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Short title: Tunsted v Greene. Plaintiffs: Anthony Tunstead. Defendants: Hugh Greyne....
Catalogue reference: DL 4/9/23
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This record is about the Short title: Tunsted v Greene. Plaintiffs: Anthony Tunstead. Defendants: Hugh Greyne.... dating from 1567 in the series Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings, Depositions and Examinations,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DL 4/9/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1567
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Tunsted v Greene.
Plaintiffs: Anthony Tunstead.
Defendants: Hugh Greyne.
Documents: depositions concerning Fairfield, Derbyshire.
Taken 24 January, 9 Eliz.
Deponents for plaintiffs: Edward Dakins of Fairfield, yeoman, aged 73, deposed that Greyne was accused of having broken down walls and illegally occupying lands in Fairfield; Humphrey Dakin of Chelmorton, yeoman, aged 55; John Wryght of Tunstead, yeoman, aged 55.
Deponents for defendants: Rememberance by commissioners that the defendant came to them and showed them a deed of John Ferne of Wirksworth, heir to William Ferne of Fairfield, of 21 Henry VII [c.1507] which supported his claim.
9 Eliz.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This catalogue entry was created by Dr Hannah Robb and Professor Andy Wood, in a trial of the potential reuse of academic research notes, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in 2017-2018
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 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
- Crown lands and estates
- Crime
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Andy Wood, The Politics of Social Conflict: the Peak Country, 1520-1770 (Cambridge UP, 1999)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5915051/
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DL 4
Duchy of Lancaster: Court of Duchy Chamber: Pleadings, Depositions and Examinations,...
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