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Short title: Bushey v Browne. Plaintiffs: Jane Bushey, executrix and late wife of...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/77/16
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- 1614 February
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Short title: Bushey v Browne.
Plaintiffs: Jane Bushey, executrix and late wife of James Bushey.
Defendants: Sir Valentine Browne kt, Sir William Monson kt, John Browne esq, Richard Higgins gent, Richard Greene, John Davie, Richard Ranson, Lyon Knublie (Knoblie), John Lodge, and others.
Subject: Perjury in an inquisition post mortem to the effect that the said Samuel [unknown] held land in Skegness of the said Sir Valentine Browne in chivalry; forgery of a certificate of character of one of the witnesses in the names of Robert [Bertie] Lord Willoughby, and others; assault on servant of plaintiff, Jane Bushey, at Islington, forcible entry on a salt marsh in Skegness, etc.
Lincolnshire, Middlesex.
Barnes category: assault; destruction of property; forgery; perjury; unlawful assembly; maintenance; contempt; conspiracy.
SFP.
Another action was also brought before the Court of Wards and Liveries
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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