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Short Title: Moorwood v Foster. Plaintiff(s): Hannah Moorwood. Defendant(s): William...
Catalogue reference: E 134/1Vic/East6
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This record is about the Short Title: Moorwood v Foster. Plaintiff(s): Hannah Moorwood. Defendant(s): William... dating from 1838 Apr 15-1838 May 8 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/1Vic/East6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838 Apr 15-1838 May 8
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short Title: Moorwood v Foster.
Plaintiff(s): Hannah Moorwood.
Defendant(s): William Foster and Elizabeth Foster (an infant) by her guardian Hugh Wood esq, one of the sworn clerks of this Honourable Court.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs.
Subject of Depositions: A Surrender (dated 2 April 1832) of hereditaments and premises held of the manor of Ecclesfield made by defendant William Foster, his late son William Foster, and William Smith, into the hands of the Lord of said Manor, to the use of the plaintiff, her heirs and assigned for the purpose of securing the repayment of the sum of £400. Proposed sale to plaintiff by defendant of the equity of redemption not proceeded in inconsequence of the defendants having only a life interest in the premises.
County: Yorkshire.
Taken at: Sheffield.
Date of Commission: 31 January 1838.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions (14 April 1838); the forms of the oaths to be taken by the commissioners and their clerk.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Children
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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