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Short title: Tofte v Swifte. Plaintiff(s): Godfrey Tofte, informer, Her Majesty tenants,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/24and25Eliz/Mich1
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This record is about the Short title: Tofte v Swifte. Plaintiff(s): Godfrey Tofte, informer, Her Majesty tenants,... dating from 1582 Oct 9-1582 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1582 Oct 9-1582 Nov 28
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Short title: Tofte v Swifte.
Plaintiff(s): Godfrey Tofte, informer, Her Majesty tenants, Edward Hudspeth, Thomas Heireson.
Defendant(s): Robert Swifte, clerk, prebendary.
Subject of depositions: Manor or Grange called the Hallgarthe, in Elvet. Common of pasture on Elvetmoore, a piece of ground called Beansacre, parcel of Hallgarthe. Her Majesty's barony of Elvett. Customs of manor and tenants. A register book in the church of St Oswolds made by the prior and convent of the dissolved monastery of Durham.
County/place: Durham.
Date of commission: 4 July 1582.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 10 September 1582 at Durham, certificate 12 September 1582.
Deponent(s): Cuthbert Rackett; John Scurfeild; Richard Mansforthe; Robert Rawe; William Farralesse (2); Robert Tadcastle (2); John Watsone (2); William Deninge; Christopher Freinde (2); Roger Hochensone; John Skurfeilde; Richard Langstraffe; John Horne.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- E 134/24&25Eliz/Mich1
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- Manors
- Litigation
- Religions
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