C78 1676
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| 1676 | 14 Jan | 27 | Thomas Smith, merchant v. Thomas Stampe | re. agreement in 1660 between the complainant at Antwerp and the defendant Stampe at London concerning co-partnership to buy and sell Flanders lace for seven years from the 1 Jun 1660... | C78/993, no. 4 [2] | |
| 1676 | 19 Jan | 27 | John Beale; John Wright; and Joseph Wright v John Cornewell son & heir of Nicholas Cornewell decd; Nicholas Cornewell, Martha Cornewell and Sarah Cornewell | Testamentary settlement by will of Nicholas Cornewell of lands in Bennefield, Northants. | C78/742, no. 2 [3] | |
| 1676 | 20 Jan | 27 | Vincent Amcotts; Thomas Hall; and Robert Jenkinson trustees for the said Vincent Amcotts v Hugh Bethell | re. loan by Hugh Bethell from John Shelberry and Dorothy his wife, £650 secured on the manor, capital messuage and manor house of Harrington , Lincs., and divers other messuages lands, and hereditaments lying-in Harrington and Hagworthingham... | C78/742, no. 5 [4] | |
| 1676 | 25 Jan | 27 | Ursula Knight, widow v. William Allen & ___ his wife | re. descent/ownership of the manor of South Brent [now Brent Knoll], Soms. after demise, Feb 1640, by George Fuiller and his wife Edith of Axbridge to George Knight of Bristol, Alderman, for fowerscore years at 20s p.a; . marriage agreement 9 may 18Charles1 [1642-3] William Knight (son of George Knight) and complt. Ursula... | C78/898, no. 10 [5] | |
| 1676 | 27 Jan | 27 | Thomas Gledstone of London, feltmaker & Anna his wife one of the daughters of Robert Ripley late of Kingston upon Hull v. Elizabeth Ripley widow | re. marriage agreement Feb 1653, Robert Ripley and defndt. Elizabeth Ripley and certain copyhod land in Preston [in Holderness] in co. of York. as a joynture, in case she should outlive the said Robert... | C78/1910, no. 9 [6] | |
| 1676 | 28 Jan | 27 | Edward Holt v Richard Wyatt | Mortgage by surrender of copyhold messuage in manor of Waltham, Essex | C78/732, no. 1 [7] | |
| 1676 | 28 Jan | 28 | Edward Barkham, baronet v. Sir Phillip Parker, baronet | re. loan £1000 about 6 yers since by defdt. Sir Philip Parker, [1st Baronet, c. 1625–1690] from complt. Sir Edward Barkham , and another indenture 28 May 1667; secured all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances, situate or near adjoining to the mansion house of the defendant in Erwarton [Suffolk] and divers other messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments | C78/1018, no. 1 [8] | |
| 1676 | 1 Feb | 28 | Edward Gillett the younger v. John Serjant & Sarah his wife and Sarah Fittz an infant by the said Sarah Serjant her mother and guardian | re. descent or ownership of a house in Drury lane. Middx. formerly belonging to James Fitt, d.1657, former husband of Sarah Serjant and father to infant Sarah Fitt... | C78/2070, no. 25 [9] | |
| 1676 | 1 Feb | 28 | John Vaghan of Ottery St Mary, Devon, esq v. Thomas Gewen, gent; Mary Gewen, widow; and one Henry Springham, inserted by an order of 15 Nov 1664 | re. loan £300, by late Thomas Gewen from complt. John Vaghan secured on penal £600 bond 1 May 1658; will of Thomas Gewen... | C78/948, no. 4 [10] | |
| 1676 | 1 Feb | 28 | George Marman of Enmore, Som, gent v. Aldred Seaman of Milverton, Som, gent; John Pratt; Mary Lemyng, widow; and others (sic) | re. deed of grant 4 Jan 6Charles [?1630-1] by Nathaniel Burton late of East Buckland, Devon to William Warman and Julian his daughter for 100 years... manor of Huish Gaunt alias Beggearn Huish and lands in Nettlecombe, St Decumans and ?Oldilerne, Somerset... | C78/1259, no. 5 [11] | |
| 1676 | 4 Feb | 28 | John Shipton, gent & Lucy his wife, eldest daughter of Sir Toby Tirrell, baronet v. Sir Thomas Tirrell; Sir Robert Cotton; Robert Hampson; and Gregory Symonds | re. demise 12 Nov 14charles1 [1638-9] by sir Edward Tyrell (complt's Lucy's g-father) of the manor of Thorneton [Thornton] and divers other messuages, lands and tenemnts in the co. of Bucks. to sir Thomas Windebancke [Windebank], sir Thomas Tyrell, Robert Read, Edmund West,..for 8 years on trust for raisong payment , not exceeding £1,000... | C78/1198, no. 4 [12] | |
| 1676 | 4 Feb | 28 | Job Williams, gent v. Susan Holman, widow, relict, and administratrix of George Holman, her late husband | re. lease of a parcel of land belonging to the Feathers Inn in Drury Lane and complt's scheme to build several houses on it, with late George Holman... | C78/1282, no. 6 [13] | |
| 1676 | 5 Feb | 28 | The Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter for themselves and the poor of the almshouses of St Annes Chapel in the parish of St Sidwell, Exeter v. Henry Quicke the father; Henry Quicke the son; and others (sic) | re. demise 14 Mar 14Elizabeth [1571-2] by Ralph Duckinfeild of several messuages, one curtilage and one stable in the par. of St Mary the Great in Exeter in a street called Genela Street [?Geneva St] to Margaret Polle widow to hold for fowerescore and nineteen years... | C78/948, no. 7 [14] | |
| 1676 | 7 Feb | 28 | Gyles Stedman gentleman & Katherine his wife relict and executrix of Richard Talboys esq v. Henry Chapman | re. will 22 Apr 19Charles1 [1643-4] of John Gastrell, his debts and his devise of messuages, lands & tenements in Tedbury [Tetbury], Gloucs | C79/68, no. [15] | |
| 1676 | 7 Feb | 28 | William Dormer, esq v. John Owen, doctor of divinity; Sir Simon Allen; Timothy Doyley; Peter Wilimott, Simon Shephard; _______; Edward Wise; John Hopkins; William Hopkins; and Thomas Broadwater, an infant; Katherine Banger; Elizabeth Banger; Mary Banger; and Anne Banger, spinsters | [faded/damaged document] re. parsonage of Stadham [Stadhampton] and divers lands, tenements and hereditaments in Stadham, Oxon; inclosure dispute | C78/1011, no. 6 [16] | |
| 1676 | 9 Feb | 28 | Arthur Barnardiston; Joseph Brand and Mary his wife one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Barnardiston; and Nathaniel, Samuel, John, Michael, Anne, Elizabeth, Martha and Armyne Barnardiston sons & daughters of the said Sir Thomas Barnardiston v Sir Thomas Barnardiston | Payments due from trust settlement of manor of Great Coates, Lincs | C78/970, no. 8 [17] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | Sir William Ellis one of the Justices of Court of Common Bench at Westminster v Sir Roger Langley. | Mortgage of lands in Sheriffe Hutton, East Lilling and West Lilling [deserted village in Sheriff Hutton par.], Yorks | C78/950, no. 7 [18] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | Francis Comberford, gent; and Thomas Comberford, his son and heir v. Katherine Comberford; Mary Comberford; Anne Comberford; John Birch; and Charles Stanley | re. descent, from William Comberford, 16Charles1 [1640-41] of the manors of Comberford, Wigginton and Wednesbury, Staffs. with their appurtenances, and of divers messuages, land, tenements and hereditamants in the said manors belonging, and of divers other messuages and land in the said co., £800 p.a... | C78/1725, no. 13 [19] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | Philadelphia (d. 1696), lady Wentworth, widow and relict of Thomas, lord Wentworth, who was the son and heir apparent of Thomas, earl of Cleveland; Isaac Bringhurst, clerk; Edward Elliott; Paul Pauley, gent; Edward Bartlett; Thomas Grimley; Robert Nash; Lawrence Wilsheire; Thomas Bulmore; Robert Horton; and Simon Scott v. John Clay; Gabez Jefferyes; John Hall; and George Oakland | re. defendants pretended to have rights of common for the laying of rubbish, filthy soyle, dead horses and other carrion brought out of the City of London onto great parcels of waste ground called Milend Green [Mile End Green] in the manor of Stebunheath alias Stepney, Middx; Lady Wentworth lawfully possessed of the manor and Springhurst and Elliot seized of the reversion of the manor... | C78/1601, no. 3 [20] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | John Foote, gent v. Edward Watts; and Richard Watts | re. death of Phillipp Saundby and descent of his manor of Moresk [now in Truro, Cornwall] & certain messuages, lands and tenements in or called Penkuleyke alias Penkuleyuicke alias Penklunicke alias Penkalunnicke [Pencalenick near Truro] and Kuggan alias Kiggon [near Truro] and a certain Tuckeng or Fulling mill, £20 p.a... | C78/948, no. 6 [21] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | Thomas Chaplyn & Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Oliver Pollye, yeoman v. Stephen Coe; Ellen Hewitt; and Alice Kingsbury | re. will Sept 1664 of late Oliver Pollye, the complt. Elizabeth's late father, and his personal estate of £500+ ;bequests, terms and conditions... | C78/948, no. 9 [22] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | Nicholas Tresize v. Richard Hickes, gent | re. loan 14/15 Apr 1673 £150, to defendt. by complt. secured on lands called Frengevith alias Frengeveth in par. St Ives Cornwall; failure to pay by 25 Mar following... | C78/949, no. 11 [23] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | Robert Taylor v. Michael Pince & Joane his wife; and others (sic) | re. will 17 Aug 1658 Roger Pyne (late husband of the defendant), and one tenement and two dwelling houses in Heavitree, Devon and one close called Little Splatt, half an acre, in Heavitree and certain closes called the Poples and the Letheron, and a parcel of land on south side of a meadow called Vicaridge meadow, 6 acres... | C78/949, no. 12 [24] | |
| 1676 | 11 Feb | 28 | The Mayor and Commonalty of the Town of Colchester, Essex v. Anne Smith, widow | re . lease expired after 120 years in Michaelmas 1674 of fower butcher shops with chambers over them in Colchester [Essex], and also of the ?Baylisse Shipp clerkeshipp and keeping of the wool market there, with a great chamber above the market; defendants finding the lease profitable, not giving it up.... | C78/1275, no. 11 [25] | |
| 1676 | 12 Feb | 28 | Sir Henry Blount, knight & Dame Hester his wife; Thomas Pope Blount, esq, son and heir appareent of said Sir Henry Blount; Charles Blount, gent, an infant, second son of said Sir Henry Blount by said Sir Henry his guardian; Sir Thomas Tyrell, baronet, & Dame Franes his wife; Sir Thomas Howe, knight, & Dame Hester his wife; and Hester Busby an infant by said Sir Henry Blount her guardian v. George Master, esq; William Master, an infant; and Sir Thomas Gore, knight | re. marriage agreement 1639, dame Hester Blount (née Wase, 1620-1678) & sir William Manwaring her former husband and property of Christopher Wase; a capital messuage in Chipping Wiccombe otherwise Great Wiccombe [High Wycombe] Bucks., and a copy hold or customary estate of inheritance call Great Tottenhall and Little Tottenhall and divers other lands, tenements and hereditaments in the par. of South Mimms, Middx. at or near Potters Barre held of the manor of Williots and also of a like customary estate and capital messuage in Upper Holloway and other places in par. of Islington, held of the manor of St John of Jerusalem, otherwise Clerkenwell, Middx.... | C78/861, no. 8 [26] | |
