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Debtor: John Drake, formerly of Otterton in [East Budleigh Hundred] Devon, gentleman....

Catalogue reference: C 131/248/2

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This record is about the Debtor: John Drake, formerly of Otterton in [East Budleigh Hundred] Devon, gentleman.... dating from 1492 Feb 1 in the series Chancery: Extents for Debts, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
C 131/248/2
Date
1492 Feb 1
Description

Debtor: John Drake, formerly of Otterton in [East Budleigh Hundred] Devon, gentleman.

Creditor: Richard Frankcheyne, and Tristram Frankcheyne of Musbury in [Axmouth Hundred] Devon, gentlemen.

Amount: £40

Before whom: John Attwill, Mayor of the Staple of the city of Exeter; Robert Chubbe, and Robert Russell, Constables.

When taken: 24/10/1484

First term: 25/12/1484

Last term: 25/12/1484

Writ to: Sheriff of Devon

Sent by: Chancery

Endorsement: 'I, Walter Enderby, esquire, Sheriff of Kent' certifies that on 10/04/1492 he delivered to Richard and Tristram Frankcheyne the messuages, lands, and meadows specified in the writ. John Drake was not found in the bailiwick.

Note
Inquisition and return: Date to be returned to Chancery: 13/05/1492. The Sheriff replied to a previous writ that John Drake was seized in demesne on the day of the recognisance of a messuage and 30 acres of land in Dalditch in [East Budleigh Hundred] Devon, and of 2 messuages, and 48 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow in Otterton. He also held in demesne a messuage, 20 acres of land, and 2 acres of meadow, in Rewe [Wonford Hundred] and 15 acres of land in Rockbeare [East Budleigh Hundred]. It is worth altogether 78s. a year. He has no more lands or goods and chattels.
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Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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