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Short title: Attorney General v Spicer. Plaintiff(s): Sir Robert Sawyer, kt (Attorney...

Catalogue reference: E 134/2Jas2/East30

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This record is about the Short title: Attorney General v Spicer. Plaintiff(s): Sir Robert Sawyer, kt (Attorney... dating from 1686 Apr 21-1686 May 17 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/2Jas2/East30
Date
1686 Apr 21-1686 May 17
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Short title: Attorney General v Spicer.

Plaintiff(s): Sir Robert Sawyer, kt (Attorney General), as well on behalf of his Majesty as by the relation of William Sandford and William Glyde.

Defendant(s): Hugh Spicer, Margaret Rowe.

Subject of depositions: Port or harbour of Topsham, the "barr and poynt of Exmouth" a place called "Starr Cross ", "places, roads, or creeks" called Dawlish and Tingmouth, and the manor of Kenton. Metes and bounds. Harbour tolls, fees, and dues. Customs of manor, etc. Touching the "right or privilege of the tenants or copyholders of the manor of Kenton to dig, take, or gather ballast" within the port of Topsham.

County/place: Devon.

Date of commission: 12 February 1686.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 14 April 1686 at Exeter.

Deponent(s): Richard Dodge; Elias Stone; Thomas Moore; George Clare; George Cole; William Periam; Abraham Andrewes; Darby Hickey; William Lux; Fithwilliam Southcote.

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