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Short title: King's Almoner v Reynell. Plaintiffs: Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Winchester...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/3/21
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This record is about the Short title: King's Almoner v Reynell. Plaintiffs: Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Winchester... dating from 1619 May in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1619 May
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Short title: King's Almoner v Reynell.
Plaintiffs: Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Winchester and King's Almoner.
Defendants: Sir George Reynell kt, keeper of the King's Bench Prison, Arthur Harris gent, William Johnson gent and Elizabeth Johnson his wife (late the wife of Thomas Frithe gent of Upminster Hall, Essex), Robert Frithe gent and others.
Subject: Goods of the said Thomas Frithe, who shot himself while in the King's Bench Prison [a suicide?].
Surrey.
Barnes category: Suicide's goods.
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- Litigation
- Prisons
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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