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Short Title: Brayley v Bywater. Plaintiff(s): Hannah Brayley otherwise Anna Brayley...
Catalogue reference: E 134/3Vic/Hil8
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This record is about the Short Title: Brayley v Bywater. Plaintiff(s): Hannah Brayley otherwise Anna Brayley... dating from 1840 Jan 11-1840 Jan 31 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/3Vic/Hil8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840 Jan 11-1840 Jan 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short Title: Brayley v Bywater.
Plaintiff(s): Hannah Brayley otherwise Anna Brayley on behalf of herself and all other Creditors of Richard Gresham deceased.
Defendant(s): John Bywater, George Cowley, James Reynolds and his wife Elizabeth (formerly Elizabeth Gresham), widow, Robert Gresham, James Gresham and Elizabeth Gresham the Younger.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs.
Subject of Depositions: The validity etc of the last will and testament of Richard Gresham and the plaintiff's claim upon his estate etc.
County: Nottinghamshire.
Taken at: Nottingham.
Date of Commission: 25 November 1839.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions taken 27 Jan 1840; 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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- Topics
- Litigation
- Debt
- Wills and probate
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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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