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Short title: Layke v Wentworth. Plaintiff(s): John Layke. Defendant(s): Thomas Wentworth...
Catalogue reference: E 134/22Eliz/Hil2
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This record is about the Short title: Layke v Wentworth. Plaintiff(s): John Layke. Defendant(s): Thomas Wentworth... dating from 1580 Jan 23-1580 Feb 12 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/22Eliz/Hil2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1580 Jan 23-1580 Feb 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Layke v Wentworth.
Plaintiff(s): John Layke.
Defendant(s): Thomas Wentworth and Margaret his wife, sole daughter and heir of William Gascoigne, deceased.
Subject of depositions: Mills of Her Majetsy called Harwoode, Gawthorppe, the manor of Gawthorpe. Customs of the tenants. Manor held of the honor of Pomfrett.
County/place: Yorkshire.
Date of commission: 28 November 1579.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 13, 14 and 15 January 1580 at Gawthorp.
Deponent(s): John Plesington; Henry Leycester; Robert Sutton; Costyn Kelshawe; Randall Snawden; Leonard Collingworth; William Fishburne; William Pulleine; Richard Cullingworthe; William Wharton; William Fletcher; Richard Hucchinson; Robert Collinson; Richard Wroe; John Sottehill; Anthony Mawde; Christopher Knighton.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Manors
- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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