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Reference NumberP/GEP/1
LevelFile
TitleRecovery
Date(s)1792
DescriptionDispute between Edward Gepp versus Richard Walter Forbes in Court of Pleas, Westminster. Also named are clerks Charles Phillips, senior and junior. It concerns a dispute over land and property in Bethnal Green and Whitechapel in the Parish of Stepney. Gepp is to be seised [to be in legal possession] of the property:

Naggs Head in the tenure of Joseph Cuff; four messuages in the occupation of Willoughby Davis and his undertenants; 17 messuages in the occupation of John Cass, Thomas Barnes[?] and their undertenants in Whitechapel and Castle Street; two undivided fifth parts of land at Bethnal Green in the tenure of Samuel Scott, Esquire. These details are on the endorsement only.

Includes seal in metal tin
Extent1 document
CategoryEvidences of title
FormatParchment
PhysicalDescriptionPoor condition, at risk from handling: seal is broken in two
Access StatusOpen
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