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Short title: Deyes v Hunt. Plaintiff(s): Nicholas Deyes, Thomas Deyes, Walter Deyes....
Catalogue reference: E 134/33Eliz/Hil15
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This record is about the Short title: Deyes v Hunt. Plaintiff(s): Nicholas Deyes, Thomas Deyes, Walter Deyes.... dating from 1591 Jan 23-1591 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 134/33Eliz/Hil15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1591 Jan 23-1591 Feb 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Deyes v Hunt.
Plaintiff(s): Nicholas Deyes, Thomas Deyes, Walter Deyes.
Defendant(s): Thomas Hunt, John Gough.
Subject of depositions: Possessions of John Shooter and Ales his wife, of the "Meere Place" in the parish of King's Pewen (Herefordshire), and William their son and heir, who committed murder. What lands in Eardisland or elsewhere, escheated (by reason of said felony) to the Crown; whether the lands were parcel of the manor of Erdisland; what possessions the late priory of Cenne had in the parish of Erdisland, and in Hereford.
County/place: Herefordshire.
Date of commission: 28 November 1590.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 8 January 1591 at Leominster.
Deponent(s): Hugh Morris; Margaret Raynoldes; William Baylie; John Kirwod; Arthur Griffitts; Agnes Weale.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Crime
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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