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Short title: Gratwick v Covert. Plaintiff(s): Roger Gratwick. Defendant(s): Walter...
Catalogue reference: E 134/27Eliz/East16
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This record is about the Short title: Gratwick v Covert. Plaintiff(s): Roger Gratwick. Defendant(s): Walter... dating from 1585 Apr 28-1585 May 24 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/East16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1585 Apr 28-1585 May 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Gratwick v Covert.
Plaintiff(s): Roger Gratwick.
Defendant(s): Walter Covert, George Hall, James Miles.
Subject of depositions: Forest of St Leonards; touching plaintiff's claim to a moiety of the forest; alleged waste and spoil committed by defendants in the forest.
County/place: Sussex.
Date of commission: 12 February 1585.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 21 March 1585 at Horsham.
Deponent(s): William Seale (2); Roger Bull; John Asslie; John West; Thomas Stempe; Edward Booker; John Belgrave; John Markwick; Nicholas Michell; Thomas Washeford; John Britt; Nicholas Downe (2); Thomas Grangeman; Thomas Bowbrick (2); Nicholas Woodd; John Whittyng; Charles Grout; William Sound (2); John Dumbrell; Robert Mulford; William Greene; John Elliot; Lawrence Tafte; Richard Whitebreade; John Gratwick (2); Thomas Tolpat (2); John Daniell (2); Henry Turnor; William Whitehing (2); Philip Gratwick; John Sanders; William Miles; William Merrye; Henry Holland; Thomas Gratwick; Nicholas Good; Nicholas Wood; John Whiteing; John Ashelye.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
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