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Folio: 55. Short title: Bailiffs of Godmanchester v Abbot of Ramsey. Plaintiff: John...

Catalogue reference: DL 1/22/S23

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This record is about the Folio: 55. Short title: Bailiffs of Godmanchester v Abbot of Ramsey. Plaintiff: John... dating from [1509 Apr 22-1547 Jan 28] in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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DL 1/22/S23
Date
[1509 Apr 22-1547 Jan 28]
Description

Folio: 55.

Short title: Bailiffs of Godmanchester v Abbot of Ramsey.

Plaintiff: John Salmon and Robert Stowton, Bailiffs of Godmanchester (Gumycestur) and the tenants of Gumycestur [UBP].

Defendant: John, Abbot of Ramsey.

Subject: trespass and diversion of the water course to the River Ouse and damage by floodgates in breach of decree.

Place name: River Ouse, Godmanchester, Houghton town (Ducatus Lancastriae spelling: Ouse River, Gumycestur and Hawton Town ).

County: Huntingdonshire.

Document type: bill.

Number of documents: 1.

Regnal year: [Hen VIII].

Subject category: water-courses; crime and wrongdoing; damage by water.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16906229/

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Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings

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