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Short title: Leveson v Cornwallis. Plaintiff(s): Sir William Leveson, kt, William...

Catalogue reference: E 134/15Jas1/East16

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This record is about the Short title: Leveson v Cornwallis. Plaintiff(s): Sir William Leveson, kt, William... dating from 1617 May 7-1617 June 2 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/15Jas1/East16
Date
1617 May 7-1617 June 2
Description

Short title: Leveson v Cornwallis.

Plaintiff(s): Sir William Leveson, kt, William Stanley.

Defendant(s): Sir Charles Cornwallis, kt.

Subject of depositions: Sedgeley Park and Sedgeley Lodge. Touching lease made by the present Lord Dudley to John Sutton alias Dudley, his brother, Elizabeth, his wife, and Edward Sutton alias Dudley, their son, and purchase of inheritance of same by Sir Walter Leveson. Extent on the tithes of Sedgley parish, belonging to Lord Dudley, for a debt due by him to Sir Charles. Waste and spoil in the premises since belonging to defendant.

County/place: Staffordshire.

Date of commission: 12 February 1617.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 24 April 1617 at Wolverton.

Deponent(s): Edward Hall; Jeffrey Mason; William Allen; Robert Brynley; Thomas Tomkys; John Mason; Edward Marson; Thomas Barne; Isabel Hayes; John Key; Robert Lane; John Fyrchild; Thomas Creswell; Silvester Hayes.

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