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Short title: Wortlaye v Wodde. Plaintiff(s): Richard Wortlaye, on behalf of Her Majesty....
Catalogue reference: E 134/34and35Eliz/Mich3
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This record is about the Short title: Wortlaye v Wodde. Plaintiff(s): Richard Wortlaye, on behalf of Her Majesty.... dating from 1592 Oct 9-1592 Nov 28 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/34and35Eliz/Mich3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1592 Oct 9-1592 Nov 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Wortlaye v Wodde.
Plaintiff(s): Richard Wortlaye, on behalf of Her Majesty.
Defendant(s): George Wodde, Thomas Oldham, Richard Crosland.
Subject of depositions: Lands and tenements in Woodhall, in the township of Holmfirth, and the parsonage of Burton. Tithes. [The possessions of Richard Ireland and John Savile, of Wathe, are mentioned].
County/place: Yorkshire.
Date of commission: [unspecified].
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 18 September 1592 at Kirkburton.
Deponent(s): Thomas Charlesworthe; Richard Castle (2); James Grene (2); John Blackburne (2); Thomas Robucke (2); John Robert (2); Edward Hole (2); Richard Battye (2); Robert Keyes (2); Edmund Oxlaye; John Wright; William Somer.
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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 134/34&35Eliz/Mich3
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Tithes
- Ireland
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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Short title: Wortlaye v Wodde. Plaintiff(s): Richard Wortlaye, on behalf of Her Majesty....
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