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Short title: Cavendish v Worsley. Plaintiff(s): William Cavendish and Anne his wife....
Catalogue reference: E 134/27Eliz/Hil18
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This record is about the Short title: Cavendish v Worsley. Plaintiff(s): William Cavendish and Anne his wife.... dating from 1585 Jan 23-1585 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 134/27Eliz/Hil18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1585 Jan 23-1585 Feb 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Cavendish v Worsley.
Plaintiff(s): William Cavendish and Anne his wife.
Defendant(s): Robert Worsley and Thomas Worsley, son and heir of Robt.
Subject of depositions: Tithes of corn and grain of Inskep and Crosmore; whether payable to the rectory or parsonage of St Michael's Kirk alias Michael's Church (Lancashire).
County/place: Lancashire.
Date of commission: 30 October 1584.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 11 January 1585 at Chorley.
Deponent(s): John Shorock; Peter Singleton; Thomas Smyth; John Thomson (2); Thomas Walker (2); Nicholas Clarkson; Richard Wilkinson (2); Nicholas Hall (2); William Yate; Thomas Smith; Renold Seddon.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Tithes
- Farming
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3701021/
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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