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Short title: Allen v Aylemere. Plaintiffs: Edmund Allen esq, impropriator of the...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/37/7
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This record is about the Short title: Allen v Aylemere. Plaintiffs: Edmund Allen esq, impropriator of the... dating from 1610 June 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 8/37/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1610 June
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Allen v Aylemere.
Plaintiffs: Edmund Allen esq, impropriator of the parsonage of Hatfield Peverel.
Defendants: Samuel Aylemere, Thomas Rochester, Richard Greene and Lawrence Osborne.
Subject: Perjury in an action by William Janeway, vicar of Ulting, for tithes of pasture in the said Samuel Aylmere's manor of Mowden (Mawden, Mugden) in Hatfield Peverel and in an action by John Porter, farmer of the parsonage of Ulting, for tithes of land occupied by the said Thomas Rochester in the manor of Ulting Hall.
Essex.
Barnes category: perjury; conspiracy; maintenance; unlawful assembly.
Another action was also brought before the Star Chamber: cross suit or shoring action was also brought
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
- Tithes
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5568801/
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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