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Short title: Littleton v Low. Plaintiff(s): Meriell Littleton, widow, Thomas Littleton....
Catalogue reference: E 134/5Jas1/Hil17
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This record is about the Short title: Littleton v Low. Plaintiff(s): Meriell Littleton, widow, Thomas Littleton.... dating from 1608 Jan 23-1608 Feb 12 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/5Jas1/Hil17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1608 Jan 23-1608 Feb 12
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Short title: Littleton v Low.
Plaintiff(s): Meriell Littleton, widow, Thomas Littleton.
Defendant(s): John Low.
Subject of depositions: Manor of Hales Owen; touching sinking of coal pits there, and fines upon tenants. Customs of manor. Survey. [The names of Roger and William Mucklow, Sir John Littleton, deceased, late lord of the manor, Thomas Bate, cause between Arthur Robsert, lord of Oldbury Manor, and George Parks, touching customs of Oldbury Manor, and Gilbert Littleton, lord of manor of Hales Owen, are mentioned].
County/place: Shropshire.
Date of commission: 17 November 1607.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 11 January 1608 at Hales Owen.
Deponent(s): Humfrey Packington; Henry Mosley; William Barkeley; John Wyddowes; George Hipkys; John Collyns; Symon Ryder; Thomas Bate; William Roo; Richard Hypkys; William Lowe; John Dederiche; Elizabeth Thornes; Lawrence Pearsall.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Coal
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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