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Short title: Dege v Heath. Plaintiff(s): John Dege and his wife Frances. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/34and35Chas2/Hil9
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This record is about the Short title: Dege v Heath. Plaintiff(s): John Dege and his wife Frances. Defendant(s):... dating from 1683 Jan 23-1683 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 134/34and35Chas2/Hil9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1683 Jan 23-1683 Feb 12
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Short title: Dege v Heath.
Plaintiff(s): John Dege and his wife Frances.
Defendant(s): Isaac Heath, James Strutt, James Thwaites (an infant), by his guardian, Stephen Hales.
Subject of depositions: Last will and testament and estate of William Thwaites, late of Stepney, in Middlesex, and his wife Frances (mother and father of plaintiff Francis and defendant James), including the manor of Barners Roothing (Essex), purchased by William in 1678 of William Capel, and his lands in Chalke End, Roxwell, Barnish Hall, and Good Easter. [The possessions of Frances Limbrey, grandmother of James, and of Thomas and Martha, two other children of William and Frances, are mentioned].
County/place: Essex.
Date of commission: 28 November 1682.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 20 December 1682 at Chelmsford.
Deponent(s): Thomas Freeman; Mathew Nightingale; William Sandford; Thomas Cheveley; John Aylett; Robert Sands (2).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- E 134/34&35Chas2/Hil9
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3709953/
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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