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Short title: Nixon v Bright. Plaintiff(s): William Nixon, constable of Brodwas town,...

Catalogue reference: E 134/19Jas1/East3

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This record is about the Short title: Nixon v Bright. Plaintiff(s): William Nixon, constable of Brodwas town,... dating from 1621 Apr 18-1621 May 14 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/19Jas1/East3
Date
1621 Apr 18-1621 May 14
Description

Short title: Nixon v Bright.

Plaintiff(s): William Nixon, constable of Brodwas town, Christopher Helme, D.C.L. chancellor of Worcester diocese.

Defendant(s): Henry Bright, clerk.

Subject of depositions: Manor and rectory of Brodwas. Payment of subsidies, 15ths, etc. Touching a paper book, containing the assessments on lands in the township, and the rules and customs to guide the parishioners. Custody and detention of the book. Alleged tampering with the book by Charles Cratford, and indictment of him for such misdemeanour two years ago. Tithes.

County/place: Worcestershire.

Date of commission: 13 February 1621.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 12 April 1621 at Brodwas.

Deponent(s): Thomas Fitzard; Maurice Walsingham; Henry Combey; Charles Cratford (2); William Bacheler, clerk; Humfrey Whitney; Thomas Tomkins.

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