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Short title: Thorp v Gurden. Plaintiff(s): Joyce Thorp, widow, of John Thorp, deceased,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/36and37Eliz/Mich10
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This record is about the Short title: Thorp v Gurden. Plaintiff(s): Joyce Thorp, widow, of John Thorp, deceased,... dating from 1594 Oct 9-1594 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 134/36and37Eliz/Mich10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1594 Oct 9-1594 Nov 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Thorp v Gurden.
Plaintiff(s): Joyce Thorp, widow, of John Thorp, deceased, son of Robert Thorp, deceased.
Defendant(s): John Gurden, John Reade.
Subject of depositions: Cell, manor, or priory of Freiston, and the rectory and parsonage of Freiston and Butterwick, and the manor of Claxbie (Lincolnshire); touching the rights of plaintiff as administratrix of her deceased husband; her marriage portion, etc. [A lease by John Thorp to William or Francis Cheyney; lease of the manor of Claxbie (Lincolnshire), sold by defendant Gurden to Robert Thorp for £1,500; value of the lordship of Torsey, a conveyance thereof to Sir Robert Germayne, and the possessions of Robert Roger, Judit hand Alice Boswell, are mentioned].
County/place: Lincolnshire.
Date of commission: 19 June 1594.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 7 October 1594 at Boston.
Deponent(s): Richard Dowse; Francis Cheyney (2); William Dyghton; Peter Mawer; John Cheyney; Allen Harrison; Elizabeth Reade.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- E 134/36&37Eliz/Mich10
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Marriage and divorce
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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