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Short title: Williams v Rogers. Plaintiffs: Nicholas Williams, gent of Newport, Monmouth....
Catalogue reference: STAC 8/299/28
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This record is about the Short title: Williams v Rogers. Plaintiffs: Nicholas Williams, gent of Newport, Monmouth.... dating from 1620 May in the series Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1620 May
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Short title: Williams v Rogers.
Plaintiffs: Nicholas Williams, gent of Newport, Monmouth.
Defendants: Robert Rogers, gent, John Gye esq late mayor of Bristol, George Salter, gent, steward in his court, Thomas Sissill and Thomas Writte, late sheriffs, James Dyer under-sheriff, Thomas Packer esq, since mayor, William Lyssett and Humphrey Browne, since sheriffs, Jeremy Hame, Henry Pickeringm serjeant-at-mace, and others.
Subject: Imprisonment in Newgate, Bristol on frivolous suits in divers courts of the city, hindrance to proceedings, concealment of costs, contempt of a habeas corpus.
Gloucestershire.
Another action was also brought before other courts.
Barnes category: conspiracy; destruction of property; unlawful assembly; contempt; vexatious litigation; officer's misfeasance.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, James I
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