Short title: Giffard v Harper. Plaintiff(s): Walter Giffard, John Giffard. Defendant(s):...

Short title: Giffard v Harper.

Plaintiff(s): Walter Giffard, John Giffard.

Defendant(s): John Harper.

Subject of depositions: Manor of Brewood, lying in the villages, of Brewood, Horsebrooke, Chillington, Somerford, Engleton, Bromhall, Hatton, Kerrymore, Gunston, Coldham, Bishopswood, Kyddimore Green (Staffordshire), parcel of the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield, and leased or granted to the plaintiffs by the Bishop. Touching defendant's freehold and copyhold lands in the manor, and a yearly chief rent or sum of 20s. claimed by plaintiff for the lands. Metes and bounds of manor. [Thomas Giffard (plaintiff's son), Peter Giffard (plaintiff's father), Clement Careless, and Rowland Cooke, are mentioned].

County/place: Staffordshire.

Date of commission: 15 June 1687.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 11 October 1687 at Brewood.

Deponent(s): Francis Ashenhurst; William Mansell; John Carlesse; William Cooke; Edward Carelesse (2); George Rocke; John Kempson; John Clemson; William Nechells; Joan Trannter; William Rocke; John Trannter (2); Henry Fryth; Roger Fowke; Thomas Smith; Thomas Collins; Francis Egginton; Thomas Walker; John Child; John Burne; John Bill; Benjamin Harper; John Harper.