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Short title: Inhabitants of Hedsor v Inhabitants of Lottle Marlow. Plaintiff(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/32and33Eliz/Mich15
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- E 134/32and33Eliz/Mich15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1590 Oct 9-1590 Nov 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Inhabitants of Hedsor v Inhabitants of Lottle Marlow.
Plaintiff(s): The inhabitants of Hedsor.
Defendant(s): The inhabitants of Little Marlow.
Subject of depositions: Equitable apportionment of the taxation of 15ths and 10ths levied on the towns of Little Marlow and Hedsor. The Commissioners cannot agree upon any equal taxation to be levied on the towns.
County/place: Buckinghamshire.
Date of commission: 8 July 1590.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 18 and 19 September 1590, 3 October 1590 and 18 November 1590 at Beaconsfield, certificate.
Deponent(s): Richard Wheeler (2); John Barnard; George Fyssher (2); Nicholas Johnson (2); Richard Smythe; Thomas Lovejoye (2); John Lovejoye (2); Richard Over; Hugh Cotterell (2); Thomas Fellowe (3); Thomas Cutler; John Smythe; William Hawden; Nicholas Smythe; Robert Smarte; William Banister; Thomas Buckingham (2); Thomas Abye (2); David Bovindon; John Fellowe.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- E 134/32&33Eliz/Mich15
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3701578/
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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