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This record is about the Short Title: Lepton v Meynell. [Cause code: SCEL-01567]. Documents: [pleadings, lacking... dating from 1569 Nov 17-1570 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: Lepton v Meynell.
[Cause code: SCEL-01567].
Documents: [pleadings, lacking the bill].
Plaintiffs: Christopher Lepton gent of Kepwick, commissioner of musters in the wapentake of Birdforth, against the the rebellion of the Northern Earls.
Defendants: Thomas Chyppyn of Knaton.
County: Yorkshire (North Riding).
Subject: capture of Christopher Haly and Robert Watson, the plaintiff's servants, sent out as spies around Thirsk, and their imprisonment in the house of Anthony Mennell at North Kilvington; further treasonable activities during and after the Rising of the North of 1569.
Regnal year: 12 Eliz I.
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