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Short title: Hobbes v President. Plaintiff(s): William Hobbes, Richard Wallys, and...

Catalogue reference: E 134/32and33Eliz/Mich7

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This record is about the Short title: Hobbes v President. Plaintiff(s): William Hobbes, Richard Wallys, and... dating from 1590 Oct 9-1590 Nov 28 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/32and33Eliz/Mich7
Date
1590 Oct 9-1590 Nov 28
Description

Short title: Hobbes v President.

Plaintiff(s): William Hobbes, Richard Wallys, and other tenants of Warboro' (Oxfordshire).

Defendant(s): The President and Scholars of the College of St John (Oxfordshire).

Subject of depositions: Manor of Bensington (Oxfordshire). Metes and bounds. Customs of manor. Survey. [The possessions of the late abbey of Dorchester, and of the college of Wallingford (Berkshire), and the possessions of Richard Earl of Cornwall, are mentioned].

County/place: Oxfordshire; Berkshire.

Date of commission: 8 July 1590.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 25 August 1590 at Bensington.

Deponent(s): John Martyn; John Mochett; Walter Martyn; John Janes; John Randoll; Edward Norton; Richard Stevens; Richard Frenche; John Crowdye; Henry Polkins; Nicholas More; Thomas Bennette.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
E 134/32&33Eliz/Mich7
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Open Document, Open Description
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