| 1676 | 12 Feb | 28 | Jane Swayne, widow; John Swayne, gent, an infant, by said Jane his mother and guardian; Thomas Thornehurst, esq; Richard Campion, esq; Thomas Baynard, esq; and James Gould, gent v. John Churchill, esq; Robert Swayne, an infant, by said John Churchill, esq, his guardian | re. demise 19 Mar 1662 £2,000 by late Robert Swayne of capital messuage, manor House, farm, demesne lands and premises called Fryer Mayne, Dorset [now a 'Deserted Medieval Village' in par. Broadmayne]. | C78/1268, no. 3 [27] | |
| 1676 | 14 Feb | 28 | Richard Greene of Bouchers Hall in the parish of Telsbury [Tollesbury], Essex and Mary his wife; and Anne Hill, spinster of the same place v Thomas Gardner; Thomas Gardner an infant by Jemima Gardner his mother; William Vernon; and Robert Clavell | Portions payable from financial trusts invested in Bouchers Park Wood, [Essex] | C78/1222, no. 5 [28] | |
| 1676 | 14 Feb | 28 | Sir Phillipp Parker, knight; and Henry Parker, esq, executors of Dame Mary Saltonstall, widow v. Jane Serieant the elder, widow; William Serieant the elder; William Serieant the younger, & Jane his wife; and Francis Lindsey | re. refers to case in Hilary term 1667 when complt. executed bill against Richard Serjeant, since decsd., and the defndnt Jane Sergeant the elder ,then his wife, now his relict and executrix; concerns will of Dame Mary Saltonstall and considerable portion to her daughter Jane... | C78/1596, no. 7 [29] | |
| 1676 | 14 Feb | 28 | Richard Wattle; and Nicholas Charleton, churchwardens of St Martin's, Ludgate v. Valentine Petyt, gent | re. will 11 Nov 1671, of Arthur Whatman [d.1674] of Ospring [Ospringe], Kent and bequest of £100 to par. St Martin, Ludgate for rebuilding of church after the late dreadful fire of London... | C78/906, no. 12 [30] | |
| 1676 | 17 Feb | 28 | David Brond; Benjamin Brond; Mary Brond; and Elizabeth Brond, children of Elizabeth Brond, widow, relict of Benjamin Brond, one of the daughters of David Davidson deceased, being infant; and Davidson Browneing, also an infant, son of Anne Browneing, widow, one other of the daughters of said David Davidson by Samuel Mover, gent v. John Gipps, surviving executor of David Davidson, William Middleton and Margaret his wife. Eliazabeth Brond and Anne Browneing, 3 of the daus. and coheirs of the said David Davidson and Ricahd Gipps, an infant, eldest son and heir of Mary Gipps decsed., who was the other dau. and coheir of the said David Davidson. | re. will 29 July in 14th year of his now Majst's reign [1662-3] od David Davidson and his several messuages, tenements or houses in Tame Alley, Fleet Street, London and in the reversion or inheritance after the decease of the earl of Berkshire and the Countess dowager of Berkshire of a farm called Tilekiln farm in Chedburgh, Suffolk and divers messuages, lands,tenements and hereditaments in several pars. in the said co. and also of divers wharfs, tenements, houses, land or grounds in Wapping in Stebenheath [Stepney] Middx... and also of a great personal estate, ready money, plate, jewels, gold rings, leases, mortgages... | C78/1598, no. 1 [31] | |
| 1676 | 17 Feb | 28 | Sir William Wyndham, baronet v. Richard Strode, esq | re. loan £2,500 11/12 Aug anno vicesimo scdo. Carol [1670-71] by sir William Strode [1614–1676] of Nuenigham [ Newnham in par. Plympton St Mary, Devon] and son Richard Strode [1638–1707] from complt. Sir William Wyndham [ca. 1632–1683] secured on [listed] lands and tenements in Nuneham alias Nuenigham in Plympton St Mary, Devon. | C78/898, no. 11 [32] | |
| 1676 | 17 Feb | 28 | William Doughty, gent v. John Style; George Keate; Edward Booker; and Redman Fitz Garrold | re. refers to a decree of Thursday 15 July 27th year of our now King's reign [1675=6] and certain land in Castleacre [Castle Acre], Norfolk, complt. being entitled to the equity of redemption and an amount as devisee of Edmund Hudson... | C78/947, no. 5 [33] | |
| 1676 | 18 Feb | 28 | John Goddin; William Anderson; Isaac Wood; Edmond Atwater; Thomas Harris; Francis Constable; John Sheppard; John Taylor; Richard Murrell; William Leake; William Harrison, sr; William Evans; James Boctry; Robert Lucas; William Harrison, jr; John Baddin; Richard Martox; Richard Chambers; Henry Wray; Edmund Grove; Richard Shalcross; Elibeth Snelling, widow; Morgan Griffith; ___ Breath; William Thorne; John Constable; John Hicocke; Heyward Day; Ann Lucre; John Killocke; William Harwood; William Norman; John Stanbury; William Ingram; Edward Wood; John Ellett; Thomas Thurton; William Pigeon; Thomas Nye; Robert Keeble; William Anderson; Robert Batlett; Nicholas Wythers; Joseph Bachelor; Thomas Bleere; Thomas Wood; Robert Wood; Henry Robinson; Richard Baldwyn; Edward Nayward; Thomas Radams; Thomas Killocke; John Johnson; John Millington; John Cornish; Thomas Lewyn; James Creswell; Henry Clements; Dorothy Eaton; Francis Aldriche; Thomas Pope; William Smyth; Ralph Chamberlaine; Richard Ashdowne; Elinor Smythes; Samuel Andrewes; ___ Willon, widow; Thomas Piggott; William Watkins; James Leaver; John Smith; George Tyler; Isaac Jackson; James Crutcher; Henry Smith; Edmund Bartlett; William reene; Richard Keep; Thomas King; Walter Holcher; John Combes; Robert Bedford; Michael Farlep; Thomas Rummell; Anthony Newton; Thomas George; John Pyper; Samuel Freeman; Thomas Akleworth; Robert Cross; ___ Ellery, one of the almesmen; Henry Pullin; Nathaniel Reed; Rebecca Hatfield; Thomas Firs; John Blake; Robert Bruce; Thomas Piddock; Robert Robert; Robert Hunt; William King; Robert Jackson; Henry Burg; William French; Thomas Overington; George Burnell; William Kelly; Anne Love, widow; Symon Margaret; Robert Shell; Anne Best, widow; George Gold; Thomas Harding; Samuel Daniel; Richard Humfrey; Anthony Holberne; John Colson; Thomas Dod; Francis Blee; and Alice Ingram, widow, all of them parishioners and inhabitants of Croydon, Surrey v. William Clewer, doctor in divinity, vicar of Croydon; Richard Norman and Martin Steed | Small tithes in Croydon | C78/849, no. - [34] | |
| 1676 | 19 Feb | 28 | William Hampton, clerk & Margaret his wife, the executrix of Edward Cooke, clerke v. Thomas Tarre & Elizabeth his wife, administratrix of Frances Cooke, widow | re. sale 22 May nono Carol prim regis [1633-4] of sixth part of a messuage called Westlake in Oakeford [Oakford], Devon by Phillipp Shortridge to Edward Cooke... | C78/898, no. 9 [35] | |
| 1676 | 19 Feb | 28 | Dame Sarah Corbett [née Monson], widow, relict of Sir Vincent Corbett, baronet [1617–1656] v. Sir John Bolles [1641–1686, of Scampton, Lincs], baronet & Dame Elizabeth [née Corbett] his wife | re. agreement between defndnt Sir John Bolles, and complt. Sarah Corbett that he should settle an estate of inheritance in lands £1,700 p.a., free from encumbrance upon the wife he should marry...; terms and conditions of agreement(s), made/proposed... | C78/1273, no. 3 [36] | |
| 1676 | 20 Feb | 28 | John Moseley & Ann his wife v. Giles Steele & Ann his wife | re. rights of complt. Ann to personal estate, and liability to debts, of her late husband William Steele, citizen and weaver of London ; defndnt Giles Steel, who married the defndnt. Ann (who was the g-child of the complt. Ann) persuaded the said complt. Ann to acknowledge that, at the time of her widowhood, she had contracted a debt of £150... | C78/853, no. 1 [37] | |
| 1676 | 22 Feb | 28 | Nicholas Wilton and Thomasine his wife the youngest daughter of Sir Robert Clench v Edward Shepperd and Elizabeth Cobb | Annuities payable from lands in Holbrook, Greating All Saints, Greating St. Mary and Kirton, Suffolk | C78/790, no. 9 [38] | |
| 1676 | 22 Feb | 28 | Margaret Mitchell widow and relict of Nathaniel Mitchell late of Leeds, Yorks, merchant; and Elizabeth Mitchell daughters and heirs of said Nathaniel Mitchell by said Margaret Mitchell their mother v. Sarah Mitchell widow and John Mitchell | re. will 'about two years since' of Nathaniel Mitchell and his good real estate and a moiety of four closes in Southoram [Southowram], Yorks...;bequests and conditions. | C79/17, no. [39] | |
| 1676 | 22 Feb | 28 | The Portees and Burgesses of the Town of Chard, Som; and the church wardens and overseers of the poor there; and William Bragge, esq v. Richard Opie | re. will 17 Jul 1663 of Richard Harby and his several freehold.and copyhold land of inheritance in the cos.of Norfolk and Cambridge, bequests, terms and conditions......after expiration of several estates and terms, bequest to the town and borough of Chard (the place of his nativity) the lands and premises to be settled there as an hospital...;Abraham Holditch. | C78/1231, no. 6 [40] | |
| 1676 | 23 Feb | 28 | Benjamin Dukes, clerk & Mary his wife; Samuel Dukes; Benjamin Dukes; Mary Dukes; and Elizabeth Dukes, children of the said Benjamin and Mary all infants by said Benjamin their father and guardian v. Phineas Fletcher and Edward Heighes | re. marriage agreement 9 Aug 1658, Benjamin Dukes and Mary , £400 marriage portion to be invested and profit received by Benjamin Dukes and Mary during their lives... | C78/2028, no. 8 [41] | |
| 1676 | 23 Feb | 28 | Sir Heneage Finch, knight and baronet [1st Earl of Nottingham, 1620–1682], Attorney General v. John Stephens; Thomas Stephens; Thomas Aldersey; John Dodd; Sir Francis Gerard, knight, executor of Sir Gilbert Gerard baronet, executor of Anne Moulson, widow, executrix of Sir Thomas Moulson, knight; and ___ Edwards, executor or administrator of Thomas Edwardes, gent | [faded document, see below 1676 C78/1282, no. 8] re. order and decree 1 May 26th year of our king [1674-5] £950 received by the defendant the purchase of the lands and the profits of the lands... and also £400 in the hands of Thomas Stephens, with interest, should be applied towards the charity in the order and decree ... [The Sir Thomas Moulson Trust ] | C78/861, no. 10 [42] | |
