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John TUCKER, master and mariner, of parishe of St Nicholas of the towne of Newcastle upon Tyne [Newcastle upon Tyne St Nicholas, Northumberland]

Date of probate: 1596

The account relates that Tucker died when his ship grounded at Helsingor in Denmark; the ship appears to have been saved.

  • inventory, actual total £196 6s 8d (with account of debts and funeral expenses of £260 14s 8d), 29 September 1596 (DPR/I/1/1596/T5/1-2)
    endorsed: administration granted to Nicholas Cole, creditor
  • indented inventory, 29 September 1596 (DPR/I/1/1596/T5/3-4)
    with indented inventory, 22 January 1597, actual total £130 2s 11d (with account of debts and funeral expenses of £259 6s 1d)
    endorsed: administration granted to Nicholas Cooll, creditor
  • account, actual total £146 8s 2d (with discharge of £162 13s), undated (DPR/I/1/1596/T5/5)
    account of Nicholas Cole, creditor and sole administrator

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