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Short title: Best v Harvard. Plaintiffs: Thomas Best gent of Bristol. Defendants:...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/75/10

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This record is about the Short title: Best v Harvard. Plaintiffs: Thomas Best gent of Bristol. Defendants:... dating from 1611 February in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
STAC 8/75/10
Date
1611 February
Description

Short title: Best v Harvard.

Plaintiffs: Thomas Best gent of Bristol.

Defendants: Thomas Harvard of Bristol, yeoman, Mary Harvard his wife, William Harvard his son, James Mugglestone his son-in-law, Rees ap Morris ap Rees Gitto, William Tucker, Edward Welding, and others.

Subject: Taking away lead, lead ore and slag from a mill in which they were employed by plaintiff and which was demised to him by Sir Richard Lewknor kt, together with lead-bearing lands in Llanafan and Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Cardiganshire, Wales, and seizure of cattle at Bedminster, Somerset.

Note: see STAC 8/49/13.

Barnes category: destruction of property; unlawful assembly; fraud; conspiracy; assault; contempt

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Crime
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5569685/

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STAC 8

Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I

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