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Short title: Bould v Kent. Plaintiff(s): William Bould. Defendant(s): Matthw. Kent....
Catalogue reference: E 134/2Jas1/East17
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This record is about the Short title: Bould v Kent. Plaintiff(s): William Bould. Defendant(s): Matthw. Kent.... dating from 1604 Apr 25-1604 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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- 1604 Apr 25-1604 May 21
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Short title: Bould v Kent.
Plaintiff(s): William Bould.
Defendant(s): Matthw. Kent.
Subject of depositions: "Dayes Farm" in Girton, in lease in 32 Eliz, and copyhold of the manor of Newark. Surrender thereof by John Kent to complainant. Whether John Kent was mad at time of surrender?.
County/place: Nottinghamshire.
Date of commission: 13 February 1604.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 16 April 1604 at Carnarvon and Newark-on-Trent.
Deponent(s): Edmund Gruffith, clerk; Robert Deane; Rutherch Luke; Randolph Boalde; William Hughes; Richard Parpoynt; Leonard Footett; John Jackson; Margaret Proctor; John Collett; Reginald Hopton; William Warde; James Penell; John Sawer; William Collett; William Footet; Robert Dove.
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- Manors
- Litigation
- Farming
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