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Short title: Bradshaw v Clifton. Plaintiff(s): Ambrose Bradshaw. Defendant(s): James...

Catalogue reference: E 134/29and30Chas2/Hil8

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This record is about the Short title: Bradshaw v Clifton. Plaintiff(s): Ambrose Bradshaw. Defendant(s): James... dating from 1678 Jan 23-1678 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 134/29and30Chas2/Hil8
Date
1678 Jan 23-1678 Feb 12
Description

Short title: Bradshaw v Clifton.

Plaintiff(s): Ambrose Bradshaw.

Defendant(s): James Clifton, John Corles, John Fox, Thomas Gardner, Robert Mason, Thomas Calvert, Edmund Gardner, George Escome, John Rigmaiden, George Corles, Ellen Christopherson, William Bond, Thomas Preston, Edward Pye, Robert Winder, John Lord, Jane Preston, George Taylor, William Clarkson, Margaret Fox, John Winder, the elder, Jane Kemp, John Dickinson, John Fox, Gabriel Corles, Thomas Fox, John Helme, William Poole, William Slater, Oliver Ruder, Thomas Helme, John Winder, marriner, Robert Hathernthwaite, Lawrence Shaw, clerk.

Subject of depositions: Rectory and parish of Cockerham, and defendants' lands in the town of Forton. Whether the lands are parcel of Cockersand Abbey, and therefore tithe free. Tithes. [The family of the Holts of Griskhurst, formerly lords of the manor of Forton, are mentioned].

County/place: Lancashire.

Date of commission: 28 November 1677.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 16 January 1678 at Lancaster.

Deponent(s): Richard Simpson; Christopher Harries; Edmund Calvert; William Brade (3); William Corles (2); Rowland Poole; Michael Knipe; Richard Edmundson (2); Robert Gardner; Ellen Knipe; John Cockshutt; George Pigott; Christopher Greenfeild; Richard Rivington; Robert Dalton; Thomas Shierson; William Gervis; James Norcrose; John Frante; Richard Forrest; Cuthbert Harrison; William Sergeant; Richard Sympson; John Nickson; Thomas Gardner; Thomas Baynes; James Sheerson; William Bond; William Whalley; Thomas Fox; Robert Gardner; Thomas Hathornethwaite; Christopher Preston; Richard Banton; Hesmenhaugh; Richard Bond.

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E 134/29&30Chas2/Hil8
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