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Short title: Skeffington v Mitton. Plaintiff(s): William Skeffington, William Griffith....

Catalogue reference: E 134/3Jas1/East19

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This record is about the Short title: Skeffington v Mitton. Plaintiff(s): William Skeffington, William Griffith.... dating from 1605 Apr 17-1605 May 13 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/3Jas1/East19
Date
1605 Apr 17-1605 May 13
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Short title: Skeffington v Mitton.

Plaintiff(s): William Skeffington, William Griffith.

Defendant(s): Edward Mitton, Richard Baxter, and John Wall.

Subject of depositions: Two parcels of land in or near the town of Horton, called"The Bents" and"Horton Meadowe" otherwise"Horton Doddesmore" whether they lie in Horton or Tamerhorne? To whom do the tithes belong? Township of Tamhorne; to whom do the tithes belong? Are the Bents in the lordship of Whittington? Sale of Horton by Thomas Allen to John Chatterton. Survey. [The names of Champneis, William Chatterton, Humfrey Chatterton, Mrs Welles, Richard Saunders, Shakeshaft, Archdeacon Blythe, and others, are mentioned].

County/place: Staffordshire.

Date of commission: 12 February 1605.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 2 April 1605 at Lichfield.

Deponent(s): Walter Chetwind; Humfrey Chatterton (2); Robert Orme (2); Geoffrey Blithe; John Bratt; Richard Bell; Elizabeth Richards; Nicholas Collins; Marjorie Shakeshaft; Thomas Shakeshaft; Richard Allen; John Dale (2); Edward Marlour (2); John Mitton; Thomas Thicknes; John Cowper; Francis Skeffington; John Jorden; William Dawes.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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