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Short title: Bishop of Bath and Wells v Miles. Plaintiff(s): John Bishop of Bath...

Catalogue reference: E 134/41and42Eliz/Mich35

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This record is about the Short title: Bishop of Bath and Wells v Miles. Plaintiff(s): John Bishop of Bath... 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/Mich35
Date
1599 Oct 9-1599 Nov 28
Description

Short title: Bishop of Bath and Wells v Miles.

Plaintiff(s): John Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Defendant(s): William Miles.

Subject of depositions: Right and title to the profits of a fair called "Bonyer [and Whitnell?] Fair" the prebend of Whitchurch (Somerset), and a suit in the Exchequer; touching such profits, Attorney General, by information of Robert Goodwin v. John Wensley and Peter Lane, about the year 25 Eliz [A rent of 12d paid by John Hippesley for his lands in Whitnell (parcel of "Warwick's lands" and "Spencer's lands ") to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, is mentioned].

County/place: Somerset.

Date of commission: 26 June 1599.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 4 October 1599 at Pensford.

Deponent(s): Robert Godwyn; Henry Norris; Richard Norrys; Thomas Rowswell; Edward Thomas; John Stocke; Henry Foxe; William Reade; John Gallampton; Richard Shepperde; Edward Horte; Peter Lane; John Wensley; Richard Godwyn.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
E 134/41&42Eliz/Mich35
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3702524/

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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission

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