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Short title: Pecke v Jones. Plaintiffs: John Pecke, gent. Defendants: John Jones,...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/243/28

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This record is about the Short title: Pecke v Jones. Plaintiffs: John Pecke, gent. Defendants: John Jones,... dating from 1612 May in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 8/243/28
Date
1612 May
Description

Short title: Pecke v Jones.

Plaintiffs: John Pecke, gent.

Defendants: John Jones, JP, registrar to the bishop of Gloucester, and alderman of Gloucester, Arnold Collwall, late deputy registrar, John Adams, Thomas Edwards, Humphrey Hoare, John Rogers, and John [unknown].

Subject: Imprisonment in Gloucester goal contrary to the decision of the Tolsey court, assaults on divers persons, falsification of depositions in the consistory court, extortions, etc.

Gloucestershire.

Another action was also brought before the Ecclesiastical court.

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

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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STAC 8

Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I

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