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Writ of certiorari , with return, concerning proceedings in Admiralty, in: Sampson...
Catalogue reference: C 47/6/7
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This record is about the Writ of certiorari , with return, concerning proceedings in Admiralty, in: Sampson... dating from 1391 June 22-1392 June 21 in the series Chancery Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- C 47/6/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1391 June 22-1392 June 21
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Writ of certiorari , with return, concerning proceedings in Admiralty, in: Sampson v Curtis 6mmThe plaintiff in the action, brought before the Court of the Admiral of the South and West at Lostwithiel, alleged trespass by the taking of goods freighted from Plymouth to Lostwithiel, and taken from the ship at Lostwithiel 'within the high water mark'. This claim was countered by the defendant with an allegation that he had attached the goods by order of the maritime court of Lostwithiel, that is, of the Duchy of Cornwall, in an action of debt brought against Sampson; and by warrant of the court of Admiralty in a separate action. The record consists of transcripts of the pleadings, the depositions taken by commission on behalf of Sampson, and the writ of certiorari which summoned the record into Chancery., 15 Ric II
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- CMR 18/10; Tower Misc Roll 316
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- This is printed, with a translation, in Select Pleas of the Court of Admiralty, i, ed R G Marsden (Selden Society, vi, 1892), under its former reference in the series of Chancery Miscellaneous Rolls.
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Chancery Miscellanea
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