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Short title: Bradstone v Poyntes. Plaintiffs: Robert Bradstone gent of Winterborne....
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/65/16
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This record is about the Short title: Bradstone v Poyntes. Plaintiffs: Robert Bradstone gent of Winterborne.... dating from 1610 May in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- STAC 8/65/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1610 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Bradstone v Poyntes.
Plaintiffs: Robert Bradstone gent of Winterborne.
Defendants: Sir Nicholas Poyntes kt, George Huntleye esq, JP, Timothy Smith, John Smith, John Powell, Matthew Forde, Nicholas Dangerfielde, Thomas Poulting, Richard Crandall alias Richard Randall, John Pulley, and others.
Subject: Forcible entries, seizure and destruction of sheep, household goods and wood, damage to cattle and destruction of a house at Alderley, demised to plaintiff Robert Bradstone by Elizabeth Poyntes late wife of Matthew Poyntes and stepmother of the said Nicholas Poyntes; and false information of scandalous words spoken against Sir David Williams kt, justice of the King's Bench.
Gloucestershire.
Barnes category: officer's misfeasance; defamation; destruction of property; perjury; unlawful assembly; conspiracy; assault
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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
- Litigation
- Crime
- Farming
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5569481/
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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