| 1676 | 23 Feb | 28 | Michael Webb v. Joseph Burrish; Francis Roberts; and Henry Haward | re. demise 11 Jun 1668 for 3 score years, £19 6s 8d p.a., by rector and churchwardens of the par. church of St. Magnus the Martyr [EC3R 6DN] to defndnt. Henry Haward, several tofts of ground whereon, before the late dreadful fire, houses stood in Three Tun Alley in Thames Street; terms and conditions... | C78/1061, no. 1 [43] | |
| 1676 | 23 Feb | 28 | Sir Heneage Finch, knight and baronet, Attorney General v. John Steevens, esq; Thomas Aldersey; Thomas Stevens; John Dod, gent; Sir Francis Gerrard, baronet; and ___ Edwards | Concerning a charitable use given by Sir Thomas Moulson, knight, for the maintenance of a school master and preacher in the school and chapel by him thentofore created in Hargrave, Ches | C78/1282, no. 8 [44] | |
| 1676 | 24 Feb | 28 | John Miller by his guardian; Samuel Brewster; Daniel Brewster; Christopher Forster; William Hart; and Samuel Hart v. Thomas Talbott; Francis Smith; Thomas Smith; Giles Martin; Edward Brewster; and Richard Hamerton | re. ordered and decreed that the release therin mentioned as to the plaintiff Miller and other the said complt. should be set aside and made void and of no effect, and that the defndnt. Smith should account before sir Timothy Baldwin [1620–1696], Master of this Court for the rent of the premises which the said defndnt. Smith enjoyed and remained in his possession... | C78/1725, no. 12 [45] | |
| 1676 | 24 Feb | 28 | Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of the City of London, Governors of the possessions, revenues, and goods of the Hospitals of Edward VI, King of England, of Christ Bridwell and St Thomas the Apostle in or near London v. Magdalen Diamond; Miscah Russell; Thomas Gouge; William Jenkins, clerks; Thomas, Paul, and John Fisher. | re. will 9 Aug 1664, of Giles Russell, late citizen & brewer and his several messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, freehold and copyhold in co. Hertford and elsewhere, and of a very great personal estate; bequests terms and conditions,,, | C78/861, no. 7 [46] | |
| 1676 | 24 Feb | 28 | William Fairer; and others (sic), tenants of the manor of Grayriggs Lamrigg, and Docker, Westmoreland v. Anthony Duckett, esq | re. custom of the tenants of the manors of Grayriggs [Grayrigg], Lamrigg [Lambrigg], and Docker in the barony of Kendall, Westmoreland [now Cumbria] to have customary estates of inheritance descendable from ancestor to heir in their respective tenants for certain yearly rent, duties and services and by payment of certain reasonable fines, at the change of the lord by death and at the change of the tenant by death... | C78/879, no. 5 [47] | |
| 1676 | 25 Feb | 28 | William Page, esq, & Bridget his wife, executrix of Peter Edward, gent, who was executor of John Edwards, esq, who was son and heir of John Edwards v. Mathias Ring; and Mary Stubbs | re. will 20 Feb 1657, of John Edward the elder and his manor of Stibbington and of divers messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in Stibbington and Wainsford [Wansford], Northants [now Cambridgeshire], yearly value about £200, and a personal estate of some value; bequests terms and conditions... | C78/1589, no. 3 [48] | |
| 1676 | 25 Feb | 28 | Edward Twyford, gent; and John Twyford, gent, his son v. Edmund Warcupp, esq, one of the Clerks of the Pettibagg | re. agreement 30 Mar 1666 concerning the two several commons, called Dedwicke alias Derricke and Cowleaze in the par. of Northmoore [Northmoor], Oxon; complt Edward Twyford being seized of the manor of Northmoore and all rights, members etc... | C78/1273, no. 4 [49] | |
| 1676 | 28 Feb | 28 | Thomas Goodwyn doctor in divinity & Mary his wife administratrix of Anne Woodcott widow v. John Smith & Anne his wife; James Pindar; and Edward Clarke | re. demise 15 Mar 1658 of a barne and yard with the appurtenances and of a small parcel of land in Gravesend, Kent, by John Smith and his wife and James Pindar to James Woodcott and Anne his wife for term of 41 years at £6 p.a... | C78/1912, no. 18 [50] | |
| 1676 | 1 March | 28 | Edward Symond v. Elizabeth Symond and Hannah Symond infants | re. will of Walter Bull and his messuage and tenement in the tithing of East Stratton in the par. of Mithell Dever [Micheldever, Hants.]...and the gateroom, barn, orchard and gardens thereunto belonging with thapptenances together with two yard lands and ten acres of arable or pasture land commonly called by the name of Burnham field and the meadows...; bequests, terms and conditions... | C78/2070, no. 19 [51] | |
| 1676 | 3 March | 28 | Dorothy Citty, widow, relict, and administratrix of Daniel Citty, citizen of London v. Mary Citty; John Dregn; and Isack Alvis alias Alvitrer | re. an ancient custom in the City of London, time out of mind, confirmed by several Acts of Parliament, if a citizen and freeman died, and having, at the time of his decease, a wife and child or children, then his personal estate should be divided into three equal parts, whereof... | C78/993, no. 5 [52] | |
| 1676 | 3 April | 28 | Sir Mathew Holworthy; Thomas Beckford, merchant; and John Chambers, scrivener v Thomas Neale and Dame Elizabeth Gould his wife; Sir John Norton; John Gerrard; Marke Cottle; Christopher Cratford; Nicholas Gould; Elizabeth Gould; and Jane Gould | Sale of already mortgaged lands in Throckmorton Street, Queenhith and Saint Pauls Churchyard, London | C78/950, no. 8 [53] | |
| 1676 | 3 April | 28 | William Naylor v. Sir William Wild, knight and baronet now JKB; Joane Martyn; James Church; William Edwards; John Harvey; John Browne, esq; Henry Hanslopp; William Fellow alias Fellowes; Sir Edmond Berry; Godfrey Knight; Daniel Berry; Francis Bates; William Powne; Richard Howe; John Veale; William Buckerfield; Henry Butterfield; Thomas Barwell; Robert Chapman; Mathew Salter; Richard Moore; Henry Brodnox; Edward Lose; James Best; Richard Wright; John Oateridge; Francis Ferris alias Pharoh; Godfrey Harrison; and others (sic) late members of the Company of Woodmongers | re. the complt. William Naylor had lent to the late Company of Woodmongers £500 at interest in January 1664, before their dissolution, which they, the late members, ought to refund... | C78/948, no. 8 [54] | |
| 1676 | 10 April | 28 | John Brakes, gent v. Robert Clay, gent & Elianor his wife | re. loan 6 June 1673 £200 by defndt. Robert Clay from complt. secured on copyhold messuage or tenement and two barns and two gardens, situate in Lambeth Marsh, Surrey, and two rooms or closettes to the same, being parcel of his now Majesty's manor called Kennington... | C78/1268, no. 4 [55] | |
| 1676 | 14 April | 28 | William Howard and Anne his wife daughter and heir of Nathaniel Kirtland v Ralph Tasker and James Mayo | Title to manor of Newport Pagnell, Bucks. | C78/744, no. 14 [56] | |
| 1676 | 14 April | 28 | Roger Salter v John Reyner | re. loan 30 Dec 1668 £165, by defndt. John Reyner from complt. Roger Salter. secured on divers freehold.and copyhold messuages, land, tenements and hereditaments lying in Geist Luton [Guist], Norfolk | C78/790, no. 5 [57] | |
| 1676 | 14 April | 28 | [see below] Robert Yate and Thomas Earle merchants, and Robert Aldworth esq executors of Joseph Jackson merchant v. Thomas Chester esq | re. loan £200 28 May 1660, by defendt. Thomas Chester from Joseph Jackson secured on [listed] messuages and tenements, lands and premises in Barton Regis, Gloucs. | C78/1930, no. 11 [58] | |
| 1676 | 14 April | 28 | Robert Goning esq son and heir and also executor of Elizabeth Goning widow v. Thomas Chester esq and others (sic) | [see above] re. loan at interest £300 1 Jul 1669, by defendt. Thomas Chester from Elizabeth Goning, penalty of £600, secured on [listed] messuages and tenement lands and premises in Easton [now in city of Bristol] within the hundred of Barton Regis in the county of Gloucs. | C78/1930, no. 10 [59] | |
| 1676 | 14 April | 28 | William Allen gentleman & Katherine his wife executrix of Thomas Farmer the younger who was executor of Ralph Farmer clerk who was executor of Thomas Farmer the elder v. Thomas Chester esq | [see above] re. loan £200 14 Mar 18th year now Majst' reign [1666-7] by defendt. Thomas Chester from Thomas Farmer the elder secured on a close of ground called Coalpit Leaze 6 acres, two closes of pasture called Westfield, 7 Acres, a close of meadow or pasture called Knowles Leaze 2 acres, a close of meadow or pasture near adjoining to the Park Pale of Almondsbury called Coalpitt close or Coalpitt Leaze 3 acres, all in Almondsbury, Gloucs. | C78/1930, no. 9 [60] | |
| 1676 | 14 April | 28 | Francis Woodward of Bristol, brewer v. Thomas Chester, esq and others (sic) | [see above] re. loan £400 28 Jan 1658 by defendt. Thomas Chester from Thomas Woodward (complt's father) secured on the defndnt's several messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments lying in the par. of Almondsbury, Gloucs. | C78/1930, no. 8 [61] | |
| 1676 | 15 April | 28 | John Atkinson the younger of Louth, Lincs, tallow chandler v. John Atkinson, the plaintiff's father, of Louth | re. demise of 15 Mar 1671 (drawn by counsellor at law George Osney), by the defendt. to Christopher Hewson of Horncastle, his messuage or mansion house, gardens, orchards, barns, stables, outhouses, dovehouse situate in Westgate, Louth and his messuage or tenement, yard, backsides, stables, shops, outhouses in Merthyr Road, Louth... | C78/1124, no. 12 [62] | |
| 1676 | 17 April | 28 | William Duncombe and Richard Grange v Raphe Hough | Title to mortgaged messuage in Brickhill and lands in Greater Brickhill, Bucks | C78/744, no. 11 [63] | |
| 1676 | 18 April | 28 | Mary, George, Susan and Hannah Whitlocke, William Pittman, Anne Pittman, William Mitchell, Anne Mitchell, Thomas Parsons, John Parsons and Anne Parsons, all under the age of 21 years by John Abington v John Ware | Legacies payable from personal estate. | C78/890, no. 2 [64] | |
| 1676 | 19 April | 28 | John Warren of Bristol and Richard Warren his brother sons of Richard Warren & Mary his wife v. Thomas Greene; Richard Hurtnoll; Nicholas Tilley; and Thomas Horne | re. decree 19 Jun 27th year of now majst's reign [1675-6]; it was ordered and decreed that the defndnts. Greene, Hurtnoll, Tilley and Horne should convey the houses and premises in Bristol in the said decree mentioned to the complnts. John and Richard Warren by undivided moieties... | C78/1930, no. 12 [65] | |
