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Short title: Queen v Trevat. Plaintiff(s): The Queen. Defendant(s): Nicholas Trevat,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/20and21Eliz/Mich9
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This record is about the Short title: Queen v Trevat. Plaintiff(s): The Queen. Defendant(s): Nicholas Trevat,... dating from 1578 Oct 9-1578 Nov 28 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/20and21Eliz/Mich9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1578 Oct 9-1578 Nov 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Queen v Trevat.
Plaintiff(s): The Queen.
Defendant(s): Nicholas Trevat, John Salter, Thomas Silvester.
Subject of depositions: Five tenements in the parish of Compton, parcel of the manor of Halfnaked alias Palnacre, which came to the Crown by exchange from Lord Delawar to Henry VIII for the Nunery of Howwell in Hampshire, and concerning rents concealed in the manor of Compton.
County/place: Sussex.
Date of commission: 16 June 1578.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 10 September 1578.
Deponent(s): Richard Erneley; John Copis; Thomas Cresweller; John Lodger; Thomas Paye; Nicholas Silvester.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- E 134/20&21Eliz/Mich9
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3700614/
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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