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Short Title: Carrington v Thompson. [Cause code: SCEL-14442]. Documents: bill, two...
Catalogue reference: STAC 5/C2/4
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This record is about the Short Title: Carrington v Thompson. [Cause code: SCEL-14442]. Documents: bill, two... dating from 1597 Nov 17-1598 Nov 16 in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1597 Nov 17-1598 Nov 16
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Short Title: Carrington v Thompson. [Cause code: SCEL-14442].
Documents: bill, two answers.
Plaintiffs: Richard Carryngton clerk of Swaton, and vicar of Threekingham, described by himself as 'a man of the age of three score years and having but one leg', and by the first defendant as 'a common disturber of his neighbours with unjust suits and frivolous actions, a man unlearned, a common alehouse haunter and a frequenter of brothel houses and infamous places, together or with other undecent, and unbeseeming pranks, not usually found amongst ministers'.
Defendants: Henry Thompson clerk, curate of Edenham (alleged to have procured an abortion), John Bull clerk of Jernham (indicted for hunting deer), Simon Pepper blacksmith of Edenham, and William Thomson labourer of Edenham.
County: Lincolnshire.
Subject: riotously breaking into Threekingham church at night, ringing the bells and rousing the town.
Regnal year: Hilary 40 Eliz I.
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