Short Title: Purvis v Douthwaite. Plaintiff(s): William Purvis and his wife Margaret,...

Short Title: Purvis v Douthwaite.

Plaintiff(s): William Purvis and his wife Margaret, and Mary Barbara Selby, James Selby, Thomas Alwinton Selby, William Selby, George Selby and Alice Selby, spinster (Infants) by William Purvis their next friend.

Defendant(s): Joseph Douthwaite, John Robson, Elizabeth Selby, Anne Selby, Mark Anthony Selby, and Walter Selby.

Depositions for: Plaintiffs.

Subject of Depositions: The last will and testament of Barbara Selby; the marriage of the plaintiff Purvis at Coldstream Bridge; the two marriages of William Selby formerly of Coldstream (Scotland) and now of Thropton (Northumberland), first at Thropton (Northumberland) with Elizabeth Rathbone (who became mother of the plaintiff Margaret and the infant plaintiffs) and secondly, with Anne Hall (at Coldstream Bridge according to the law of Scotland) who became the mother of the defendants named Selby etc.

County: Northumberland.

Taken at: Alnwick.

Date of Commission: 17 June 1840.

Document Type: Commission; interrogatories and depositions taken 23 Nov 1840; the forms of the oaths to be taken by the Commissioners and their Clerk.

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Litigation

Marriage and divorce

Population

Children

Wills and probate