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Short Title: Attorney General v Roos. [Cause code: SCEL-10255]. Documents: [pleadings]....
Catalogue reference: STAC 7/10/20
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This record is about the Short Title: Attorney General v Roos. [Cause code: SCEL-10255]. Documents: [pleadings].... dating from 1591 Nov 17-1592 Nov 16 in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I, Addenda. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Short Title: Attorney General v Roos.
[Cause code: SCEL-10255].
Documents: [pleadings].
Plaintiffs: Attorney General (John Popham).
Defendants: Peter Roos esq, JP.
County: Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire.
Subject: release of Egyptians [gypsies] arrested on the Great North Road in Nottinghamshire, as they travelled towards Gainsborough Fair, Lincolnshire, and transporting them across the county boundary.
Regnal year: 34 Eliz I.
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- Litigation
- Race relations
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