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Short title: Bowyer v Harbyn. Plaintiff(s): John Bowyer. Defendant(s): Henry Harbyn,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/39Eliz/Trin8
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This record is about the Short title: Bowyer v Harbyn. Plaintiff(s): John Bowyer. Defendant(s): Henry Harbyn,... dating from 1597 May 27-1597 June 15 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)
- 1597 May 27-1597 June 15
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Short title: Bowyer v Harbyn.
Plaintiff(s): John Bowyer.
Defendant(s): Henry Harbyn, John Mayer and his wife Elizabeth.
Subject of depositions: Manor of Spesbury, and the farm called Charlton Marshall, in the parish of Spesbury (Spetchbury?); whether a rent of £5 6s 8d has been usually paid out of said farm to the manor? Custom of "suit and grist" to Spesbury Mills. [Henry Bowen, John Goold, Henry Stoyte, a tanner of Milton, and Lord Mountjoy, lord of the manor of Spesbury (Spetchbury?), are mentioned].
County/place: Dorset.
Date of commission: 9 May 1597.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 21 May 1597 at Blandford Forum.
Deponent(s): Peter Cooke; William Jenkines; Thomas Fill; John Marten; John Lockett; Walter Balie; Thomas Dwee; George Knighte; Thomas Hwees, alias Clerke; William Hiskocke.
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- Manors
- Litigation
- Farming
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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