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Short title: Morgan v Rumsey. Plaintiffs: William Evans, yeoman, an executor of Henry...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/136/6

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This record is about the Short title: Morgan v Rumsey. Plaintiffs: William Evans, yeoman, an executor of Henry... dating from 1610 February in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 8/136/6
Date
1610 February
Description

Short title: Morgan v Rumsey.

Plaintiffs: William Evans, yeoman, an executor of Henry Morgan gent.

Defendants: Walter Rumsey esq, Henry Rumsey gent, portreeve of Usk, and others, debtors of the said Henry Morgan.

Subject: Forcible ouster from the said Henry Morgan's house at Usk, seizure of goods, extortion, obtaining latters of administration by perjury, maintenance, etc.

Monmouthshire.

Barnes category: assault; destruction of property; maintenance; perjury; unlawful assembly; conspiracy; officer's misfeasance.

Another action was also brought before the Ecclesiastical court

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