| 1676 | 20 April | 28 | John Clarkeson administrator of Frances his wife and William Clarkson an infant by the said John his guardian v. Christopher Meale | re. demise by Christopher Meale in July 1651 £400, according to custom of the manor of Langley Marsh [Langley Marish, now in Slough], to Frances Clarkeson, of a messuage or Inne and garden, Orchard, stables and outhouses in Colebrook, within the said manor, known by the sign of The George, and a certain parcel of land thereunto belonging...; with provisos... | C79/68, no. [66] | |
| 1676 | 24 April | 28 | James Herbert, esq, second son of Philipp, earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, lord chamberlain of the household of King Charles I by his first wife the lady Susan de Vere, one of the daughters of Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford v. Philip, earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; and John, lord Pawlett; John Tregonnell; Francis Wroughton; William Thomas; and Giles Eyre, esqs; and Francis Negus | re. letters patent 14 Jan 25Henry8 [sic, 1533-4] granting to sir William Herbert afterwards Earl of Pembroke [c.1501–1570] and Anne his wife, the manor and site of the late dissolved monastery of Wilton [Wilton, Wiltshire] and the manor and borough of Wilton and diverse other manors, messuages, land tenement and hereditaments in the cos. of Wilts, Dorset, Cornwall, Devon, Southton {Hants] and Somerset, to have and to hold... and to the heirs male of their two bodies...;descent. | C78/1061, no. 3 [67] | |
| 1676 | 24 April | 28 | Sir Hugh Smith, Knight of the Bath and baronet [1632–1680]v. Warwicke Bampfield, esq; John Winter, esq; Thomas Warre, esq; Anne Rogers; Alexander Popham, esq; and Sir John Saint Barbe, baronet | re. the deceased Francis Rogers leaving his son Hugh Rogers and infant the wardship of his personal estate which was then committed by the Courte of Wards unto Sir John Hele, knight and Thomas Smith Esq [1609-1642], the complt's late father... | C78/1268, no. 1 [68] | |
| 1676 | 25 April | 28 | Edward Stephens v William Weston; Francis Edes; Thomas Crane; Henry Smith; and William Combes | Reconveyance of lands in Cookehill, Worcs and Ownall, Warwicks. | C78/742, no. 1 [69] | |
| 1676 | 28 April | 28 | Dame Anne Coulston, widow; Robert London, esq; Sir Christopher Calthorpe, Knight of the Bath; and James Calthorpe, esq; Thomas Tunperly, esq; and Henry Bedingfield, gent v. John Carter; Sir Thomas Slater, baronet; Nicholas Edward, doctor of phisick; Bennett Garman; and John Ravenscroft, esq | re. trust of Charles Paris (about 22 years before the bill executed) for John Paris, and his manors of Great Lynton and Little Lynton [Linton], Chilford alias Chilsford and Michalott alias Michaelott in the co. of Cambridge and in the manor of Duxford St Peters alias Duxford Butlers, and also of divers messuages, farms, land, tenements and hereditaments belonging to the said manors, and also divers other manors, lands in Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex, and London... | C78/947, no. 10 [70] | |
| 1676 | 29 April | 28 | Jane Straine widow [née Parence] v. John Fox & Mary [née Parence] his wife and others (sic) | re. death intestate 1665 of Harman Parence and his good personal estate consisting of household stuff, frames for his trade, debt and credit, to the value of £1,000... and also possessed of several messuages in Pettycoate Lane [Petticoat Lane] par. of Stepney, Middx and elsewhere £50 per annum... | C78/1910, no. 10 [71] | |
| 1676 | 1 May | 28 | Phillip Elmes v. [blank] Richards an infant by John Suffeild his guardian | Mortgage of customary messuage in Copner, Isle of Portsea, Hants. Custom of the manor. | C78/1453, no. 11 [72] | |
| 1676 | 1 May | 28 | Francis Lowden, esq & Margaret his wife, sole daughter and heir of Sir Robert Stone, knight; Robert Lowden, son and heir apparent of said Francis and Margaret; and Frances their daughter, infants, by said Francis Lowden and Margaret his wife v. William Tindall; John Heron, esq; William Carpenter; and Anthony Samwell | re. marriage agreement, about 20 years ago, Francis Lowden & Margaret and property of late Sir Robert Stone five messuages in par. of St Buttolphs, Allgate, London and several others thereto adjoining, and of other messuages, land, tenements and hereditaments in London and Middx of a great yearly value... mortgaged to Nicholas Vanacre for securing the repayment of £1,000.... | C78/997, no. 13 [73] | |
| 1676 | 1 May | 28 | John Pyne, esq v. Thomas Gardner; and Richard Brinsmeade | re. decree 25 June last... ordered and decreed that the said recited decree should be confirmed and that the defndnts. Gardner and Brinsmeade should pay and satisfy unto the compl. his executors and assigns the residue of the the £1,804.... | C78/1267, no. 5 [74] | |
| 1676 | 1 May | 28 | John Cridland, an infant, by Thomas Cridle and Anne Stanfast, his guardians v. Lewis Sweeting; Robert Dashwood; Christopher Hawkins; John Streete, sr; Henry Sweeting; John White; and John Sydenham | re. will 23 Jan 1658, of Thomas Cridland (complt's father) and his testamentary estate of the value of about £800, parte thereof of goods to the value of £250; terms and conditions... lands in Brumpton Ralph [Brompton Ralph] & Stogumber, Soms. | C78/1268, no. 2 [75] | |
| 1676 | 3 May | 28 | John Maynard knight his Majesty's Chief Serjeant at Law v. Oswald Mosley esq | re. will October 1665, of sir Edward Mosley [2nd Bart., 1639-1665], his lands in Leics. and an agreement, on his marriage to the Lady Gray, now lady Rolleston [Katharine Grey, c.1644-1694-5] to settle on her, for her joynture, the said lands... | C79/68, no. [76] | |
| 1676 | 3 May | 28 | Anthony Rous & Mary his wife; William Rous his son and heir apparent, an infant, by him the complainant, Anthony his father and guardian; and John Wills, administrator of Mary his lat wife, one of the daughters of said Anthony Rous v. Robert Rous, gent; Elias Wills & Anne his wife, since deceased; AND also v. Nicholas Wills; Richard Styles; Alexander Rondle; Thomas Stephens; Henry Styles; and Thomas Styles the younger, who were by order of this court inserted into the bill; and others (sic) | re. property of complt. Anthony Rous viz. lordships manors, messuages, lands, tenements, rents etc in par. Modbury, Devon and in the several pars. of Halton, St Mellyn [St Mellion] and St Dominicke [St Dominick], Cornwall; and in ?1606 being a prisoner in debt was prevailed with, by his servant Thomas Styles, to convey all his estate to said Thomas Styles and one Thomas Wills (now desd.) and to defndt. Robert Rous.... | C78/947, no. 8 [77] | |
| 1676 | 3 May | 28 | Jonathan Barthropp of Greys Inn, Middx, esq v. Elizabeth Collett the elder, widow, relict, and administratrix of Thomas Collett, gent; Peter Collett; and Elizabeth Collett the younger, infants; and John Bradbourne, esq | re. debts of the intestate Thomas Collett and the defndnt. John Bradbourne, being indebted to the complt. in several sums of money, and a judgement, Trinity term 1666, in the King's Bench to the said complt. for £2,000 besides costs... | C78/1288, no. 3 [78] | |
| 1676 | 5 May | 28 | Thomas Tallon, esq v. Thomas Rawlings, gent | re. loan £400 29 Oct 20th year of now Mjsty [1668-9] by defnt. from complt. secured on seven messuages or tenements on west side of a street called Saffron Hill. in par. St Andrewes, Holborne [St. Andrew, Holborn], Middx. | C78/861, no. 9 [79] | |
| 1676 | 6 May | 28 | Elizabeth Badger, widow; Jane Badger, widow; Nathaniel Bostocke and Elizabeth his wife, Andrew Crosse; Rowland Crosse; and Thomas Crosse infant by Andrew Crosse their father v William Pay | The estate of Rowland Badger: messuage called the 'Lodge' in the Parish of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire | C78/785, no. 1 [80] | |
| 1676 | 6 May | 28 | James Dorset v. Edward Peachey and Francis Chandler | re. loan £200 in October before the bill by complt. James Dorset, a ship-wright, from defndt. Edward Peachey; partnership of Dorset and Chandler... | C78/846, no. 2 [81] | |
| 1676 | 6 May | 28 | Charles Morris; Edmund Morris; Robert Morris; and Richard Morris, infants under 14, being the only sons and children of Robert Morris late citizen and skinner of London, by Edmund Smith, esq, their grandfather v. James Reading, esq; John Sandford, esq; Richard Hawkins; and Margaret Morris, widow | re. will 16 Dec 1675, of Robert Morris and his manor of Loddington, Leics. and several other lands tenements and hereditaments in co. Leics., yearly value £1,400, and also personal estate of £3,000+ ...and his debts to several persons in several great sums of money... | C78/861, no. 6 [82] | |
| 1676 | 8 May | 28 | Mary Wykes the relict of Roger Wykes decd and mother of John Wykes also decd, son & heir of the said Roger v Edmond Parker | Annuity payable from marriage settlement of lands in Spreton, Sandford and Drustenton, Devon. | C78/890, no. 9 [83] | |
| 1676 | 8 May | 28 | Sir Harbottle Grimston, baronet, master of the rolls; Sir William Child; Sir Justinian Lewen; Sir Thomas Estcourt; Sir Mondeford Bramston; and Sir Nathaniel Hobart, knight, masters in ordinary of this high court of chancery v. Elizabeth Mann, widow; and John Mann gent | re. Thomas Mann of Yoxford, Suff. replaces vicesimo quarto Junii[24 June] 1668, Joseph Herne as an Usher of the Court on orders of Lord Culpeper, then Master of the Rolls; during Herne's execotion of his Office, sum of £6,505 4s 3d was paid into Court and not paid out... | C78/764, no. 2 [84] | |
| 1676 | 9 May | 28 | John Fellow & Elizabeth his wife, the only surviving daughter of John Deane, esq, her late father v. Joane Cowdrey, widow, relict and executrix of James Cowdrey her late husband; and others (sic) | re. will 22 Dec 1659 of John Deane and his divers messuages and lands with the appurtenances in co Berks., £100 p.a. and possessed of a long-term for years of other lands in said co., and of a good personal estate; his three daughters and the terms of his will... | C78/1288, no. 2 [85] | |
| 1676 | 11 May | 28 | Edmond Marsh, gent, an infant, by Thomas Cricke & Anne his wife, mother of said Edmond and relict and executrix of Robert March of Fordham, Norf, gent v. Edmond Barber, esq | re. will June 1662, of Edmond Skipwith (the complts' uncle) and bequest of £200 to be paid to Robert Marsh, the complt's father, within one year after his decease, to be employed for the complt's benefit... | C78/947, no. 7 [86] | |
