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Short title: Scudamore v Stockdale. Plaintiff(s): Thomas Scudamore. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/14Jas1/Mich15
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This record is about the Short title: Scudamore v Stockdale. Plaintiff(s): Thomas Scudamore. Defendant(s):... dating from 1616 Oct 9-1616 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 134/14Jas1/Mich15
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- 1616 Oct 9-1616 Nov 28
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Short title: Scudamore v Stockdale.
Plaintiff(s): Thomas Scudamore.
Defendant(s): Dorothy Stockdale, widow of William Stockdale, of Greenhammerton, and Toby Stockdale, son of Wm.
Subject of depositions: Last will and testament of William Stockdale. Whether he appointed in same that his lands in Rillington, held by Thomas Bell and John his son, should be held for the payment of his debts? Value of land and of the goods, of William Stockdale.
County/place: Yorkshire.
Date of commission: 19 June 1616.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 6 August 1616 at York.
Deponent(s): Edward Calverte; John Lowson; Thomas Rawlinson (2); Bartholomew Wilde; James Clerkson; Thomas Wood; James Jackson; Robert Lupton; Richard Owtlawe (2); John Langwith; Oswald Rawlingson (2); Richard Brewster (2); Francis Butler; Robert Claphamson (2); Brian Marhsall; William Abbey; William Brodbelt.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Debt
- Wills and probate
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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