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Short title: Eyer v Barker. Plaintiff(s): William Eyer, Robert Hamond, Ellice Burgess,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Eliz/East15
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This record is about the Short title: Eyer v Barker. Plaintiff(s): William Eyer, Robert Hamond, Ellice Burgess,... dating from 1587 May 3-1587 May 29 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/29Eliz/East15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1587 May 3-1587 May 29
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Eyer v Barker.
Plaintiff(s): William Eyer, Robert Hamond, Ellice Burgess, John Burditt, executors of the last will and testament of Humphrey Burdett.
Defendant(s): Anne Barker, widow.
Subject of depositions: Lands of the late Humphrey Burdett, in Sonning (Berkshire), the parsonage of Sonning, and the deanery of Salisbury (Wiltshire). Tithes.
County/place: Berkshire; Wiltshire.
Date of commission: 13 February 1587.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 27 April 1587 at Sunning.
Deponent(s): Humfrey Bates; Thomas Stedman; John Adams; John Maior; Humfrey Symonds; William Irishe; Agnes Stedman; Vincent Tuke, clerk; John Paine; John Severe; Andrew Paine; John Langford; Ralph Cryps; John Turner.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Tithes
- Wills and probate
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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