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Short title: Wolridge v Earl of Elgin. Plaintiff(s): John Wolridge. Defendant(s):...

Catalogue reference: E 134/14Chas1/East24

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This record is about the Short title: Wolridge v Earl of Elgin. Plaintiff(s): John Wolridge. Defendant(s):... dating from 1638 Apr 11-1638 May 7 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/14Chas1/East24
Date
1638 Apr 11-1638 May 7
Description

Short title: Wolridge v Earl of Elgin.

Plaintiff(s): John Wolridge.

Defendant(s): Thomas Earl of Elgin, Dame Magdalen Bruce, Sir John Banks, kt (Attorney General), Thomas Bruncker.

Subject of depositions: Late Forest of Gillingham. Touching fines levied in the Star Chamber upon plaintiff and others for "a riot, etc." in the forest; and granted by Crown, 6 Chas I to Sir James Fullerton.

County/place: Dorset.

Date of commission: 12 February 1638.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 19 March 1638 at Gillingham.

Deponent(s): Andrew Cox (2); Thomas Alford; Thomas Leer (2); John Topp (2); Francis Abbott; Richard Mayo (2); Nicholas Roune; Charles Wills; Andrew Wolriche (2); Gilbert Alford; Edmund Coward (2); Henry Williams; Thomas Mascoll; Morgan Cave; Phillip Marsh; Brandon Shepherd; John Phillipps.

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Record URL
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