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

Catalogue reference: E 134/2Jas2/Trin9

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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 June 4-1686 June 23 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/Trin9
Date
1686 June 4-1686 June 23
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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 at 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 point of Exmouth" a place called "Star Cross ", "places, roads, or creeks" called Dawlish and Tingmouth, and the manor of Kenton. Metes and bounds. Harbour tolls, fees, and dues. 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. [See also 2 James 2. Easter, Number 30].

County/place: Devon.

Date of commission: 15 May 1686.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 29 May 1686 at Exeter.

Deponent(s): David Crapp; Francis Vinicombe; John Balster (2); Robert Knight.

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