| 1676 | 11 May | 28 | Peter Emont v. William Collings; John Taylor & his wife; Margaret Emont; and Mary Clarke | re. devise £90 16 Jun vicesimo primo Caroli [1669-70] by Robert Westaway to Richard Emont [?Emond], decsd. one messuage and premises with the appurtenances in Plymouth value £30 p.a. for the term of 60 years; terms and conditions... | C78/1275, no. 10 [87] | |
| 1676 | 21 May | 28 | John Crosse, esq; Robert Crosse; and Thomas Crosse, by said John Crosse; William Crosse by Robert Ditchfield; Ralph Longworth & Joane his wife; Robert Ditchfield & Julian his wife v. Richard Radley; John Rogerson; Leonard Egerton; William Hulme; Hamlett Ashton; Ellis Hey; Roger Rogerson | re. complts. are sons and daughters of Elizabeth late wife of William Radley and formerly the wife of Richard Crosse, and which said Elizabeth was one of the sisters and co-heirs of Richard Clayton deceased; descent of property of Richard Clayton who was in his lifetime was eized of two parts in three to be divided of the manor and capital messuage of Bleasby, [lincs] and of two parts in three to be divided of the manor of Sotby [lincs] and in two parts in three to be divided of the tithes of corn with the appurtenances in Bleasby and Cullow [Collow, Lincs]. and his deed of 1656... | C78/883, no. 5 [88] | |
| 1676 | 26 May | 28 | Mathew Lister of London, merchant & Sarah his wife v. Richard Lister; Christopher Lister; and Mathew Lister | re. demise by sir Matthew Lister (complt's father) to one Calixt Rust of a messuage and divers buildings and outhouses, with the appurtenances, situated in The Strand in the par. of St Martin in the Fields, Middx. for 21 years or some such term, yearly rent £60; terms and conditions.... | C78/1166, no. 12 [89] | |
| 1676 | 27 May | 28 | William Jones v Thomas Price | Sale of stock and implements and rents due from farm in Avening, Gloucs. | C78/860, no. 7 [90] | |
| 1676 | 29 May | 28 | Mary Morley, widow; Thomas Morley; and John Morley, gent v. Christopher Eyons | re. will decimo tertio decembris [13 Dec] 1673 of Thomas Morley and his bequest of one messuage in Richmond co. Ebor [York] to complt...; alleged fraud by defendt. | C78/1018, no. 6 [91] | |
| 1676 | 2 June | 28 | Simon Bellamy of Exeter merchant & Elizabeth his wife; Jane Legassike [Legassicke or Langossocke]; and Wilmotte Legassike; the said Elizabeth Jane and Wilmotte beings sisters of William Legassike of Southwark, Surrey, silk dyer and of Henry Legassike deceased brother of said William Legassike v. William Legassike and George Peterson | re. indenture 30 Dec 16th year of now Majsty. [1664-5] to grant and confirm to Thomas Rich and John Bartlett, all that messuage and tenement commonly called Legassike in the par. of St Isse [St Issey], Cornwall; terms and conditions... | C79/17, no. [92] | |
| 1676 | 3 June | 28 | Thomas Betsworth of St Mary, Savoy, Middx, gent, son and heir of Thomas Betsworth of St Clements Danes, Middx, esq, who was son and heir of Sir Peter Betsworth of Milland, Sussex v. Mary Box, widow | re. seeking to have the redemption of a supposed mortgage pretended to be made by the said Sir Peter Betsworth [Sir Peter Bettesworth, 1562-1634] in 1631 of the manor of Eping [Iping, in par. Stedham with Iping ] £400 per annum, who having occasion to borrow money to discharge his debts and raise portions for his younger children did borrow on the mortgage £1,500 of Henry Hooke now deceased and John Hooke his son... | C78/993, no. 3 [93] | |
| 1676 | 5 June | 28 | John Wheatly of Chertsey, Surrey, yeoman v. Thomas Cressey esq | re. loan by complt. John Wheatly of £40 some years since ( with penalty fourscore pounds), from the defendt. Thomas Cressey... and one William Wetton's interest or share in the navigable passage made on the River Wey in Surrey, and his copyhold land upon or near the said passage... | C78/1911, no. 2 [94] | |
| 1676 | 6 June | 28 | Barbara Harvey, widow, relict, and executrix of Henry Harvey v. Constance Harvey; Francis Harvey; and Sir Andrew Henley, knight [1st baronet 1622–75] | re. jointure of complt. Barbara Harvey, and indenture dated the last of February 17Charles1 [1641-2] and £50 p.a., payable out of their (husband Henry or William Harvey, his father's) castle and manor of Bridgwater, Soms. | C78/898, no. 8 [95] | |
| 1676 | 7 June | 28 | Dame Martha Cony, widow, relict and executrix of Sir William Cony, knight v. Ralph, lord Grey of Warke, since deceased | re. marriage agreement (Martha Grey & sir William Cony); late Lord Grey of Warke [d.1674] was to pay £40 p.a. to complt, he being her brother.... | C78/948, no. 2 [96] | |
| 1676 | 7 June | 28 | Jane Williams, an infant, sole daughter and heir of William John, by Gwenllyan John her mother and guardian v. John ap John; and Joane verch John | re. John William Preese, g-father to the complt. and his messuage or tenement in the par. of Trallong, Brecon [ or Y Trallwng now Powys]... and his natural love and affection to Joane verch John his wife and to William John his eldest son... did settle the premises to use of himself for life, and after to the use of his son, subject to the proviso or condition, that son should pay threescore pounds yearly to Joane verch John... | C78/962, no. 1 [97] | |
| 1676 | 7 June | 28 | Edward Progers, esq v. William Harper & Rebecca his wife, granddaughter and heir of Richard Killett the elder, deceased; and John Killett | re. complt. Edward Progers wanting a surrender and conveyance and an account of the profits of certain copyhold lands in Denton and Topcroft, Norfolk formerly the lands of one Sadd, according to certain articles of agreement 1 May 1674, made between the complt. and the defndnt. Killett... | C78/1018, no. 4 [98] | |
| 1676 | 7 June | 28 | Sir James Johnson, knight v. Nathaniel Scottow, executor of Joseph Scottow | re. to compel the defndnt. to release, surrender or assign over to the complt. Sir James Johnson [of South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norf.] the remainder of a term of £1,000 years of and in the moiety of a messuage or tenement and certain lands and tenements in Gorleston, Southtowne and Little Yarmouth, Suffolk [sic] and to deliver up to him the deeds, writings concerning the same... | C78/1018, no. 5 [99] | |
| 1676 | 8 June | 28 | Sir John Williams v John Cary. | Measurement of lands in the manor of Minster Court Shift in Isle of Thanet, Kent | C78/742, no. 4 [100] | |
| 1676 | 8 June | 28 | Thomas Kerton of Upwell, Norf, gent v. John Marshall; Frances Marshall; and Thomas Bankes | re. lease 24th Feb 18th year of now Majesty [1666-7] for 5 years of a mansion house called Rackings with the lands belonging containing 85 acres in Wellenhey in the Isle of Ely [Upwell cum Welney, Norfolk], and of a meadow called the round meadow 11 acres; terms and conditions of lease... | C78/1001, no. 15 [101] | |
| 1676 | 10 June | 28 | Frances Wickham of Winchcombe, Som, widow sole executrix of Elizabeth Raynon, widow and Dorothy Raynon of the same, spinster v. Henry Warr | re. alludes to a suit of Trinity term 1658 of Elizabeth Raynon v. Henry Warr and Dorothy his wife, concerning messuage and fourscore acres in Ilminster and Broadway, Soms. and of five tenements and 86 acres in Martock and a tenement and 8 acres in Connington [?Cossington] and of one tenement and 80 acres in Fiddington...seized of one George Balch, who was Elizabeth's brother... | C78/1930, no. 15 [102] | |
| 1676 | 10 June | 28 | Richard Norwich, citizen and haberdasher of London v. John Sanders; Bryan Kitchingman; and William Bond | re. descent of property formerly belonging to George Sanders of ?Barnwell, Cambs, several messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments and a watermill known as Bishopp's Mill, situated in the town of Cambridge and a messuage and mill House and the Floodgates, watercourses, dams and all fishings to the same belonging, and also of a close called the Mill pasture containing two acres with all tithes etc... and the payment of portions to the sisters of the son, Richard, of George Sanders...conveyance of premises in lieu of portion to Thomas Norwich 26 Sept ?1652... | C78/997, no. 16 [103] | |
| 1676 | 13 June | 28 | George Perryer v George, Viscount Hallifax; Robert Foley; John Foorth; John Huniades and Phillip Foley | Debts on security of brewhouse and lands in Taunton, Somerset. | C78/742, no. 3 [104] | |
| 1676 | 13 June | 28 | Thomas Martin of Hadleigh, Suff, apothecary; and Joseph Coleman of Hadleigh; Edward Challenor, school master there, for themselves and all other inhabitants of said town and of the said school master there and all other school masters that then after should be there v. Thomas White the elder of Hadleigh, yeoman | re. will 18 Feb 1582, of Edward Clarke and bequest to the churchwardens, and their successors of Hadleigh, for ever, a nearly rent £5 towards the finding and maintaining of one honest man, being a schoolmaster, to teach children in Hadleigh... | C78/1284, no. 1 [105] | |
| 1676 | 14 June | 28 | Jarvase Rockeley v. Christopher Wilkinson gentleman & Barbara his wife deceased the relict of William Harpham and others (sic) | re. ordered and decreed that the said Christopher Wilkinson should proceed to an account with the said Jarvase Rockeley, touching the matters in the order mentioned and Master sir Andrew ?Harlett of this Court was to take the account touching which the said defendant Wilkinson or the said Harpham had received by leavies or otherwise towards his satisfaction of his suretishipp... | C78/2070, no. 24 [106] | |
| 1676 | 14 June | 28 | Charles Boscawen, esq v. Hugh Boscawen, esq [1625–1701]; Samuel Roll, esq; Arthur Fortescue, esq; and others (sic) | re. will 30 June 1636 of Hugh Boscawen and the descent of his manors of Tregothnan, Blanckland, Trevilla, Carnalirir alias Carnalidgy, Tregarrecke {Tregerrick], Lamayle and Lyzarde, and other lands and tenements etc., etc., Cornwall. | C78/947, no. 11 [107] | |
| 1676 | 14 June | 28 | Sir Thomas Nott, knight, administrator of Dame Elizabeth Nott his late wife v. Sir James Thynne, knight, since deceased; and Sir Thomas Thynne, knight, since deceased; and Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, knight and baronet | re. to be relieved, among other things, for £10,000 residue of a Legacy of £20,000 given by the last will of Sir Thomas Thynne decsed., father of the said defnds. to the said Dame Elizabeth Nott, late wife of the complt. and dau. of the said Sir Thomas thynne the Elder, which said sum of £10,000... | C78/949, no. 10 [108] | |
