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Folio: 86 to 88. Short title: Hesketh v Townley. Plaintiff: Charles Hesketh and others,...
Catalogue reference: DL 1/11/H11
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This record is about the Folio: 86 to 88. Short title: Hesketh v Townley. Plaintiff: Charles Hesketh and others,... dating from 1541 Apr 22-1542 Apr 21 in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1541 Apr 22-1542 Apr 21
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Folio: 86 to 88.
Short title: Hesketh v Townley.
Plaintiff: Charles Hesketh and others, executors of Sir Robert Hesketh deceased.
Defendant: Richard Towneley and Anne Towneley.
Subject: disputed claim to a debt and annuity issuing out of lands and mills.
Place name: Ightenhill park, Blackburnshire wapentake (Ducatus Lancastriae spelling: Ightmyll Park, Blakburnshire wapentake).
County: Lancashire.
Document type: bill, two answers, replication.
Number of documents: 4 (H11, H11a, H11b, H11c).
Regnal year: 33 Hen VIII.
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Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings
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Folio: 86 to 88. Short title: Hesketh v Townley. Plaintiff: Charles Hesketh and others,...
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