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Enquiry as to the number of swans marked with the mark of a sword in the counties...
Catalogue reference: DL 44/311
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This record is about the Enquiry as to the number of swans marked with the mark of a sword in the counties... dating from 1580-1581 in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Special Commissions and Returns. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DL 44/311
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1580-1581
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Description (What the record is about)
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Enquiry as to the number of swans marked with the mark of a sword in the counties of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire at the time of the decease of John Death. 23 Eliz I.
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Weapons
- Crown lands and estates
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5913624/
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DL 44
Duchy of Lancaster: Special Commissions and Returns
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