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Short title: Mawdsley v Heskith. Plaintiff(s): Richard Mawdsley. Defendant(s): Robert...
Catalogue reference: E 134/39and40Eliz/Mich8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1597 Oct 10-1597 Nov 28
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Short title: Mawdsley v Heskith.
Plaintiff(s): Richard Mawdsley.
Defendant(s): Robert Heskith, Richard Charles, of Mawdsley.
Subject of depositions: Plaintiff's right of way over defendants' ground (late of Robert Dalton, and purchased of him by Sir Thomas Heskith, of Thurnam) (Lancashire), to his land in Mawdsley called "Longshaw." [Nicholas Modesley, Richard Modesley, John Modesley [Mawdsley?], Edward Bomford, Janet, late wife of Henry Charles, Richard Nelson, of the Fairhurst, Janet, wife of James Ashton, Robert Standanaught, of Mawdsley (plaintiff's uncle), are mentioned].
County/place: Lancashire.
Date of commission: 22 April 1597.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 19 September 1597 at Writington.
Deponent(s): Richard Tompsone; Christopher Ashton; Richard Haworth; Isabel Woodcocke; William Banforde; Anne Draper; James Rutter (2); Richard Ashtone.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- E 134/39&40Eliz/Mich8
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- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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