| 1676 | 15 June | 28 | Dorothea Oglander the only daughter of Sir William Oglander late of Nunwell in the Isle of Wight, Hants, knight and baronet by guardian Dame Dorothy Oglander her mother v. Sir John Oglander baronet and William Webb esq | re. loan of £2,000 by sir William Oglander [ca. 1611–1670] to the defndnt. William Webb, secured on one or more bonds and the will of the said sir William Oglander, made 10 August 1669, which devised to the complt the sum of £2,000, which was then in the hands of the defndnt. William Webb... | C79/17, no. [109] | |
| 1676 | 18 June | 28 | Roger Omer of St John the Baptist, Isle of Thanet, Kent, an infant, by Thomas Jull, his guardian v. Thomas Sladden of St John the Baptist, Kent, yeoman & Mary his wife | re. descent/ownership of lands belonging to late Richard Omer, died 1661, of par. St John the Baptist in Isle of Thanet, Kent viz. messuage, farm and land in or near a place called West Nordowne [hamlet of West North Down] in the said par., and of lands in the par. of Minster & other lands in the Isle of Thanet... | C78/1075, no. 6 [110] | |
| 1676 | 20 June | 28 | Thomas Ellis of Bristol, merchant and Elizabeth Buckley an infant by said Thomas Ellis her guardian v. Elizabeth Balman, widow | re. will 7 Aug 1661 of Richard Balman, late one of the alderman of the city of Bristol and his personal estate £5,000+; bequest to his g-daughter Sarah Balman, dau. of his son Thomas Balman, £100 to be paid within 2 years after his decease... | C78/1930, no. 14 [111] | |
| 1676 | 20 June | 28 | John Metford, gent, son and heir of Samuel Metford, who was younger brother and next heir at law to John Metford, doctor of phisick v. Christopher Wilkinson, gent | re. will Sept 1668 of said Dr John Metford and his divers messuages or houses in Pierpoole Lane, London and a messuage in the par. of St Mary Savoy and a house in Suffolk Street and divers other messuages lands, tenements in England & the manor of ?Bingsbury and divers messuages and land held by lease from the college Of All Souls, Oxford, and of a personal estate of a very considerable value; bequests and legacies... | C78/1267, no. 11 [112] | |
| 1676 | 21 June | 28 | William Goldsmyth v Sir Charles Gawdy; John Margett; Richard Moyse; and Richard Dowe | re. complt. being indebted to the defndnt. Sir Charles Gawdy [c.1635-1707] for £150, did for security make a bill of sale of 30 milch cowes, 32 heifers and 4 hoggs and for further security confessed a judgement to him of £150 and before execution was taken out, paid and delivered to him, the said sir Charles Gaudey,in money and goods, £82 12s 4d; dispute over money owed... | C78/790, no. 8 [113] | |
| 1676 | 21 June | 28 | Edward Herbert and Jane his wife; Christopher Webb and Anne his wife v Richard Combe and William Cotton | Possession of tithes and lease of parsonage of Hemel Hempstead and hamlets of Bovingdon and Flaunden, Herts | C78/1221, no. 4 [114] | |
| 1676 | 21 June | 28 | Elizabeth Baskervile; John Baskervile; Mary Baskervile; and Symon Baskervile an infant by the said Elizabeth, sons and daughters of Francis Baskervile esq v. Thomas Baskervile; Thomas Cripps; John Glanvill and Roger Bodenham | re. conveyance 12 Sep 1651 by Francis Baskerville(complt's father) to Thomas Grubb, William Sadler, Thomas Smith and Thomas Cripps of a certain tenement or farm called Upper Woodhills alias Oadhills with lands and premises belonging in the par. of ?Cleve Piper, Wilts., and all that lordship or manor of Temple Rookley [Rockley] with lands and premises belonging in the pars. of Ogbourne St George, Ogbourne St Andrew and and Preshult [Preshute] or some or one of them and certain messuages, lands and tenements in Winterbourne, Winterbourne Bassett, and also divers messuages,lands and tenements in Barwick Bassett [Berwick Bassett]... | C79/17, no. [115] | |
| 1676 | 22 June | 28 | John Holland gentleman v. Andrew Bayly; Rodolph Quatermayne; John Tompkins; William Stephenson executors of George Bayly; John Holland gentleman the elder; and Sarah Holland; George Baly; Mary Baly; and Elizabeth Bayly infants by their guardians | re. marriage agreement 1672 between complt. John Holland and Sarah Bayly, one of the daus. of the said George Bayly decsed., and its undertaking that her portion and fortune should be worth to the complt. the sum of £1,250.... | C78/2070, no. 23 [116] | |
| 1676 | 26 June | 28 | John Markes, executor of John Markes; Thomas Moore; Samuel Blunt; William Bascombe; Francis West; Richard Towner; Edward Millington, executor of William Millington v. John Reynold, & Elizabeth his wife, sister and heir of Robert Whitpaine, son and heir of Robert Whitpaine his father; Goddard Newington; William Scras; Edward Norton; William Baldwin the younger; John Bridger; Joane Trumblett; and John Bernard | re. ordered and decreed that the complt. should attend Master sir Andrew Hackett of this Court and make out their debt before him, to which purpose he was to examine witnesses and to direct a commission into the country ...& to compute the same with damages and cost of this suit and that the defndnt.John Reynold and his wife should from time to time hereafter account for the profit of the land and premises... | C78/1726, no. 9 [117] | |
| 1676 | 26 June | 28 | William Lascells, esq, & Katherine his wife v. Hugh Savile, gent; and William St Quinton, esq | re. will 23 Feb 1666 of Francis Lascell [Lascelles, 1612-1667] and his [named] closes with their appurtenances, £100 p.a. in Thornaby otherwise Thornmanby or Thornaby Grange, Yorks; bequests to son Francis, now decsd., and to defndts... | C78/1590, no. 12 [118] | |
| 1676 | 26 June | 28 | Ralph Freake; and William Coward, esq v. Henry Richardson [1650-1701], baron of Cramond, son and heir of Thomas, lord Richardson and the Lady Ann Richardson, relict of said Thomas, lord Richardson; and William Richardson, esq | re. conveyance £3,000 by Thomas late lord Richardson [1627-1674]and sir Jacob Garrrard [1586–c.1666] to complt. Ralph Freake of manor of West Billney [West Bilney, in the par. of East Winch] and several messuages, lands, tenemnts and hereditaments in West Billney, Norf... | C78/1112, no. 3 [119] | |
| 1676 | 27 June | 28 | Katherine Lee, daughter and sole executrix of John Lee, knight; Richard Lister, executor of Martin Lister, knight v. Richard Holman, gent | re. demise 27 Jul 1641 by Andrew Saunders to sir John Lee, sir Thomas Sludder, sir Martin Lister [1602-1670] and Robert Lee the manor of Sysham [Syresham] and several other messuages and lands in Northants; proviso regarding the debts of Andrew Saunders... | C78/881, no. 2 [120] | |
| 1676 | 28 June | 28 | Harbert Pellham [Pelham] of London merchant, executor of Edward Pellham who was executor of John Harrison of London, merchant v. John Steele & Abigail his wife; Isaac Barton; Edward Barton; Maurice Abbott & Rebecca his wife; Elizabeth Steele; John Hale & Margaret his wife; William Charles; and WIlliam Paman | re. refers to a judgement in Hilary term 1663 obtained by late John Harrison, a merchant trading to the Barbadoes and other parts beyond the Sea, against the defndnt. Steele for £400... and that afterwards the said John Harrison made his will 25 Jul 1663 and afterwards died in Barbadoes 1665... | C78/2028, no. 9 [121] | |
| 1676 | 29 June | 28 | Sir John Bennett, Knight of the Bath; Sir Henry Capell, Knight of the Bath; Sir Eliab Hervey, baronet; Mrs Elizabeth Bennett, relict of John Bennett, esq; Mrs Katherine Hampson; Giles Hungerford, esq & Mary his wife; and Margaret Paulett, relict and administratrix of William Paulett, gent; William Thursby; Joseph Keeble, esq; Michael Babbington, gent; Francis Naylor, gent; Richard Allenn; William Gilmore; Timothy Taylor; Mary Halfhead, widow; John Spellor; ___ Caine; ___ Coxe, widow; ____ Wiggins; ___ Lynch; Robert Levins; Thomas ____; ___ Tuby; William Symons; and ____ Kidd, creditors of Ambrose Bennett of Grays Inn, Middx, esq v. Sir Richard Ingoldsby, Knight of the Bath; Robert Hampson, esq; Henry Hampson, esq; John Bennett an infant by his guardian; Symon Bennett, esq; Richard Hubart, gent; and Thomas Bulstrode, esq | re. Ambrose Bennett and his capital messuage called Bulstrodes and divers messuages and lands in the pars. of Upton, Chalfont St Peter, Chalfont St Giles, Hedgerley, Falmer [Fulmer] Stoke Poges and Farnham Royal, Bucks., and of several other farms and lands in the pars. of Beaconsfield, Farnham, Burnham and Hedgerley, Bucks., and and that Ambrose Bennett some years since did enter into several securities hereafter mentioned.... | C78/872, no. 7 [122] | |
| 1676 | 29 June | 28 | Richard Busby [1606-1695], doctor in divinity, treasurer of the Cathedral Church of Wells, Som, and parson church of Martocke, Som v. James, earl of Salisbury | re. rights of the Office of Treasureship to a yearly sum of £5 payable by the abbesses of the late dissolved monastery of Syon, Middx., and of a moiety, or some other portion, of tithes of and in the parish of Martock, Soms., which tithes being vested in the Crown on the dissolution of monasteries were granted out thereof by letters patent... | C78/948, no. 3 [123] | |
| 1676 | 29 June | 28 | Valentine Hepward v. Robert Hodson; and William Lawes | re. agreement by Sir John Pott [c. 1592–1673], about Sept. 1659, to lease to the complt. for 42 years a certain messuage or tenement lying at or near the lower end of the yard of the great messuage or inn called the Kings Head in Grays Inn Lane in the par. of St Andrew Holborn, Middx... | C78/949, no. 9 [124] | |
| 1676 | 29 June | 28 | Thomas Atkins of London, gent & Susanna his wife v. Peter Otger; Samuel Devisher; William Vanbrugh; and John Hamben & his wife | re. marriage agreement, about 8 years since, complt. Thomas Atkins other complt. his now wife, who as executrix to her sister Jane. was entitled to a considerable personal estate. by the will of Mary Duboys, to whom the said defndnt. Otger was executor... | C78/997, no. 14 [125] | |
| 1676 | 29 June | 28 | William Greening, citizen and clothworker of London v. William Freeman, by Edmond Wymondsold, his guardian; and said Edmund Wymondsold & Hannah his wife; George Townsend, esq; John Freeman; John Durdant; Elizabeth Freeman Greening, an infant, by John Peyton, her guardian; and Richard Field | re. marriage agreement 1665, the complt. William Greening, and Sarah Hurst, a g-daughter and one of the co-heirs of Elizabeth Freeman, then of the par. of St Olaves., Southwark, Surrey; the said Elizabeth should settle at the time of her death, by her will, one full half part of the real and personal estate which she should then be seized of, or possessed of... | C78/1001, no. 14 [126] | |
