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Short title: Tailboys v Bishop of Durham. Plaintiff(s): Rauffe Tailboys, George Lawson,...

Catalogue reference: E 134/23and24Eliz/Mich17

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This record is about the Short title: Tailboys v Bishop of Durham. Plaintiff(s): Rauffe Tailboys, George Lawson,... dating from 1581 Oct 9-1581 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 134/23and24Eliz/Mich17
Date
1581 Oct 9-1581 Nov 28
Description

Short title: Tailboys v Bishop of Durham.

Plaintiff(s): Rauffe Tailboys, George Lawson, William Hodgson, William Claxton, Her Majesty's tenants, and William Lee.

Defendant(s): Richard Bishop, of Durham.

Subject of depositions: Bridge over the Tyne River, and certain blue stones on the same, supposed to mark the bounds between the liberties of the Bishop of Durham and the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Repair of Tyne Bridge extending over the River Tyne betwixt Newcastle and Gaitshed.

County/place: Durham.

Date of commission: 9 June 1581.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 28 August 1581 at Durham.

Deponent(s): Thomas Thompson (2); Robert Mayson; Robert Chambers; Ranold Walton; William Carre; James Colle; Thomas Parker; George Laybourne; Nicholas Harrison; Ralph Russell; William Lawson; Thomas Layton; Christopher Maire; Thomas Calverley.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
E 134/23&24Eliz/Mich17
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3700808/

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