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Short title: Queen v Skypworth. Plaintiff(s): The Queen. Defendant(s): Sir William...
Catalogue reference: E 134/22Eliz/Trin10
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This record is about the Short title: Queen v Skypworth. Plaintiff(s): The Queen. Defendant(s): Sir William... dating from 1580 June 3-1580 June 22 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/Trin10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1580 June 3-1580 June 22
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Short title: Queen v Skypworth.
Plaintiff(s): The Queen.
Defendant(s): Sir William Skypworth, and others.
Subject of depositions: Field called Bradwyn's Field, late parcel of Dunstable Monastery, in 20 Henry VIII leased to or purchased by William Bellfield. Brandon Wood, Buck Wood, Buckerworth Wood, St Margaret's Wood. Buckerworth Wood is in Bedfordshire, near to Dagnall Wood. Kemesworth Wood, St Margaret's Wood, in the parish of Eddesborough, Buckinghamshire.
County/place: Bedfordshire; Buckinghamshire; Hertford.
Date of commission: [unspecified].
Additional information: depositions taken in a field called Bradwyn's Field [near Markyate Hertfordshire?].
Deponent(s): Thomas Payne (2); Richard Dover; John Barton; Thomas Flenden; Robert Downe (2); John Bellfield (2); Thomas Chappell.
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- Religions
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