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Short Title: Allen v Smith. [Cause code: SCEL-02569]. Documents: bill, answer/s,...

Catalogue reference: STAC 5/A14/30

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This record is about the Short Title: Allen v Smith. [Cause code: SCEL-02569]. Documents: bill, answer/s,... dating from 1574 Nov 17-1575 Nov 16 in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 5/A14/30
Date
1574 Nov 17-1575 Nov 16
Description

Short Title: Allen v Smith.

[Cause code: SCEL-02569].

Documents: bill, answer/s, replication.

Plaintiffs: Christopher Allen esq, seised of the manor of Brickendonbury for two years.

Defendants: William Wygins bricklayer, William Smith weaver, Henry Collis, and Richard Yonge, William Parke, Peter Deacon servants to Wiggins, and others, of the parish of All Saints, Hertford.

County: Hertfordshire.

Subject: riotously setting fire to a hedge around a new enclosure of land by the Mill Field in the manor of Brickenden Burie [Brickendonbury], very early on May Day morning.

Regnal year: 17 Eliz I.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5379876/

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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I

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