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Short title: King's Almoner v Luckin. Plaintiffs: George Montaigne, Bishop of Lincoln...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/3/4
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This record is about the Short title: King's Almoner v Luckin. Plaintiffs: George Montaigne, Bishop of Lincoln... dating from 1619 October in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- STAC 8/3/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1619 October
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: King's Almoner v Luckin.
Plaintiffs: George Montaigne, Bishop of Lincoln and King's Almoner.
Defendants: Richard Luckin, Peter Alcrofte (Alcroffe), Joan Marshall late wife of Francis Marshall of Good Easter, yeoman, John Marshall and Nathaniel Marshall his sons, Thomas Tabor and [Perdica] Newall.
Subject: Disfiguring the body of the said Francis Marshall, who drowned himself at Pleshey, and conspiring to procure a verdict of murder.
Essex.
Barnes category: Concealment of the goods of a suicide; conspiracy; fraud; maintenance; perjury.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5568120/
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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