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Short title: Edwardes v Merrick. Plaintiffs: William Edwardes gent of Llandderfel,...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/135/16

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This record is about the Short title: Edwardes v Merrick. Plaintiffs: William Edwardes gent of Llandderfel,... dating from 1623 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 8/135/16
Date
1623 February
Description

Short title: Edwardes v Merrick.

Plaintiffs: William Edwardes gent of Llandderfel, son and heir of Edward ap Jevan son, son and heir of Jevan ap Hoell ap Egnion.

Defendants: Peter Merrick esq of Uchelder, JP, Edmund Merrick his son and heir, Gabriel Goodman esq, prothonotary and clerk of the Crown (for the North Wales circuit of the Great Sessions), James Bike his clerk, John Evans, under-sheriff, Henry ap John, and others.

Subject: Maintenance of suits for lands in Dole Drewin, packing a jury, false entry of a judgment, forgery of a writ, seizure of goods, attack on plaintiff William Edwardes's house, misconduct in office, etc.

Merionethshire, Wales.

Note: mutilated.

Barnes category: officer's misfeasance; contempt; forgery; maintenance; unlawful assembly; extortion; conspiracy; assault.

Another action was also brought before the Court of King's Bench, criminal or civil side

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