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Short title: Queen v Lyfyeld. Plaintiff(s): The Queen. Defendant(s): Thomas Lyfyeld...
Catalogue reference: E 134/3Eliz/East5
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This record is about the Short title: Queen v Lyfyeld. Plaintiff(s): The Queen. Defendant(s): Thomas Lyfyeld... dating from 1561 Apr 23-1561 May 19 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/3Eliz/East5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1561 Apr 23-1561 May 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Queen v Lyfyeld.
Plaintiff(s): The Queen.
Defendant(s): Thomas Lyfyeld and Frances his wife.
Subject of depositions: Possessions of Lord John Braie, barony of Bedford, manors of Flawense, Toternhoo, Kempston, and lands called St Leonards (Bedfordshire), lands and tenements in Effingham and Buckham (Surrey), and manors of Mentmore, Ledburne, and Bats (Buckinghamshire), some of which have been sold to Lord Mordaunt, one Albonny, and Thomas Lyfyeld.
County/place: Bedfordshire; Buckinghamshire; Surrey.
Date of commission: [unspecified].
Additional information: depositions taken 31 May 1561 at Bedford.
Deponent(s): Thomas Alder; George Vaux; Thomas Sheperd; Richard Saunders; John Markeham; William Holland; Eleanor Floydd; John Kerkelond; Richard Buckmaster; Thomas Cutlett; John Edwards.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Europe and Russia
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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