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Short title: Astley v Baynham. Plaintiff(s): John Astley. Defendant(s): William Baynham....
Catalogue reference: E 134/31Eliz/Hil27
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This record is about the Short title: Astley v Baynham. Plaintiff(s): John Astley. Defendant(s): William Baynham.... dating from 1589 Jan 23-1589 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 134/31Eliz/Hil27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1589 Jan 23-1589 Feb 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Astley v Baynham.
Plaintiff(s): John Astley.
Defendant(s): William Baynham.
Subject of depositions: Wood ground called Park Wood alias Boxley Park, in Boxley parish, and Pittenden Heath, in Maidstone parish (Kent); whether parcel of Newenham Court, formerly belonging to Robert Daniel and Robert Fenton, and since to Mrs Mary Finch, and since to Sir Richard Sackvile. Metes and bounds. Perambulation of Boxley and Maidstone parishes. [The names and possessions of Sir John Guylford, Thomas Mascall, the younger, Ralph Tyrrell, land called "Abbot's Mead" in Aylesford parish, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and the late abbey of Boxley, are mentioned].
County/place: Kent.
Date of commission: [unspecified].
Additional information: depositions taken at Maidstone.
Deponent(s): Alexander Fysher; Philip Hylles; Thomas Mascall; John Dunkun; John Burbage; Robert Byshop; John Thomas; William Mason; Bennet Mason; Robert Gybson; Richard Christian; Hugh Pulford; David Sumner; William Gooddall.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Litigation
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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