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Short title: Speccott v Chapman. Plaintiff(s): John Speccott. Defendant(s): John...

Catalogue reference: E 134/4Jas2/Mich39

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This record is about the Short title: Speccott v Chapman. Plaintiff(s): John Speccott. Defendant(s): John... dating from 1688 Oct 23-1688 Nov 28 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/4Jas2/Mich39
Date
1688 Oct 23-1688 Nov 28
Description

Short title: Speccott v Chapman.

Plaintiff(s): John Speccott.

Defendant(s): John Chapman, Jenkin Thomas, Ethelred Davy, Charles Kelly, Thomas May, Agnes Clement alias Clemett, widow.

Subject of depositions: Manor of Great Torrington (Devon), and the ancient mills belonging. Touching the custom of "suit and service" to the mills (i.e. grinding corn, etc.).

County/place: Devon.

Date of commission: 4 July 1688.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 11 September 1688 at Great Torrington.

Deponent(s): Simon Belton; Moses Hodge; Gilbert Coake; Richard Cornall; Thomas Stoyle; Malachy King; Richard Bennett; John Walter; Michael Frost; Robert Skriggon; Roger Sincock; William Rowe (2); John Lake; Thomas Dendle; Phillip Welsh; Peter Waldon; Henry Blatchford; John Smyth; John Pricks; Henry Payne; Henry Hole; John Andrew; George Mortimer; John Tucker; Ann Syms; Mahalaleel Symons; Arthur Dennis; Rebecca Saunders; Phoebe Heard; Stephen; Skelly; Phillip Palmer; Joan Jenkins; Henry Langdon.

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Record URL
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