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The Prior and Convent of Hertford sued John Burton and John English in 1493 to force payment of tithes from their holdings in Amwell Bury Wood. This action ignited a sprawling case from which twenty-six depositions survive, with at least two more implied but evidently lost. The controversy only makes sense after considering the complexitiesContinue reading “Prior and Convent of Hertford c. John English and John Burton”