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Short title: Harris v Kennet. Plaintiff(s): Valentine Harris, on behalf of the Crown,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Eliz/East20
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- 1587 May 3-1587 May 29
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Short title: Harris v Kennet.
Plaintiff(s): Valentine Harris, on behalf of the Crown, William Tilley.
Defendant(s): William Kennet and others, tenants of the hospital of Sandwich.
Subject of depositions: Hospital of St Bartholomew, in Sandwich. Metes and bounds. Election of and number of brethren. Value of possessions of the house. Foundation. What interest the mayor and burgesses of Sandwich have in the Hospital?.
County/place: Kent.
Date of commission: 13 February 1587.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 12 May 1587 at Canterbury.
Deponent(s): Annys Longe; Cicely Stevens; Anthony Boreman; Elizabeth Molland; Henry Warner; Edward Peke; John Lee; John Gilbarte.
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- Litigation
- Democracy
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