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Short title: Attorney General v Scriven. Plaintiff(s): Sir William Jones, kt, (Attorney...

Catalogue reference: E 134/35Chas2/East28

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This record is about the Short title: Attorney General v Scriven. Plaintiff(s): Sir William Jones, kt, (Attorney... dating from 1683 Apr 25-1683 May 21 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 134/35Chas2/East28
Date
1683 Apr 25-1683 May 21
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Short title: Attorney General v Scriven.

Plaintiff(s): Sir William Jones, kt, (Attorney - General), by the relation of Elizabeth Watson, widow.

Defendant(s): Thomas Scriven, Thomas Dunckley, Thomas Webster.

Subject of depositions: Rebuilding of the common shambles in the town of Northampton, made necessary by the destruction of the old shambles by the fire, in the year 1675, which consumed a great part of the town. Touching the refusal of the defendants (butchers) to use the new shambles which were built under the direction of the commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament to superintend the rebuilding of the town, and the scite, of which shambles were approved by the mayor and corporation of the town.

County/place: Northamptonshire.

Date of commission: 12 February 1683.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 26 April 1683 at Cold Higham.

Deponent(s): Thomas Stanyon (2); Henry Lee; Edward Ward (2); William Osmond; Richard White; Richard Ebrall; Daniel Pool; John Smith; John Parr; Samuel Walker; Nathaniel Potter; Thomas Dunckley; Joseph Duckett.

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