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Short title: Wakefield v Wigley. Plaintiff(s): Barnard Wakefield. Defendant(s): Henry...
Catalogue reference: E 134/33Eliz/East1
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This record is about the Short title: Wakefield v Wigley. Plaintiff(s): Barnard Wakefield. Defendant(s): Henry... dating from 1591 Apr 21-1591 May 17 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/East1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1591 Apr 21-1591 May 17
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Short title: Wakefield v Wigley.
Plaintiff(s): Barnard Wakefield.
Defendant(s): Henry Wigley, Henry Butler, John Clay, George Statham.
Subject of depositions: Debts and property of Anthony Babington, attainted, and executed for high treason (late of Dethick, in Derby), including a farm or manor called Wigwall (Derbyshire). [John Palmer, Margaret Babington, wife of Anthony, George Babington, Francis Babington, Henry Fuljambe, and Mr Coulthurst, servant of Sir Walter Raleigh, are mentioned].
County/place: Derbyshire.
Date of commission: 12 February 1591.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 14 April 1591 at Beiper.
Deponent(s): John Wigley (2); Edward Allen (2); Richard Wharton (2); William Griffin; Adam Hawkesworth; Alexander Woodward.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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