, Henry VIII. to William IV. (1509-1833), Sussex Record Society, vol. XIV (London, 1914)
 Moens, William John Charles, ''	The Walloons and their church at Norwich: their history and registers, 1565-1832, Parts 1-2'', vol. 1 (Reprint, XXXX, 1969)
 'Letter from Christopher Wren, Jer : Weyman, John Letten, George Baron, and William Walker to Edward Randolph. London, August 13, 1683', f. 76, in 'Letters Outward, 1680-1687'<ref>Charles McLean Andrews, ''Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 370</ref>
 'Letter from John Letten, George Baron and William Walker to Edward Randolph. The Hudson's Bay House, August 18, 1683', f. 78<ref>Charles McLean Andrews, ''Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 370</ref>

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-(1) Complete the trasncription of the will
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 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Nathaniel Letten of London Merchant of the parish of S:t Dyonis Backchurch being of sound and perfect memory thankes bee to Almighty God Doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in writing In manner and forme following that is to say I commend my Soule unto the hands of Almighty
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 In the presence of us Edward Swenson W:m Stonyer Ri: ?Banner John Beane
-WHEREAS NATHANIEL LETTEN of London have made my last Will and testament the which beares Date the ffoure and Twentieth day of Aprill last past before the date hereof and thereby appointed that my wellbeloved wife Sarah Letten shall have paid what due to her by Contract, I doe by this writing which I appoint shall bee A Codicill to my said Will, Declare my minde and meaning therein That there will bee due to my said wife after my Decease the Summe of Three Thousand pounds according to an Indenture bearing date on or about the Eighteenth day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy ?Five made with Richard Lant Esq:r Father of my said wife, And I doe hereby will and appoint that the said Three Thousand pounds shalbee accordingly paid to her unlesse shee shall thinke fitt to wave the same and shall consent That ffoure Thousand pounds in liew thereof shall bee laid out in purchase of messuages Lands and Tenements to bee Settled on my said wife for Life and after to the uses in the said Indenture mentonned and Intended for Settlement of the Messuages and tenements the which I was to have purchased with the summe of Three Thousand and five hundred pounds therein mentioned but have elapsed the tyme for doeing thereof And if my said wife shall accept the said ffoure Thousand pounds to be laid out as aforesaid I doe then order and appoint my executors within One yeare after my Decease to lay out the said Summe of ffoure Thiusand pounds in purchase as aforesaid and to the settle the same according to the uses in the said Indenture menconed And I wholls leave it to the Choyce and elecon of my said wife wither to take to her owne proper use and dispose the summe of Three Thousand pounds according to the said Indenture or else and in lieq thereof to have the said ffoure Thousand pounds laid out by my executors in purchases to bee settled
+WHEREAS NATHANIEL LETTEN of London have made my last Will and testament the which beares Date the ffoure and Twentieth day of Aprill last past before the date hereof and thereby appointed that my wellbeloved wife Sarah Letten shall have paid what due to her by Contract, I doe by this writing which I appoint shall bee A Codicill to my said Will, Declare my minde and meaning therein That there will bee due to my said wife after my Decease the Summe of Three Thousand pounds according to an Indenture bearing date on or about the Eighteenth day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Six hundred Seaventy ?Five made with Richard Lant Esq:r Father of my said wife, And I doe hereby will and appoint that the said Three Thousand pounds shalbee accordingly paid to her unlesse shee shall thinke fitt to wave the same and shall consent That ffoure Thousand pounds in liew thereof shall bee laid out in purchase of messuages Lands and Tenements to bee Settled on my said wife for Life and after to the uses in the said Indenture mentonned and Intended for Settlement of the Messuages and tenements the which I was to have purchased with the summe of Three Thousand and five hundred pounds therein mentioned but have elapsed the tyme for doeing thereof And if my said wife shall accept the said ffoure Thousand pounds to be laid out as aforesaid I doe then order and appoint my executors within One yeare after my Decease to lay out the said Summe of ffoure Thiusand pounds in purchase as aforesaid and to the settle the same according to the uses in the said Indenture menconed And I wholls leave it to the Choyce and elecon of my said wife Either to take to her owne proper use and dispose the summe of Three Thousand pounds according to the said Indenture or else and in lieq thereof to have the said ffoure Thousand pounds laid out by my executors in purchases to bee settled
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 The two brothers were involved in an extensive series of Chancery suits.  A good number of these suits are for jurisdictions outside London and Moddlesex, suggesting perhaps that they were involved in county estate land deals as well as commercial trading adventures
-Nathaniel Letten was married to Sarah Lant, daughter of Richard Lant Esq:r
