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Accounts in: Short title: Mills v Mills. Plaintiffs: Thomas Mills, Rosamond Mills...
Catalogue reference: C 101/576
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This record is about the Accounts in: Short title: Mills v Mills. Plaintiffs: Thomas Mills, Rosamond Mills... dating from 1802-1811 in the series Chancery Masters' Account Books. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- C 101/576
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1802-1811
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Description (What the record is about)
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Accounts in:
Short title: Mills v Mills.
Plaintiffs: Thomas Mills, Rosamond Mills and Catherine Penelope Mills, infants by William Sneyd, esq, their next friend.
Defendants: Thomas Mills, esq, Hester Mills, Rowland Mainwaring and Clement Sneyd, esq.
Subject: estates in Barlaston, Leek, Horton, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Lichfield, Staffordshire, farms in Joliffs, Leekfrith and Nabbs, Leekfrith, Staffordshire and the Manor of Walton, near Stone, Staffordshire.
Details: list of tenants and rents, receipts, disbursements.
Receiver: Thomas Mills, esq
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Children
- Farming
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Chancery Masters' Account Books
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