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Short Title: Almer v Brereton. [Cause code: SCEL-08665]. Documents: interrogatories,...
Catalogue reference: STAC 5/A18/4
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This record is about the Short Title: Almer v Brereton. [Cause code: SCEL-08665]. Documents: interrogatories,... dating from 1588 Nov 17-1589 Nov 16 in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1588 Nov 17-1589 Nov 16
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Short Title: Almer v Brereton.
[Cause code: SCEL-08665].
Documents: interrogatories, depositions.
Plaintiffs: William Almer.
Defendants: Edward Puleston, John Wyn Edwards of Chirk, and others.
County: Denbighshire [Wales].
Subject: Conspiracy between John Edwards, being then sheriff, and the other defendants to prevent William Almer from being elected MP as knight of the shire in the 1588 Parliament. The county court was held in a private house instead of at the shire hall at Wrexham, and John Edwards was returned as MP, though he had fewer supporters than Almer.
Regnal year: 31 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 53.
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