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Short Title: Leggitt v Hammond. Plaintiff(s): John Leggitt, Thomas Pears. Defendant(s):...
Catalogue reference: E 134/30Geo3/East5
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This record is about the Short Title: Leggitt v Hammond. Plaintiff(s): John Leggitt, Thomas Pears. Defendant(s):... dating from 1790 Apr 21-1790 May 17 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/30Geo3/East5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790 Apr 21-1790 May 17
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Short Title: Leggitt v Hammond.
Plaintiff(s): John Leggitt, Thomas Pears.
Defendant(s): John Hammond.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs.
Subject of Depositions: The value etc and disposition of the personal estate and effects of the testatrix Anne Cooke, late of Carlton, widow, linen draper, grocer, etc; the names of Hannah Cooke (daughter of testatrix) who married defendant, Peter Leggitt and James Pears (fathers of the plaintiffs and executors of the testatrix) are mentioned.
County: Yorkshire.
Taken at: Snaith.
Date of Commission: 12 February 1790.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions (16 Apr 1790); the forms of the oaths to be taken by the commissioners and their clerk.
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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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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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