| 1676 | 1 July | 28 | John Colwall, esq v. Richard Downes, esq, & Elizabeth his wife | re. loan £1,750 2 Oct 1661, by defndt Richard Downes from complt. John Colwall secured on all that capital messuage for Mansion House cold Giltonhirst alias Gildenhirst with all barns, stables, outhouses, edifices, building, orchards, gardens, backsides and appurtenances whatsoever...situate lying and being in Pulborough, Sussex, containing by estimation, 50 Acres be they more or less... | C78/1599, no. 9 [127] | |
| 1676 | 1 July | 28 | John Boylstone; Rebecca Boylstone; Mary Boylstone; Richard Boylstone; Katherine Boylstone; Edward Boylstone; and Elizabeth Boylstone, sons and daughters of Richard Boylstone, deceased, infants, by George Jeffryes, esq, common serjeant of the City of London, their guardian; and Henry Boystone, one of the sons, and Mary Boylstone, one of the daughters of Henry Boylstone, deceased; and Jophn Boylstone; Edward Boylstone; and Richard Boylstone, other sons of Henry Boylstone, infants, by the said Henry Boylstone, their brother and guardian v. Thomas Stansall, executor of Edward Boylstone | re. will 11 Dec 1675 of Richard Boylestone [Boylston] and his very plentiful personal estate consisting in ready money, gold, jewels, plate, goods, merchandises, bonds, specialties, leases, mortgages and other debts and duties due, and owing to him to the value of £8,000; bequests... | C78/1001, no. 13 [128] | |
| 1676 | 1 July | 28 | Thomas Chapman of Chester, goldsmith; and Randle Hulme of Chester, gent v. James Rawlinges; and Joshua Brookes | re. dispute concerning account, £320 owed 3 Oct 1672, by complt. Chapman to defendts... | C78/1001, no. 16 [129] | |
| 1676 | 1 July | 28 | William Woolley v. Martha Roydon, widow, executrix of Matthew Roydon; John Roydon; and Sarah Roydon | re. deed of covenant 11 May 1669, and joint costs and charges related to several tofts and parcels of ground in the several pars. of St. Bridgetts alias Brides and St Mychaell, Hogan Lane, London... | C78/1273, no. 5 [130] | |
| 1676 | 3 July | 28 | Sir Robert Shirley of Staunton Harold, Leics, baronet; the lady Elizabeth Seymour grandchild and heir of Frances, late duchess of Somerset and marchioness of Hertford; Thomas Thynne, esq & the lady Frances his wife daughter of the lady Mary, countess of Winchelsea and grandchild of said duchess of Somerset; Heneage Finch; Thomas Finch; Charles Finch; Leopaldus Finch; Lesley Finch; and Jane Finch sons and daughters of Mary, countess of Winchelsea; and Marianne Finch grandchild of said countess of Winchelsea; Conyers Darcy esq; Frances, countess of Southampton, wife of said Conyers Darcy; Charles, lord Clifford & the lady Jane Clifford his wife; the said Heneage, Thomas, Charles, Leopaldus, Lesley, Jane, and Marianne Finch being all infants by the said Thomas Thynne their guardian v. Thomas Gape and William Gregory esqs | re. descent of manors and lordships or reputed manors and lordships of Latphey [Lamphey], Hoggeston [Hodgeston], ?Langome, Talbenny and Burton and of divers messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments thereto belonging and also of divers lands and tenements in the par. of St Florence and elsewhere in co. of Pembroke...which belonged to late Robert earl of Essex [Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1591 – 1646] who died without issue about 30 years ago... first descended to his sister Frances [Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, 1599– 1674)]... | C78/2021, no. 3 [131] | |
| 1676 | 3 July | 28 | William, duke of Newcastle [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592–1676)] v. John Digby, esq; Richard Neale; Robert Chapple; Gervas Hutton; Oliver Taylor; John Richardson; Rowland Woollhouse; John Meakin; Robert Taylor; John Greenwood; William Whelpdale; John Thorpe; Francis Wilson; Paul Wilson; John Wilson; John Cheetham; John Ashley; John Ball; Paul Eyre; Christopher Eyre; William Snowden; Richard Thorpe; Thomas Cooke; Charles Buttery; William Coates; Robert Ward; George Caulton; Robert Eyre; Christopher Whelpdale; James Bentley; John Eyre; Robert Clarkson; George Lord; Richard Janson; William Powbold; Elizabeth Hutton; Richard Snowdon; John Daud; William Pinckney; William Frith; James Ball; Edward Willey; William Hurst; Thomas Coe; James Rowland; Elizabeth Bramley; Mary Newbold; Joseph Snowdon; Thomas Snowdon; Edward Widnall; Darcy Mollineux; and others the freeholders, landowners, and tenants of the lordship or township of Mansfield Woodhouse, parcel of the manor of Mansfield in Sherwood in Nottinghamshire | [apparently the same as C78/1589, no. 12, below] re. enclosure of Mansfield Woodhouse... 'yet if inclosed and reduced into tillage, a thing much wanting in the said town of Mansfield Woodhouse, might by good husbandry be brought to be great advantage, not only to the complt. and themselves, but also to the parts adjacent...' | C78/1599, no. 11 [132] | |
| 1676 | 4 July | 28 | Dame Frances Russell [Frances Cromwell, c.1638 – 1720, dau. of Oliver Cromwell], widow, relict of Sir John Russell, baronet; Sir William Russell, baronet; Richard Russell; John Russell; and Elizabeth Russell, children of said Sir John Russell, infants, by said Dame Frances Russell their mother v. Gerrard Russell, esq; Sir George Downeing, knight and baronet; William Webb; Edward Bourne; and others (sic) | re. conveyance 4 June 16th year now Majesty's reign [1664-5] of the manors of Chippenham and Brent Grange Cambs., and several messuages. lands, tenements and hereditaments £1,500+ p.a by sir John Russell [3rd Baronet, 1632?–1669] to Richard Parr and William Salmon... | C78/948, no. 5 [133] | |
| 1676 | 4 July | 28 | John Long of Kenne [Kenn], Devon, gent v. George Browne | re. refers to bill about 8 years before, exhibited by John Browne, son of Richard Brown, and father of the defndnt. George Browne, who was seized of the reversion in fee, of that messuage and tenement and 1 close of land, meadow and pasture called Coombe Meade, containing 120 land yards, in Kenne in possession of the said Richard Brown... | C78/1267, no. 2 [134] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | Robert Cropwell v Edward Martin and John Lacy | Debts on security of lands in Connington (No county given). | C78/880, no. 7 [135] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | Rt. hon. Lady Mary, Countess dowager of Warwick, relict & sole executrix of Charles, late Earl of Warwick decd v Rt. hon. Robert Earl of Manchester; Charles Monntague, Lord Mandevile; Robert Monntague; and Heneage Monntague | Legacies and maintenance from trust settlement of manors of Chattam, Prittwell and Milton, Essex | C78/950, no. 6 [136] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | George Furss of Great Torrington, Devon, yeoman v. Thomas Joce | re. loan £250 10 May 18th year now majst's reign [1666-7] by defndt. Thomas Joce fron one John Bond secured on a messuage or tenement with the appurtenances and several lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, woods and hereditaments belonging, in the par. of West Buckland. Devon... | C78/1911, no. 1 [137] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | William Hutton, gent, & Elizabeth his wife; and Mary Jenings, widow, the said Mary and Elizabeth being executrices of Thomas Jenings v. Martin Dixon; and Miles Jenings | [apparently same as C78/1589 no. 13 , below] re. descent of the manor of Burnshead, in co. of Westmerland [?Burneside in Westmorland, now Cumbria] and a messuage and tenement and several closes, clausures, and parcels of land, meadow and paths belonging and appertaining enjoyed as part or parcel or member, holden of the Lord according to the custom of the manor... | C78/1599, no. 10 [138] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | William, duke of Newcastle v. George Wakefield; Mary Clayton, widow, executrix of William Clayton; and Mary and Andrew Clayton, gent | re. the said William Clayton decsd. in his lifetime had in the late time of Rebellion, gotten into the possession of divers of the complts' manors Lands and tenements, farms... and in particular his forged iron mills and furnaces in Clipston [Clipstone], Clipston Park, Edwinstowe and Carburton, Notts. and Baslow, Derbs. in which time he had cut and destroyed all or most of the complnt's wood.... | C78/1596, no. 9 [139] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | William Hutton, gent, & Elizabeth his wife; and Mary Jenings, widow, the said Mary and Elizabeth being executrices of Thomas Jenings v. Martin Dixon; and Miles jenings | [apparently same as C78/1599 no. 10, above] re. descent of the manor of Burnshead, in co. of Westmerland [?Burneside in Westmorland, now Cumbria] and a messuage and tenement and several closes clausures, and parcels of land, meadow and paths belonging and appertaining enjoyed as part or parcel or member, holden of the Lord according to the custom of the manor... | C78/1589, no. 13 [140] | |
| 1676 | 6 July | 28 | William Kent of Boscombe, Wilts, esq v. William Rymes of Basingstoake, Hants; Henry Barfoote; and Richard Rawlings | re. dispute over a debt of £100 conditioned by a bond of £200 part-paid to defendt. Henry Barfoote... | C78/1061, no. 4 [141] | |
