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Transfered to STAC 8/312/16
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/193/34
Transfered to STAC 8/312/16
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Short title: Chawner v Browning. Plaintiffs: John Chawner, late churchwarden of Pancrasweek....
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/100/6
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This record is about the Short title: Chawner v Browning. Plaintiffs: John Chawner, late churchwarden of Pancrasweek.... dating from 1606 February in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- STAC 8/100/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1606 February
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Chawner v Browning.
Plaintiffs: John Chawner, late churchwarden of Pancrasweek.
Defendants: Benedict Browning, late curate of Pancrasweek, John Uppright, constable of Pancrasweek, Sir John Speccott kt, JP, John Arscott esq, JP, Thomas Cadd, and others.
Subject: Assault in the churchyard of Pancrasweek, plaintiff John Chawner having presented the said Benedict Browning as 'practized in the dangerous and pernicious sect of Precisions, Brownists or Donatists'; and intimidation: .
Devon.
Note: see STAC 8/76/1.
Barnes category: offence against religion; assault; unlawful assembly; conspiracy; contempt; officer's misfeasance. New category: religious differences.
Another action was also brought before the Court of Star Chamber: cross suit or shoring action
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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Short title: Chawner v Browning. Plaintiffs: John Chawner, late churchwarden of Pancrasweek....
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