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Short title: Chapman v Lane. Plaintiff(s): William Chapman, William Smith, William...
Catalogue reference: E 134/35and36Eliz/Mich19
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This record is about the Short title: Chapman v Lane. Plaintiff(s): William Chapman, William Smith, William... dating from 1593 Oct 9-1593 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)
- 1593 Oct 9-1593 Nov 28
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Short title: Chapman v Lane.
Plaintiff(s): William Chapman, William Smith, William Alport, Rowd. Collins, Gilbert Wakering, Thomas Smith, John Saunder, Edward Butler.
Defendant(s): John Lane, Thomas Davies, William Adams.
Subject of depositions: Parcel of land, now inclosed, called "Bentley Hay "; whether it was one of the seven haies belonging to the forest of Cannock (Staffordshire). Inclosure of said "hay by the feoffees of the Schole of Queen Mary, in Walsall (Staffordshire)." Right of common of pasture within "Bentley Hay" of the inhabitants of the towns of Willenhall, Dorlaston, Bentley, Walsall, Hawarden, Sheffield, Caldmore, Great Bloxwiche, and Little Bloxwich (Staffordshire).
County/place: Staffordshire.
Date of commission: 4 July 1593.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 8 October 1593 at Walsall.
Deponent(s): Humfrey Mathewe; Thomas Haies; Thomas Poulton; Thomas Starkey; John Baylyes; John Nicholes.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- E 134/35&36Eliz/Mich19
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- Topics
- Common land
- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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