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Short Title: Medforth v Clarke. Plaintiff(s): Harvey Medforth the elder, Harvey Medforth...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Geo3/Mich15
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This record is about the Short Title: Medforth v Clarke. Plaintiff(s): Harvey Medforth the elder, Harvey Medforth... 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E 134/29Geo3/Mich15
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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: Medforth v Clarke.
Plaintiff(s): Harvey Medforth the elder, Harvey Medforth the younger.
Defendant(s): John Clarke, Ralph Clarke.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs and Defendants.
Subject of Depositions: The last will and testament and the former wills of Ralph Clarke of North Shields, gent (late uncle of the younger plaintiff and of defendants); touching the provision made by testator for his nephews and nieces, etc.
County: Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Northumberland.
Taken at: Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Date of Commission: 11 June 1788.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions (15 Sept 1788) delivered into court 8 Nov 1788; the forms of the oaths.
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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
- Litigation
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6029276/
Series information
E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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