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Short title: Ashton v Gerard. Plaintiff(s): John Ashton. Defendant(s): Henry Gerard....
Catalogue reference: E 134/36and37Chas2/Hil15
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This record is about the Short title: Ashton v Gerard. Plaintiff(s): John Ashton. Defendant(s): Henry Gerard.... dating from 1685 Jan 23-1685 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 134/36and37Chas2/Hil15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1685 Jan 23-1685 Feb 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Ashton v Gerard.
Plaintiff(s): John Ashton.
Defendant(s): Henry Gerard.
Subject of depositions: Manor house or capital messuage called "The Hall of Bamferlong" one water corn-mill, and other lands, belonging, situate in Abraham, Ince, Hindley, and Wigan, formerly belonging to Richard Ashton, deceased, and lately to his daughter Mary Ashton, deceased. Touching the employment by Mary of Henry Gerard (a solicitor) (defendant's late father) to assist in paying her father's debts, and his getting the premises into his own possession by various dishonest contrivances.
County/place: Lancashire.
Date of commission: 28 November 1684.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 21 January 1685 at Newton.
Deponent(s): Samuel Otiwell; Margaret Ince; Phillip Langton; Thomas Worthington; Sarah Mason; Richard Keurden; John Gerard; Alexander Culcheth; William Platt; Margaret Chaddock; Anne Hunt.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- E 134/36&37Chas2/Hil15
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3710192/
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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