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Short Title: Whitehurst v Bonest. Plaintiff(s): (i) Thomas Beach Whitehurst and his...
Catalogue reference: E 134/3Vic/East6
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This record is about the Short Title: Whitehurst v Bonest. Plaintiff(s): (i) Thomas Beach Whitehurst and his... 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/East6
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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: Whitehurst v Bonest.
Plaintiff(s): (i) Thomas Beach Whitehurst and his wife Jane, Harriet Mary Whitehurst (an Infant) by said T B Whitehurst her father and next friend, and Richard Gerrard Perryn and John Thomas Brooks; (ii) Thomas Beach Whitehurst and his wife Jane, and Harriet Mary Whitehurst, by her said next friend Richard Gerrard Perryn and John Thomas Brooks.
Defendant(s): (i) John Bonest (since deceased), William Eames, William Bonest, Mary Ann Bonest, Henry Bonest, Elizabeth Bonest, Rachel Bonest; (ii) William Bonest.
Depositions for: Plaintiffs.
Subject of Depositions: The Manor of Shillington (Bedfordshire) and deeds signed sealed and delivered by William Eames, John Trustinan and John Bonest on 5 October 1821; by William Eames, John Trustinan, John Bonest, William Wilshere and Esra Eagles on 5 October 1821; by John Bonest 20 March 1822, and by William Eames on some subsequent day; by John Bonest on 8 December 1823; by John Bonest on 22 November 1824; by John Bonest on 15 October 1830.
County: Bedfordshire.
Taken at: Ampthill.
Date of Commission: 6 March 1840.
Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions taken 27 March 1840; The forms of the oaths.
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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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