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Short title: Countess Dowager of Rutland v Dennis. Plaintiff(s): Elizabeth Countess...
Catalogue reference: E 134/33Eliz/East22
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This record is about the Short title: Countess Dowager of Rutland v Dennis. Plaintiff(s): Elizabeth Countess... 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/East22
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1591 Apr 21-1591 May 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Countess Dowager of Rutland v Dennis.
Plaintiff(s): Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Rutland, and Roger, now Earl of Rutland, and others.
Defendant(s): Leonard Dennis.
Subject of depositions: Manor of Osweldbecke Soke (Nottinghamshire), touching the execution by defendant of the office of deputy bailiff to Geoffrey Harpure and Francis Barker, bailiffs of the soke.
County/place: Nottinghamshire.
Date of commission: 12 February 1591.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 17 April 1591 at Estretford.
Deponent(s): David Harrison; Bryan Rycroft; John Robinson; Henry Ridley; Thomas Southworth; Frances Barker; Henry Webster.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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