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Short title: Roupe v Fortescue. Plaintiffs: William Roupe son of the said Richard...

Catalogue reference: STAC 8/254/26

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This record is about the Short title: Roupe v Fortescue. Plaintiffs: William Roupe son of the said Richard... dating from 1615 Dec in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
STAC 8/254/26
Date
1615 Dec
Description

Short title: Roupe v Fortescue.

Plaintiffs: William Roupe son of the said Richard Roupe, gent.

Defendants: Edmund Fortescue, esq, John Fortescue his son and heir, Thomas Batche, and others his servants, Richard Sweete, Curate of East Allington, Richard Langley, John Luke, and others.

Subject: Libel against plaintiff William Roupe and his family, assaults and forcible entry at East Allington, destruction of pews in the parish church false information to the bishop's commissary, etc.

Devon.

Note: see also STAC 8/254/24 and STAC 8/254/25.

Another action was also brought before the Ecclesiastical court.

Barnes category: offence against religion; assault; defamation; destruction of property; unlawful assembly; conspiracy; contempt.

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