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Short Title: Lord Cardiff v John. Plaintiff(s): The Rt Hon John, Lord Cardiff. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/29Geo3/Mich27
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- E 134/29Geo3/Mich27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1788 Nov 6-1788 Nov 28
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Short Title: Lord Cardiff v John.
Plaintiff(s): The Rt Hon John, Lord Cardiff.
Defendant(s): Thomas John.
Depositions for: Plaintiff.
Subject of Depositions: The legitimacy or not of birth, and the relationship of Thomas David, late of Lantwit Major [Llantwit Major] (Glamorganshire), gent, his daughter Elizabeth, Edward John of Splot [Splott or Y Sblot, Glamorganshire] (defendant's father), Anne Golledge of Bristol (Somerset), her son Edward Golledge, Jennett the wife of Jenkin John, late of Lantwit Major [Llantwit Major] (Glamorganshire), yeoman (also called Jennett Cotton), etc.
County: Glamorganshire; Breconshire; Bristol.
Taken at: Cowbridge [Glamorganshire].
Date of Commission: 11 June 1788.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions (8 Aug 1788); the forms of the oaths.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Litigation
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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