+Nathaniel was born ca. August, 1620 in the parish of Saint Gregory, Norwich, and was buried in May 1682 in the parish of Saint Dionis, Backchurch.<ref>http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I41191&tree=London, viewed 12/12/11</ref>  He married Sarah Lant, daughter of Richard Lant Esq:r, of Kingston upon Thames, on December 6th, 1666.  Their children were born and christened in the parish of St. Helen Bishopsgate (1667-1669) and in St. Dionis Backchurch (1677-1680)<ref>http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I41191&tree=London, viewed 12/12/11</ref>  Sarah is stated in an unverified secondary source to have subsequently married Richard Mioll.<ref>http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I41191&tree=London, viewed 12/12/11</ref>
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 PROB 11/147 Clarke 103-147 Will of Daniel Letten 	25 November 1625
 PROB 11/184 Coventry 117-173 Will of John Letten, Hosier of Norwich, Norfolk 09 September 1640
 PROB 11/370 Cottle 55-110 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682
 PROB 11/393 Exton 131-172 Will of John Letten, Mercht. of London 24 December 1688
 PROB 11/411 Fane 147-194 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant being now bound for the East Indies in the Ship Lancaster 22 September 1692
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 Carlos, Ann M. & Jill L. Van Stone, 'Stock Transfer Patterns in the Hudson's Bay Company: A study of the English Capital Market in Operation, 1670–1730' in ''Business History'', vol. 38, issue 2, 1996, pp. 15-39
 Moens, William John Charles, ''	The Walloons and their church at Norwich: their history and registers, 1565-1832, Parts 1-2'', vol. 1 (Reprint, XXXX, 1969)
 'Letter from Christopher Wren, Jer : Weyman, John Letten, George Baron, and William Walker to Edward Randolph. London, August 13, 1683', f. 76, in 'Letters Outward, 1680-1687'<ref>Charles McLean Andrews, ''Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 370</ref>
 'Letter from John Letten, George Baron and William Walker to Edward Randolph. The Hudson's Bay House, August 18, 1683', f. 78<ref>Charles McLean Andrews, ''Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge'' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 370</ref>

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 ===Abstract & context===
-The Letten family were of Dutch origin.  The father of the London based merchants Nathaniel and John Letten was John Letten, of Norwich.<ref>J.R. Woodhead, ''The rulers of London, 1660-1689: a biographical record of the aldermen and common councilmen of the City of London'' (London, 1965), p. 108</ref>  The brothers John and Nathaniel Letten may well have been in partnership, and appear together as co-plaintiffs or co-defendants in a number of Chancery suits.  Nathaniel Letten mentions in his will that "the books of our partnership are kept in Dutch the which my wife doe not understand," and chooses to appoint a former servant, John Mason, to assist his
+The Letten family were of Dutch origin.
 In July 1662 Nathaniel Letten's dwelling house was recorded as being in St. Botolphs Lane, London; in 1677 Nathaniel Letton's (sic) address was recorded as "Fanchurch-street, London" and that of John Letton (sic) as "Turn-wheel-lane, London".<ref>Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service: Deposit by Rooks, Rider, Solicitors: Marston Moretaine (Wroxhill)  [no ref.]  1652-1875: Manor of Wroxhill  [no ref. or date]: [no title]  X668/44  30 July 1662; ''The Little London Directory'' (London, 1677), no page numbers</ref>  Nathaniel predeceased John, dying in 1682, with John dying six years later, in 1688.<ref>PROB 11/370 Cottle 55-110 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682; PROB 11/393 Exton 131-172 Will of John Letten, Mercht. of London 24 December 1688</ref>
 The two brothers were involved in an extensive series of Chancery suits.  A good number of these suits are for jurisdictions outside London and Moddlesex, suggesting perhaps that they were involved in county estate land deals as well as commercial trading adventures
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-God that gave it, My body after this life ended I committ unto the Earth to bee decently buried in Christian buriall in the parish church of S:t Dyonys Backchurch Lodnon in the vault belonging to my now Dwelling house there in expectacon of a glorious Resurreccon and in confidence that by and through the only meritts and mediacon of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer all my Suinns shall bee pardoned and done away and both body and Soule bee made partaker of eternall Joy and happyness  And to the manner and charge of my funerall I referre to my private Instruccons given to my Beloved wife
+God that gave it, My body after this life ended I committ unto the Earth to bee decently buried in Christian buriall in the parish church of S:t Dyonys Backchurch Lodnon in the vault belonging to my now Dwelling house there in expectacon of a glorious Resurreccon and in confidence that by and through the only meritts and mediacon of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer all my Sinns shall bee pardoned and done away and both body and Soule bee made partaker of eternall Joy and happyness  And to the manner and charge of my funerall I referre to my private Instruccons given to my Beloved wife
