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Short title: Holte v Dunton. Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Holte kt of Dudstone. Defendants:...
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/163/7
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This record is about the Short title: Holte v Dunton. Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Holte kt of Dudstone. Defendants:... dating from 1609 November in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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STAC 8/163/7
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Date (When the record was created)
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1609 November
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Holte v Dunton.
Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Holte kt of Dudstone.
Defendants: Reyonold Dunton of Sheldon, Francis Dunton his son, John Vale of Coventry, whittawer, John Feeharris alias John Freeharris, Richard Rotten, William Stone of Oldbury Langley, Shropshire, nailer, William Reynoldes, George Robseart, Robert Sneade, gaoler of Stafford, Anne Sneade his wife, William Sneade and George Sneade his sons, Margery Sneade his daughter, Ellen Sneade wife of the said (William Sneade or George Sneade ?), and others.
Subject: Assault on plaintiff Sir Thomas Holte's keeper and Deer-stealing and rabbit poaching in Nechells Park, forgery of a surety's name to a bond for price of iron, and extortion and assault on the bailiffs when taking prisoners to Stafford gaol.
Warwickshire.
Barnes category: assault; destruction of property; hunting; unlawful assembly; extortion; fraud; contempt; officer's misfeasance.
Another action was also brought before the Court of Common Pleas
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Hunting
- Crime
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STAC 8
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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Short title: Holte v Dunton. Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Holte kt of Dudstone. Defendants:...
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