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Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
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Short title: Yarworthe v Glasyon. Plaintiff(s): John Yarworthe. Defendant(s): William...
Catalogue reference: E 134/22Eliz/East3
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- E 134/22Eliz/East3
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- 1580 Apr 20-1580 May 16
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Yarworthe v Glasyon.
Plaintiff(s): John Yarworthe.
Defendant(s): William Glasyon.
Subject of depositions: Receipt of moize money by the Queen's Receiver-General. Crown taxes.
County/place: Cheshire.
Date of commission: 12 February 1580.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 6 April 1580 at Chester.
Deponent(s): William Crofton; Thomas Powell; Alexander Cotes (2).
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Taxation
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