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Short Title: (i) Roberts v Humphreys; (ii) Roberts v Hughes; (iii) Hughes v Humphreys....
Catalogue reference: E 134/3Vic/East2
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This record is about the Short Title: (i) Roberts v Humphreys; (ii) Roberts v Hughes; (iii) Hughes v Humphreys.... dating from 1840 Apr 15-1840 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 134/3Vic/East2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840 Apr 15-1840 May 8
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short Title: (i) Roberts v Humphreys; (ii) Roberts v Hughes; (iii) Hughes v Humphreys.
Plaintiff(s): (i) Anne Roberts (since deceased) and Hugh Hughes and his wife Jane; (ii) Anne Roberts (since deceased) and Hugh Hughes; (iii) Hugh Hughes, Jane Ellin Hughes (by mistake called Ellin Hughes).
Defendant(s): (i) Robert Humphreys, Evan Williams, William Griffith, William Parry, Jonathan Rawlins; (ii) John Hughes; (iii) Robert Humphreys, Evan Williams, William Parry, Jane Rawlins, John Hughes.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs.
Subject of Depositions: The value etc of the real estates of the Testatrix Mary Roberts devised by her will to Robert Roberts and Defendant Robert Humphreys in trust for sale etc, said estates including tenements called "Brynsteddfodd", "Friddoedd" and "Tyddyn y llan", situated in the parish of Llansanfraid Glanconway (Denbighshire).
County: Caernarvonshire; Denbighshire.
Taken at: Penrhos.
Date of Commission: 15 April 1840.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions, the answer and examination of Defendant Humphreys taken (pursuant to a decree of the Court of Exchequer dated 4 July 1838) on 13 May 1840.
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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
- Wills and probate
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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Short Title: (i) Roberts v Humphreys; (ii) Roberts v Hughes; (iii) Hughes v Humphreys....
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