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Short title: May v Jones. Plaintiff(s): Richard May, the younger, Timothy May. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/33Eliz/East21
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This record is about the Short title: May v Jones. Plaintiff(s): Richard May, the younger, Timothy May. Defendant(s):... 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/East21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1591 Apr 21-1591 May 17
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Short title: May v Jones.
Plaintiff(s): Richard May, the younger, Timothy May.
Defendant(s): John Jones, John Burbage.
Subject of depositions: Manor of Wicke alias Wicke Bishops (Worcestershire), a messuage called "Aldwyns" a "nook" of land called "Bommes Place" in Wick. Customs of manor. [The names and possessions of Richard Dawkes, Richard May, the elder, Raphael Badland, William Conyers, and Katherine his wife, Francis Conyers, and Sir Francis Throckmorton, the Queen's high steward, are mentioned].
County/place: Worcestershire.
Date of commission: 12 February 1591.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 16 April 1591 at Worcester.
Deponent(s): Ralph Wenburye, alias Walle; Thomas Sowley; Henry Doverdale; James Higgins; Edward Darnell; John Yearnewey; George Burghill; William Goodier; John Moore; Jerome Elston.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Manors
- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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