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Interrogatories as to the re-sale of cattle and sheep within five weeks of purchase...
Catalogue reference: E 178/130
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This record is about the Interrogatories as to the re-sale of cattle and sheep within five weeks of purchase... dating from [c 1594] in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Special Commissions of Inquiry. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 178/130
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c 1594]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Interrogatories as to the re-sale of cattle and sheep within five weeks of purchase (contrary to statute) by Richard Hickson (or Hickston) of Gonerby ('Gonetby'), Lincolnshire, between 1 September 1593 and 10 August 1594 (The Queen v. Richard Hickson).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Farming
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5141326/
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E 178
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Special Commissions of Inquiry
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