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Short title: Flower v Bessey. Plaintiff(s): Jeffery Flower. Defendant(s): John Bessey,...
Catalogue reference: E 134/7Chas1/East22
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This record is about the Short title: Flower v Bessey. Plaintiff(s): Jeffery Flower. Defendant(s): John Bessey,... dating from 1631 Apr 27-1631 May 23 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1631 Apr 27-1631 May 23
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Short title: Flower v Bessey.
Plaintiff(s): Jeffery Flower.
Defendant(s): John Bessey, William Tovey, John Flower, Jeremy Druce.
Subject of depositions: Grange and premises of "Norton Court Phillips" (Somerset), lately belonging to John Flower (plaintiff's father).
County/place: Somerset.
Date of commission: 12 February 1631.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 21 April 1631 at Froome.
Deponent(s): Christian Baylye; Robert Baylye; Anthony Selfe; Anthony Townsende.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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