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Short title: Skevington v Thompson. Plaintiff(s): John Skevington, of Fisherwick...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Eliz/East18
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This record is about the Short title: Skevington v Thompson. Plaintiff(s): John Skevington, of Fisherwick... 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1587 May 3-1587 May 29
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Short title: Skevington v Thompson.
Plaintiff(s): John Skevington, of Fisherwick (Staffordshire), on behalf of Her Majesty.
Defendant(s): William Thompson, of Tean, Thomas Moore, of Bewhurst (Staffordshire), and Clement's Inn (Middlesex).
Subject of depositions: Distress made by plaintiff for the non-payment of the 10ths and 15ths due to Her Majesty out of the lordship or township of Tayne, and lands called Beakes lands; alleged resistance to the distress.
County/place: Staffordshire.
Date of commission: 13 February 1587.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 16 March 1587 at Stone.
Deponent(s): Thomas Grymley; John Collins; Samuel Bowghey; James Whitehurst (2); John Ameson; John Barnes; William Pedley (2); Robert Thacker; John Greene; John Barlowe; Thomas Hawley; John Russell.
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- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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