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Transfered to STAC 8/312/16
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/193/34
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Short title: Cowley v Berresford. Plaintiffs: Walter Cowley gent of St Andrew's,...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/99/16
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This record is about the Short title: Cowley v Berresford. Plaintiffs: Walter Cowley gent of St Andrew's,... dating from 1621 June in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- STAC 8/99/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1621 June
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Cowley v Berresford.
Plaintiffs: Walter Cowley gent of St Andrew's, Holborn clerk to Martin Bassill esq, examiner in Chancery.
Defendants: Richard Berresford, Anne Beresford his wife, Mabel Cowley her mother and Samuel Cowley her brother.
Subject: Libel in a letter to the father of plaintiff Walter Cowley, being charged of perjury in a suit in Arches by Humphrey Harris gent of London, for a pre-contract of marriage; and perjury in an action by plaintiff on trial in the King's Bench upon delivery of record out of Chancery upon privilege in the latter court.
London.
Barnes category: defamation; conspiracy; perjury; maintenance.
Another action was also brought before the Court of Chancery
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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