 And for and concerning that worldly estate whereof it hath pleased God to make mee a steward my debts being first paid and funerall charges defrayed I dispose the same as followeth viz:t
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 ITEM I give the Thirty pounds by mee subscribed and lent towards a stock for the poore french Protestants at Ipswich to sett them a work I give to the Deacons of the ffrench Church in London to bee disposed on by them for the Releife of the said poore Protestants that come over for their Religion and if the said Thirty pounds should  nott bee allpaid Then my will and mind is that my Executors doe pay the Residue of the said summe unpaid to the aforesaid Deacons of the ffrench church
-ITEM I givea nd Bequeath to my Beloved wife Sarah All my householdgoods All my plate and all herJewells And in consideracon that I could not lett the house that ??M:r Thomas Death now liveth in by reason of passage through his hround for Two Coach houses and one Stable I was constrained to lett them to this house they being before settled with the now Dwelling house with a small slip of ground as part of my wifes Joynture and haveing since taken one of the houses in Philpot Lane which was also part of my wifes Joynture and added to this house to make a Stable although it can bee turned into a Tenement at pleasure In consideracon of the above mencconed
+ITEM I give and Bequeath to my Beloved wife Sarah All my householdgoods All my plate and all herJewells And in consideracon that I could not lett the house that ??M:r Thomas Death now liveth in by reason of passage through his hround for Two Coach houses and one Stable I was constrained to lett them to this house they being before settled with the now Dwelling house with a small slip of ground as part of my wifes Joynture and haveing since taken one of the houses in Philpot Lane which was also part of my wifes Joynture and added to this house to make a Stable although it can bee turned into a Tenement at pleasure In consideracon of the above mencconed
 ITEM I give to my said beloved Wife Sara for her life my foure Messuages with the appertennces which I purchased of the Assignes of the Commissiomners of Bankrupt which was taken out against Edward ffrench which are now lett at Ninety eight pounds a yeare where of Two are in Salisbury Court one the White Swan in the possession of Augustin Leake the other in the posso of John Morley and on the back part of those Two houses In the  Alley over against S:t Bridges Church yard One in possession of William ``Pease the other in the possession of the Widdow ffull which fowre houses are scituated in the parish of S:t Bridgett als Brides in London and after her decease I give the ffowre houses with the appertenances to my eldest sonne Nathaniell Letten and the heires of his Body And for want of such Issue then to my sonne  XXXXXXXXX John Letten and the heires of his Body and for want of such Issue then to my Three Daughters Sara and XXX Elizabeth their herires forever equally to bee divided amongst share and
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 PROB 11/411 Fane 147-194 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant being now bound for the East Indies in the Ship Lancaster 22 September 1692
 PROB 11/574 Shaller 98-147 Will of Richard Letten, Gentleman of London 04 May 1720

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	In July 1662 Nathaniel Letten's dwelling house was recorded as being in St. Botolphs Lane, London; in 1677 Nathaniel Letton's (sic) address was recorded as "Fanchurch-street, London" and that of John Letton (sic) as "Turn-wheel-lane, London".<ref>Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service: Deposit by Rooks, Rider, Solicitors: Marston Moretaine (Wroxhill) [no ref.] 1652-1875: Manor of Wroxhill [no ref. or date]: [no title] X668/44 30 July 1662; ''The Little London Directory'' (London, 1677), no page numbers</ref> Nathaniel predeceased John, dying in 1682, with John dying six years later, in 1688.<ref>PROB 11/370 Cottle 55-110 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682; PROB 11/393 Exton 131-172 Will of John Letten, Mercht. of London 24 December 1688</ref>		In July 1662 Nathaniel Letten's dwelling house was recorded as being in St. Botolphs Lane, London; in 1677 Nathaniel Letton's (sic) address was recorded as "Fanchurch-street, London" and that of John Letton (sic) as "Turn-wheel-lane, London".<ref>Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service: Deposit by Rooks, Rider, Solicitors: Marston Moretaine (Wroxhill) [no ref.] 1652-1875: Manor of Wroxhill [no ref. or date]: [no title] X668/44 30 July 1662; ''The Little London Directory'' (London, 1677), no page numbers</ref> Nathaniel predeceased John, dying in 1682, with John dying six years later, in 1688.<ref>PROB 11/370 Cottle 55-110 Will of Nathaniel Letten, Merchant of Saint Dionis Backchurch, City of London 15 August 1682; PROB 11/393 Exton 131-172 Will of John Letten, Mercht. of London 24 December 1688</ref>
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		+	The two brothers were involved in an extensive series of Chancery suits. A good number of these suits are for jurisdictions outside London and Moddlesex, suggesting perhaps that they were involved in county estate land deals as well as commercial trading adventures
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		+	===Family summary===

	Sister Mary De La Port		Sister Mary De La Port