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Short title: Attorney General v Dyckyns. Plaintiff(s): Attorney General. Defendant(s):...

Catalogue reference: E 134/32Eliz/Hil1

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This record is about the Short title: Attorney General v Dyckyns. Plaintiff(s): Attorney General. Defendant(s):... dating from 1590 Jan 23-1590 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 134/32Eliz/Hil1
Date
1590 Jan 23-1590 Feb 12
Description

Short title: Attorney General v Dyckyns.

Plaintiff(s): Attorney General.

Defendant(s): William Dyckyns. Richard Dyckyns, William Stephens.

Subject of depositions: Title of the Crown to the manor of Prene; whether the prior of Prene was removable at the will of the prior of Wenlock; whether the manor belonged to Prene or Wenlock Priory. Touching a lease made by the prior. [The names and possessions of John Castell, prior of Prene, William Middleton, Fulk Middleton, Robert Weaver. Edward Parsons, Thomas Parsons. Edward Whycke, John Corfeld, William Corfeld, Thomas Hodgkys, Roger Hodgkys, Edmund Haynes, John Oxenbold, late tenants of the Prior of Prene, are mentioned].

County/place: Shropshire.

Date of commission: 28 November 1589.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions.

Deponent(s): Charles Smythe; William Corfeilde (2); Thomas Weyver; Robert Shervington; Hugh Samson; Randle Massy (2); William Morryce; Katherine Lewys; Thomas Smythe; Katherine Persons; Richard Fletcher; Elizabeth Corfeilde; Thomas Corfelde; Thomas Whycke; John Hotchekys; William Myddleton; John Myddleton; Richard Persons; Alice Wylde; William Persons; Christopher Morrall; John Wilcox; William Doughty; Hugh Sampson, alias Cornishe; Thomas Benbowe; Robert Mounslowe; William Browne; Thomas Fraunces; William Corfild (2); Thomas Corfild; Richard Bradeley; William Heynes; William Personers; John Garrett.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Manors
Litigation
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3701505/

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