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Short title: Harrison v Lawson. Plaintiff(s): William Harrison. Defendant(s): John...
Catalogue reference: E 134/41Eliz/East33
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This record is about the Short title: Harrison v Lawson. Plaintiff(s): William Harrison. Defendant(s): John... dating from 1599 Apr 25-1599 May 21 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/41Eliz/East33
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1599 Apr 25-1599 May 21
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Harrison v Lawson.
Plaintiff(s): William Harrison.
Defendant(s): John Lawson.
Subject of depositions: Bargain between Richard Lawson and plaintiff, touching the assigning of the moiety of Ormesby Grange (which the said Richard then held for certain years as tenant to the Crown) unto the plaintiff, the bargain being made chiefly in consideration of a marriage intended to be had between plaintiff and Dorothy, daughter of Richard. [William Lawson, son of Richard Lawson, is mentioned].
County/place: Yorkshire.
Date of commission: 12 February 1599.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 28 March 1599 and 11 April 1599 at Yarum.
Deponent(s): William Bulmer; William Lawson (2); Richard Lawson; William Welbery; George Lawson; George Syllaburne; Robert Corney; James Ingleden; Jeffrey Young.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Marriage and divorce
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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