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Short title: Preston v Delavall. Plaintiff(s): John Preston. Defendant(s): Peter...

Catalogue reference: E 134/39Eliz/Hil11

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This record is about the Short title: Preston v Delavall. Plaintiff(s): John Preston. Defendant(s): Peter... dating from 1597 Jan 24-1597 Feb 12 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/39Eliz/Hil11
Date
1597 Jan 24-1597 Feb 12
Description

Short title: Preston v Delavall.

Plaintiff(s): John Preston.

Defendant(s): Peter Delavall, Robert Waldo, John Heighlord.

Subject of depositions: Coal-pits in Cowpen and Bebsyde (Northumberland), of the yearly rent of 26s 8d leased by the Crown to Peter Delavale and Ambrose Dudley, and assigned by them to Henry Harbottle. Alleged deprival of plaintiff of lease of the coal-pits by the contrivance of defendant Delavale, by the collusion of his brother Clement, "Her Ma'tie's officer or bayliffe of Cowpen" by persuading the plaintiff not to pay his rent, "and so entitle her Ma'tie to a forfeiture of said lease ".

County/place: Northumberland.

Date of commission: 29 November 1596.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 18 January 1597 at Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Deponent(s): Richard Preston; Ralph Delavale (2); John Watson; Clement Delavale (2); Thomas Pattison; Cuthbert Watson; Barbary Preston.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3702208/

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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission

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