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Short title: Edlyn v Edlin. Plaintiffs: John Edlyn boxmaker of London, son of Richard...

Catalogue reference: C 2/ChasI/E1/35

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This record is about the Short title: Edlyn v Edlin. Plaintiffs: John Edlyn boxmaker of London, son of Richard... dating from 1647 in the series Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings, Series I, Elizabeth I to Charles.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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C 2/ChasI/E1/35
Date
1647
Description

Short title: Edlyn v Edlin.

Plaintiffs: John Edlyn boxmaker of London, son of Richard Edlin deceased and the defendant.

Defendants: Anne Edlin widow and executrix of Richard Edlin, deceased.

Subject: concerning the will of the said Richard Edlin, made about nine years since. The defendant is persuaded that the said bill (although in the name of her son John Edlin) is exhibited against her by William Edlin her other son, out of revenge for her suing him for a debt of £70, as John, who about four years since went a soldier in the king's service, was reported killed at the battle about York.

Document type: Bill (February 1646/7) and answer (February 1646/7).

[Civil war]

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