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Short title: Adin v Meller. Plaintiffs: Mary Adin late the wife of William Adin of...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/38/19
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This record is about the Short title: Adin v Meller. Plaintiffs: Mary Adin late the wife of William Adin of... dating from 1603 November in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- STAC 8/38/19
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1603 November
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Adin v Meller.
Plaintiffs: Mary Adin late the wife of William Adin of Dorchester.
Defendants: Sir Robert Meller kt JP, of Came, Joseph Longe and Giles Longe, sons of Giles Longe gent, deceased, Lawrence Meller gent of Stinsford, and others.
Subject: Repeated assaults on plaintiff Mary Adin and on Arthur Adin and John Adin her sons and servants, forcible outster from the manor of Frome Billet and West Stafford, which she held by demise of the said Giles Longe the elder, and refusal of justice by the said Sir Robert Meller.
Dorset.
Barnes category: officer's misfeasance; assault; destruction of property; unlawful assembly.
SFP.
Another action was also brought before the Court of Wards and Liveries
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manors
- Litigation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5568833/
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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