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Short title: Knowles v Church. Plaintiff(s): Elizabeth Knowles, Lettice Knowles....
Catalogue reference: E 134/41and42Eliz/Mich18
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This record is about the Short title: Knowles v Church. Plaintiff(s): Elizabeth Knowles, Lettice Knowles.... dating from 1599 Oct 9-1599 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 134/41and42Eliz/Mich18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1599 Oct 9-1599 Nov 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Knowles v Church.
Plaintiff(s): Elizabeth Knowles, Lettice Knowles.
Defendant(s): William Church.
Subject of depositions: Manor of Standford alias Stanford, in the vale of White Horse (Berkshire). Customs of manor. [A former suit between Sir Francis Knowles and John Luce, Thomas Snadham, Sir Francis Inglefield, Lady Inglefield, Sir Francis Knowles, kt, and plaintiffs (owners of the manor), Mr John Yate, Phillip Yate, Mr Mercer, Mr Otterbury, Griffin Curtese, and Mr Thomas Eastcourt, stewards of the manor, are mentioned].
County/place: Berkshire.
Date of commission: 27 June 1599.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 23 and 24 August 1599 at Wallingford and 1 October 1599 at Abingdon.
Deponent(s): Thomas Franklin; William Blagrove; John Whisler; Thomas Stone; William Hawkins (2); Giles Prestwood; Nicholas Culley; William Cullerne; Richard Greenewaie; Richard Culley; Thomas Boothe; Bartholomew Tawier; Richard Stephens; John Pynnell; Michael Hawkins.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- E 134/41&42Eliz/Mich18
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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