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Short Title: Jones v Lewis. Plaintiff(s): John Jones esq and his wife Anne. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Geo3/Mich23
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This record is about the Short Title: Jones v Lewis. Plaintiff(s): John Jones esq and his wife Anne. Defendant(s):... 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/Mich23
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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: Jones v Lewis.
Plaintiff(s): John Jones esq and his wife Anne.
Defendant(s): Thomas Lewis and his wife Mary, David Jones and his wife Margaret, Anne Hughes, widow, and the Revd William Williams, clerk.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs and Defendants.
Subject of Depositions: The legality and validity of marriage ceremonies performed at Gretna Green [Scotland]; touching the marriage of the plaintiff Anne under her maiden name of Anne Porter to Hugh Hughes of Bodfan (Caernarvonshire), etc [extra detail in the calendar].
County: Cumberland; Scotland; Caernarvonshire.
Taken at: Carlisle [Cumberland].
Date of Commission: 11 June 1788.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions (29 Sept 1788); the forms of the oaths.
See also: E 134/Geo3/Mich30.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Marriage and divorce
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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