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Short title: Pearson v Sowtheren. Plaintiffs: Robert Parson of London, tailor. Defendants:...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/242/25

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This record is about the Short title: Pearson v Sowtheren. Plaintiffs: Robert Parson of London, tailor. Defendants:... dating from 1605 Feb in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 8/242/25
Date
1605 Feb
Description

Short title: Pearson v Sowtheren.

Plaintiffs: Robert Parson of London, tailor.

Defendants: Ambrose Sowtheren, clerk, Anne Sowtheren his wife, Christopher Farrar, draper, alderman of Beverley, Francis Cowtus, and Thomas Rychardson.

Subject: Forcible entries on a messuage in a street called 'Towlgavell' in Beverley, assault, exacting security of peace, and maintenance of divers actions.

Yorkshire.

Another action was also brought before the Ecclesiastical court.

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

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Record URL
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STAC 8

Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I

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