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Short title: Richardson v Plunkett. Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Richardson kt, serjeant...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/250/26

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This record is about the Short title: Richardson v Plunkett. Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Richardson kt, serjeant... dating from 1624 May in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
STAC 8/250/26
Date
1624 May
Description

Short title: Richardson v Plunkett.

Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Richardson kt, serjeant at law.

Defendants: Nicholas Plunkett, gent, clerk in the court of King's Bench, Anne Plunkett, his wife, Clare Plunkett their daughter, John Nott, fortune teller, father of the said Anne Plunkett, Silvester Plunkett, apothecary, nephew of the said Nicholas Plunkett, and others.

Subject: Inducing plaintiff's son to sign a contract of marriage with the said Clare Plunkett under pretence that it was a bond, perjury in the Court of Arches, etc.

London.

Another action was also brought before the Ecclesiastical court.

Barnes category: perjury; conspiracy; destruction of property.

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