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Short title: King's Almoner v Saxton. Plaintiffs: Anthony Watson, Bishop of Chichester...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/1/18
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This record is about the Short title: King's Almoner v Saxton. Plaintiffs: Anthony Watson, Bishop of Chichester... dating from 1605 in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1605
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Short title: King's Almoner v Saxton.
Plaintiffs: Anthony Watson, Bishop of Chichester and King's Almoner.
Defendants: Thomas Saxton of Butterbusk, yeoman and Henry Saxton of Rotheram his son.
Subject: Goods of John Radford of Butterbusk in Conisborough, who committed suicide, the uncle of Henry Saxton, and money in Woodsome and Warmsworth, and debts in Brimington and Staveley (Staly) and elsewhere.
Yorkshire, Derbyshire.
Date of first document: February 1605.
Barnes category: Concealment of the goods of a suicide
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Debt
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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