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Short title: Scaman v Harsant. Plaintiff(s): George Scaman, Benjamin Patten. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/31Eliz/East3
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This record is about the Short title: Scaman v Harsant. Plaintiff(s): George Scaman, Benjamin Patten. Defendant(s):... dating from 1589 Apr 16-1589 May 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/East3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1589 Apr 16-1589 May 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Scaman v Harsant.
Plaintiff(s): George Scaman, Benjamin Patten.
Defendant(s): Christopher Harsant alias Hersant.
Subject of depositions: "Pictel" of land in Denyngton called "Mill Mount Pictell" late parcel of the chantry called Our Lady's Chantry, in Denington. Inclosure of same. Metes and bounds. [The names of John Holdiche, Robert Nolleth, Thomas Seaman (plaintiff's father), John Hersant (defendant's father), William Jernyes, late of Loxfield, John Marshall, "Keryches lands" in Denington, Thomas Lovell, Abre Holdich, Sir Arnold Cronkare, sometime master of the chantry, are mentioned].
County/place: Suffolk.
Date of commission: [unspecified].
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 22 January 1589 at Dennington.
Deponent(s): Roger Goodale; Rowland Basse; John Russhe; William Gardener; Arnold Goodale; Robert Bagott; Edmund Donnett; Edward Hersant.
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- Topics
- Common land
- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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