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Accounts in: Short title: Swift v Grazebrook. Plaintiffs: Frederick Swift, Alfred...
Catalogue reference: C 101/503
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This record is about the Accounts in: Short title: Swift v Grazebrook. Plaintiffs: Frederick Swift, Alfred... dating from 1842-1848 in the series Chancery Masters' Account Books. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- C 101/503
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1842-1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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Accounts in:
Short title: Swift v Grazebrook.
Plaintiffs: Frederick Swift, Alfred John Swift, Algernon Horatio Swift and Sarah Matilda Swift spinster, infants by Dr Walter King, their next friend.
Defendants: William Grazebrook, Joseph Bennet, Catherine Swift and Eliza Baylie.
Subject: personal estate of John Swift, the testator, Kingswinford, Staffordshire and Oldswinford, Worcestershire.
Details: list of tenants and rents, payments and allowances.
Receiver: Richard Fowler Swift.
Chancery Master: William Horne, Samuel Duckworth
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Children
- Wills and probate
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Chancery Masters' Account Books
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