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and his wife Anne the portion of the manor of Bydon in Stow Bedon that he did not already own. After the death of his half-brother Thomas
Shouldham, he obtained the estate of Narborough and built his family home of Narborough Hall, where his descendants lived until 1773. It contains a stone tablet
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CatalogueRef: BL/O/X/12. Title: Copy of covenant for a marriage settlement on Ann
Knyvett, one of the Queen's gentlewomen and one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Knyvett deceased, and Thomas Thuresby of Asshewykyne, esq., for conveyance by said Thomas Thuresby to Sir Robert Dymook , chancellor to
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Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York: With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those
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and after 1531 King's Bench cases. He also summarised practitioners' discussions on points of law and judges' conferences. Among significant processes he recorded were the proceedings against
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