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Transferred to C 94/4 no 6
Catalogue reference: C 47/19/6/6
Transferred to C 94/4 no 6
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Short title: Davis v Hull. Plaintiffs: John Davis gent, of Chew Stoke, Somerset ,...
Catalogue reference: C 6/405/77
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This record is about the Short title: Davis v Hull. Plaintiffs: John Davis gent, of Chew Stoke, Somerset ,... dating from 1681 in the series Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Collins. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- C 6/405/77
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1681
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Short title: Davis v Hull.
Plaintiffs: John Davis gent, of Chew Stoke, Somerset, next friend, Elizabeth Davis (alias Elizabeth Woodward) his wife, next friend, Christopher Woodward infant and Elizabeth Woodward infant.
Defendants: Robert Hull merchant, of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, Thomas Cole merchant, of Bristol, Gloucestershire, William Donning merchant, of Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Subject: The plaintiff Elizabeth employed her brother, the defendant Hull, to settle the affairs of Christopher Woodward merchant, of Chew Stoke, Somerset, deceased, her late husband and take possession of his real and personal estate which included sugar plantations, sugar works, 'negroes' [enslaved people], etc in Nevis, West Indies. She claimed he and the other defendants embezzled her and her children.
Document type: bill, two answers, schedule.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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C 6
Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Collins
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