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Short title: Braithwait v Dalston. Plaintiffs: Dorothy Braithwait, executrix and...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/70/11
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- 1610 November
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Short title: Braithwait v Dalston.
Plaintiffs: Dorothy Braithwait, executrix and late the wife of Thomas Braithwait of Burneshead.
Defendants: Sir John Dalston kt of Dalston, Cumberland, Sir George Dalston kt, his son and heir apparent and William Biscoe gent, and others, their servants.
Subject: Forcible ouster and seizure of goods at Winanderwath in the name of Thomas Braithwait, son of plaintiff Dorothy Braithwait and son-in-law of the said Sir John Dalston.
Westmorland.
Barnes category: destruction of property; unlawful assembly.
Another action was also brought before the Court of Wards and Liveries
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- Litigation
- Wills and probate
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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