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Short Title: Meek v Hodges. Plaintiff(s): William Meek. Defendant(s): William Hodges...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Geo3/Mich14
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This record is about the Short Title: Meek v Hodges. Plaintiff(s): William Meek. Defendant(s): William Hodges... dating from 1788 Nov 6-1788 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 134/29Geo3/Mich14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1788 Nov 6-1788 Nov 28
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short Title: Meek v Hodges.
Plaintiff(s): William Meek.
Defendant(s): William Hodges and his wife Hannah, Henry Pater.
Depositions for: Plaintiff and Defendants.
Subject of Depositions: The value etc of a copyhold estate called "Perry's Farm" parcel of the manor of Aston Ingham (Herefordshire); surrender; mortgage; ejectment; customs of manor.
County: Gloucestershire; Herefordshire.
Taken at: Gloucester.
Date of Commission: 11 June 1788.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions (30 Oct 1788).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Conveyancing
- Manors
- Litigation
- Banking
- Farming
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6029274/
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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