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Short Title: Rice v Davis. [Cause code: SCEL-10677]. Documents: bill only. Plaintiffs:...

Catalogue reference: STAC 5/R4/4

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This record is about the Short Title: Rice v Davis. [Cause code: SCEL-10677]. Documents: bill only. Plaintiffs:... dating from 1591 Nov 17-1592 Nov16 in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 5/R4/4
Date
1591 Nov 17-1592 Nov16
Description

Short Title: Rice v Davis. [Cause code: SCEL-10677].

Documents: bill only.

Plaintiffs: John Rice [Richard] of Prendergast.

Defendants: John Davis, clerk, Evan Ellis, Thomas Walker [Walter], Nicholas Bincks [Binks] and others.

County: Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Subject: The ensealing by the late Edward Powell, clerk, subdean of the cathedral church of St David's, of the parsonages of Llanrithen and Manorowen, to Alban Stepneth, esq, for twenty-one years, being later demised to John Rice [Richard], this demise being disputed by John Davis, clerk; Evan Ellis; Thomas Walker [Walter], Nicholas Bincks [Binks] and others; assaults, forcible entry and ouster; stealing tithe sheaves, forgery and perjury.

Regnal year: 34 Eliz I. Note: see, A Catalogue of Star Chamber Proceedings relating to Wales, compiled by Ifan ab Owen Edward (Board of Celtic Studies, 1929), p 135.

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