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Short title: Ellis v Morris. Plaintiffs: Owen Ellis gent of Stymllyn, son of Ellis...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/136/15

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This record is about the Short title: Ellis v Morris. Plaintiffs: Owen Ellis gent of Stymllyn, son of Ellis... dating from 1618 February in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 8/136/15
Date
1618 February
Description

Short title: Ellis v Morris.

Plaintiffs: Owen Ellis gent of Stymllyn, son of Ellis ap Cadwalader.

Defendants: Sir Williams Morris or Maurice kt, JP, Deputy Lieutenant, John Wynne Morris his brother, Ellis Brynkir gent, John Lake his steward, Margaret Lake, his wife, Morris Jones deputy-sheriff of Caernarvonshire, Hugh Roberts, and others, a jury, Thomas ap Rees, Owen John, Mary Lewis, and others.

Subject: Refusal of evidence concerning the bounds of plaintiff's lands in Gest, perjury concerning the same and in a suit for lands in Bron y Gadair and Ynys Cyn Haiarn (described as in Gest), tampering with said plaintiff's witnesses, embezzlement of taxes, attempt to discover a thief by sorcery, cutting and carrying of hay on land of Robert owen called Bryn y Gynney, forcible ouster of Cadwalader ap Richard from land in Penywedd, etc.

Caernarvonshire, Wales.

Note: see STAC 8/133/15.

Barnes category: officer's misfeasance; offence against religion; assault; destruction of property; unlawful assembly; conspiracy; maintenance; subornation.

Another action was also brought before the Court of Exchequer, common law or equity side

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5571032/

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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I

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