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Short Title: Reade v Ap Evan. [Cause code: SCEL-14143]. Documents: bill only. Plaintiffs:...

Catalogue reference: STAC 5/R4/16

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This record is about the Short Title: Reade v Ap Evan. [Cause code: SCEL-14143]. Documents: bill only. Plaintiffs:... dating from 1596 Nov 17-1597 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/R4/16
Date
1596 Nov 17-1597 Nov16
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Short Title: Reade v Ap Evan. [Cause code: SCEL-14143].

Documents: bill only.

Plaintiffs: Richard Reade of Carmarthen, gent.

Defendants: Griffith ap Jevan of Llanfihangel, Rees Walter of Llanarthney.

County: Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Subject: Perjury in an action for debt and before the Court of the Marches; defrauding Richard Reade of divers bushels of corn and grain; pitching shanties in the churchyard to defame fairs of which Reade was deputy-steward; assault upon Reade upon his ordering Griffith ap Jevan and Rees Walter to remove the shanties.

Regnal year: 39 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 50.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5377838/

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