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Appellant: Elizabeth Watts. Respondent: George Beaman. Subject: Will of John Watts....
Catalogue reference: PCAP 1/184
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This record is about the Appellant: Elizabeth Watts. Respondent: George Beaman. Subject: Will of John Watts.... dating from 1854 in the series Registrar of Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Causes of the Judicial Committee of the.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1854
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Appellant: Elizabeth Watts. Respondent: George Beaman. Subject: Will of John Watts. Lower Court: Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
See also: PCAP 3/19
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- The National Archives, Kew
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