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Short title: Leighton v Cookes. Plaintiff(s): Sir Thomas Leighton and Dame Elizabeth...
Catalogue reference: E 134/34and35Eliz/Mich21
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This record is about the Short title: Leighton v Cookes. Plaintiff(s): Sir Thomas Leighton and Dame Elizabeth... 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1592 Oct 9-1592 Nov 28
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Short title: Leighton v Cookes.
Plaintiff(s): Sir Thomas Leighton and Dame Elizabeth his wife.
Defendant(s): William Cookes and Anne his wife.
Subject of depositions: Lands called "Parkhall Coppice ", "Greensbies ", "Botters" and others, lying in "Feckenham" (Worcestershire), parcel of the manor of Feckenham. Customs of manor. [Humfrey Jennet, great-grandfather of Anne, and William Jennet his son, are mentioned].
County/place: Worcestershire.
Date of commission: 12 June 1592.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 17 August 1592 at Broomsgrove.
Deponent(s): John A Bolton; John Clercke; Richard Sworton; Thomas Nashe; Anthony Taylor (2); John Reave (2); Walter Cartwright (2); Thomas Hewes (2); John Bolton; George Butler; William Mascall; Thomas Harcote; John Longe; Robert Martyn; Walter Hanburie; Richard Handy; Thomas Brante; Robert Jones; John Mascall; Henry Leighte; Edward Aston; William Dyrrey; John Woodland; John Smyth.
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- E 134/34&35Eliz/Mich21
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- Manors
- Litigation
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