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Folios 287-288. The petition of Henry Serle concerning Little Lincolns Inn Field,...

Catalogue reference: SP 31/1/166

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This record is about the Folios 287-288. The petition of Henry Serle concerning Little Lincolns Inn Field,... dating from [1685 June 6] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, James II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 31/1/166
Date
[1685 June 6]
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Folios 287-288. The petition of Henry Serle concerning Little Lincolns Inn Field, Middlesex, purchased from the executors of Sir John Berkenhead. Developments of chambers there, for the benefit of the Society [of Lincolns Inn], are being frustrated [?by legal objections], and he requests a noli prosequi. Endorsed, by the Earl of Sunderland, with a referral to the Justices. Folio 288. The report of Lord Chief Justice Thomas Jones, Mr Justice J Charlton, and Mr Baron [Robert] White, in favour of the petitioner.

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English
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