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Short title: Richardson v Wood. Plaintiffs: William Richardson of Scales, yeoman,...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/246/4

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This record is about the Short title: Richardson v Wood. Plaintiffs: William Richardson of Scales, yeoman,... dating from 1605 Nov in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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STAC 8/246/4
Date
1605 Nov
Description

Short title: Richardson v Wood.

Plaintiffs: William Richardson of Scales, yeoman, brother of Dorothy Oldfield, deceased, and administrator of her goods.

Defendants: Francis Wood, gent, Robert Bentley, Thomas Bentley, John Pullein, the elder, John Pullein the younger, and William Daye.

Subject: Forgery of a will in the name of the said Dorothy Oldfield, perjury in the ecclesiastical court of York, and forgery of a surrender of copyhold lands in Knaresborough.

Yorkshire.

Another action was also brought before the Ecclesiastical court.

Barnes category: forgery; perjury; conspiracy; maintenance; officer's misfeasance.

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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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