| 1676 | 9 July | 28 | David Hodgson the elder; William Hodgson; John Liddell; Robert Liddell the elder; Robert Liddell the younger an infant by Isabell Liddell, widow, his guardian; Robert ....anby; Edward Robinson; John Bordell; William Hodgson; John Hodgson of Northend; John Hodgson of Westend; John Hutton and Mabell his wife; John Hodgson of Crosse; Ellianor Hodgson of Crosse, widow; Joseph Mathewes; John Hodgson of Buckbottome; ...... Hodgson of Buckbottome, widow; Rowland Hodgson; William Hodgson, glover; Richard Hodgson; William Lonsdale an infant by Jane Lonsdale, widow; Margaret Herbertson als Hodgson, widow; Margaret Robinson, widow; Joseph Hodgson an infant by Isabell Hodgson, widow; John Robinson; Robert Hodgson; William Hodgson; William Liddell; Thomas Blaine; George Miller; Arthur Hodgson; John Lonsdale; John Robinson; Henry Wildman; David Wilson; Elizabeth Sturdy an infant by Margaret Hodgson; Thomas Mason; Barnard Mason; John Wilson of the Well; Thomas Wilson; Christopher Wilson; Rowland Liddell an infant by Rowland Glaister; Isabell Story infant by Anne Story, widow; Rowland Hodgson of the Fold; John Robinson; George Liddell the elder; John Glaister; Richard Hodgson; Thomas Sturdy, carpenter; Thomas Sturdy, taylor; William Sturdy; Elizabeth Sturdy, widow; Margaret Dixon infant by Richard Dixon; Thomas Sturdy of Morehouse; John Barne; William Shepherd; John Hodgson als Robert John; Robert Hodgson; Anne Hodgson, widow; John Hodgson als John over the gate; John Hodgson als John Lilyate; Francis Threlkeld; William Hodgson infant by Richard Mathew; William Hodgson son of Thomas; John Robinson; John Cooke; Robert Browne; Edward Moore; Thomas Hodgson; John Threlkeld the elder; William Hewett infant by John Johnson; Janet Hunt, widow; Richard Becke; Allen Hodgson; George Blaylock als Blaklocke the younger; John Hodgson son of Thomas; Edmund Liddell; John Falder; George Blaylocke als Blacklocke the elder; Robert Hobson; John Browne; John Threlkeld junior; Thomas Robson; John Hodgson of Kirkegate; John Hinde; William Burton; John Norman; John Robson; William Goldy; John Hodgson, bayliffe; Robert Hodgson and Ellinor his wife; John Walby; Robert Wilson; Francis Howard; John Watson; Thomas Falder; John Pattison jun; William Liddell; William Hodgson; Jane Pattison als Martin, widow; William Mathew; Jane Mathew, widow; Rowland Glaister and Anne his wife; John Hodgson of Downhall; John Stoddert infant by Mary Stoddert, widow; Robert Wilson; John Henderson of Drumliming; John Plummer; John Baine; John Stodert infant by Mary Stodert; Thomas Nixon; John Tiffin infant by Elizabeth Tiffin, widow; William Tiffin; Robert Aisbrigge infant by Margaret Aisbrigge, widow; Michael Hodgson; John Hodgson of Thorneby; Thomas Ismay; Richard Plaskett; Thomas Jefferson; John Hodge; Thomas Hodge; George Stamper; John Twentyman; Robert Barne; Winifred Barne, widow; Richard Barne; Christopher Henderson the elder; Christopher Henderson jun; John Furnace; Leonard Blaine; Anne Blaine, widow; John Stodert; Margaret Stodert, widow; Thomas Liddell; Symon Ayston; Thomas Hodgson; Anne Barne, widow; John Barne; John Stodert; William Stodert als Blaine; George Stodert; Anne Stodert, widow; Francis Stodert; George Stodert, weaver; John Smith infant by George Stodert; John Smith; Joseph Stubb infant by John Walker, clerke; John Stodert; Thomas Wallace; Cuthbert Wallace; Simon Carr; Peter Barwis; Thomas Furnace; William Wilson; Thomas Harding; William Henderson; John Henderson and Jane his wife; Anthony Barne; William Stodert als Blaine; William Barwis; John Furnace; Anne Furnace, widow; John Barwis; Richard Wilson, clerke; John Newton; John Blackburne; George Stodert; Edward Mathew; John Rickarby infant by Jane Rickarby, widow; Christopher Blaine; William Jefferson; Robert Barne; Christopher Henderson; William Smyth; John Smyth; John Atkinson; Anne Atkinson, widow; George Barne; Thomas Gate; Thomas Tiffin; John Scott the elder; Robert Huntington; John Thomlinson; John Studholme senior; John Studholme junior; Anne Ritson, widow; Anne Watson, widow; John Williamson; John Ritson; Robert Wilson; Thomas Jefferson; Isabell Jefferson, widow; William Jefferson and Janet his wife; William Mathew; Thomas Robinson; John Hinde; Elizabeth Hinde, widow; John Rickarby; John Barwick; Robert Mathew infant by Anne Mathew, widow; John Robinson; Jane Jefferson, widow; John Williamson, weaver; John Robinson of Moore End; Anne Mathew infant by Margaret Mathew, widow; Thomas Ritson; Anne Ritson, widow; John Boake; Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Howe; Richard Matthew; Janet Matthew, widow; Thomas Ritson; John Carnddesse the elder; George Gasse; John Graham infant by Isabel Graham; George Blalocke of Rockliffe; Thomas Nixon; George Hewett and Janet his wife; Ellianor Hewett, widow; Robert Ivison; James Nixon; John Hodgson; Janet Hodgson, widow; Thomas Hewett; Thomas Jackson; Elizabeth Jackson, widow; Henry Hewett; William Jackson; Robert Jackson; William Wilkin the younger; James Maxwell; William Rey infant by Sibbell Rey, widow; Peter Hewett; William Hewett infant by Elianor Hewett, widow; John Irwing; William Wilkin the elder; Thomas Jackson and Isabell his wife; Sybbell Rey; Robert Nixon; John Robinson; William Nixon; Michael Richardson; Christopher Graham of Garreston; William Hennell; Rosomond Irwing, widow; John Graham; Robert Graham; Robert Rey and Elizabeth his wife; William Jackson junior; William Jackson senior; Christopher Jackson; Richard Fargison; Thomas Graham; Janet Graham, widow; William Bell son of Julian; Rymond Story; Blanche Tayte, widow; William Maxwell; Robert Story; Thomas Story; Symond Jackson the younger; Christopher Jackson of West Lynton; Symond Jackson the elder; John Phillipp; William Graham and Jane his wife; Thomas Jackson; John Heslopp; Richard Story; John Jackson the elder; John Ivison; John Graham infant by John Browne; John Jackson the younger; John Browne; Walter Phillipp; William Heatherington; George Heathrington; William Graham; Richard Graham; Thomas Carndesse; Thomas Pattison; Peter Poole; John Pattison; John Herbert; Jane Herbert, widow; John Lawson; Thomas Lawson; John Hodgson of Drumbrough; Christopher Irton; Dorothy Peirson, widow; William Taylor; Edward Sharpe; Christopher Sanderson; David Hodgson; Thomas Poole; Joseph Poole; Edward Mathes; Richard Backhouse; Thomas Backhouse infant by John Backhouse; Robert Robinson; Robert Fairlam; John Peirson; John Fairlam; Peter Miller; Thomas Wilson the elder; John Dunnell; Edward Backhouse; Thomas Lawson the elder; Anne Richardby, widow; Edward Sharpe; David Hodgson the younger; John Mathewman; John Will senior; John Will junior; George Fell; John Lowther; Robert Hoshart; Simon Smith; Thomas Smallwood; John Carr; John Harrison; Simon Harrison; Mary Hodgson als Marke infant by Margaret Hodgson als Marke, widow; William Hodgson; Christopher Lawson; John Hodgson of Aiston; and Thomas Wilson junior all being customary tenants of and within the Barony of Burgh als Brough in the County of Cumberland v. Henry, Earl of Norwich, Earl Marshall of England | re. the customs of tenant rights within the Barony of Brough alias Burg [now Cumbria], for all the time wherein the memory of man is not to the contrary... | C78/1469, no. 6 [142] | |
| 1676 | 27 July | 28 | William Lee of London, merchant v. Sarah Broadbent and Timothy Wade | re. partnership agreement Dec 1663 between complnt. William Lee and one Daniel Deeves of London, clothworker in buying and selling of cloth for their equal benefit; each agreed to bring in £500 a piece to be employed as a stock-in-trade.... | C78/846, no. 1 [143] | |
| 1676 | 8 July | 28 | George Lee merchant v. Sarah Bowler widow administratrix of John Bowler her late son | re. Indenture of apprenticeship 13 Aug 1663 for 8 years of late John Bowler, who was sent to tobacco plantation in Virginia to work for Robert Whitehaye, following which time the management of the plantations etc were turned over to John Bowler; ...requirement to give an account and keep bookes...
see also: 1674: C78/1893, no. 12 ] |
C78/1893, no. 10 [144] | |
| 1676 | 9 July | 28 | William, duke of Newcastle [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1592–1676] v. John Digby, esq; Richard Neale; Robert Chappell; Gervas Hutton; Oliver Taylor; John Richardson; Rowland Woollhouse; John Meakin; Robert Taylor; John Greenwood; William Whelpdale; John Thorpe; Franis Wilson; Paul Wilson; John Wilson; John Cheetham; John Ashley; John Ball; Paul Eyre; Cristofer Eyre; William Snowden; Richard Thorpe; Thomas Cooke; Charles Buttery; William Coates; Robert Ward; George Caulton; Robert Eyre; Christofer Whelpdale; James Bentley; John Eyre; Robert Clarkston; George Lord; Richard Janson; William Newbold; Elizabeth Hutton; Richard snowden; John David; William Pinckney; William Frith; Jane Ball; Edward Willey; Willliam Hurst; Thomas Coe; James Rowland; Elizabeth Bramley; Mary Newbold; Joseph Snowden; Thomas Snowden; Edward Widnall; Darcy Molineux; and others, the freeholders, landowners, and tenants of the lordship or township of Mansfield Woodhouse, parcel of the manor of Mansfield in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire | [apparently the same as C78/1599, no. 11, above] re. enclosure of Mansfield Woodhouse... 'yet if inclosed and reduced into tillage, a thing much wanting in the said town of Mansfield Woodhouse, might by good husbandry be brought to be great advantage, not only to the complt. and themselves, but also to the parts adjacent...' | C78/1589, no. 12 [145] | |
| 1676 | 18 July | 28 | Richard, lord Arundell, baron of Trerice [Trenance or Trerice in the parish of Newlyn East] v. James Butler, esq; Edward Rooper, esq; Samuel Lamott; and John Riches, merchants | re. loan 1657 £4,000 by John Arundell (complt's father) from James Butler Amberley, Sussex, and an indenture of lease and release 13/14 Apr 1659 betwen Richard Arundeel of Trerice, Cornwall (son of John Arundell), Nicholas Arundell of Garnick [Gwarnick] (the complt's brother) Anna Trevanion (the complt's sister), sir John Greenvill of Stow [Greeville of Stow in Kilkhampton], sir John Arundell of Lanherne all of the co. of Cornwall and Robert Cary of Clevelly [Clovelly] and George Deare of Tavistock both of the county of Devon and William Chadwell of Lincoln's Inn Middx.... | C78/1001, no. 12 [146] | |
| 1676 | 14 Oct | 28 | Sir Francis Compton, knight [c.1629–1716], & Dame Jane his wife; and John Pollexfen of London, merchant v. Robert, lord viscount Purbeck & the Lady Margaret his wife | re. loan £1,000 11 Apr 1660, by Arthur Elmes, decd., from THomas Elmes also descd. secured on the rectory and parsonage impropriate of Warmington, Northants.and all lands, tenements, tithes and hereditaments belonging, in Warmington, Popley, Fotheringham alias Fotheringhay or any of them.... | C78/947, no. 4 [147] | |
| 1676 | 16 Oct | 28 | Margaret Mitchell widow and relict of Nathaniel Mitchell and Phebe Mitchell; and Elizabeth Mitchell daughters and coheirs of the said Nathaniel Mitchall infants by said Margaret Mitchell their mother and guardian v. Sarah Mitchell widow and relict of Samuel Mitchell deceased and John Mitchell son and heir of said Samuel Mitchell an infant by said Sarah Mitchell his mother and guardian | re. 22 Feb in 27th year of his now Majst's reign [1675-6], it was ordered and decreed, amongst other things, that the defndnts. should settle and convey the farm called Bentley's Farm to the complnts. "the infants", according to the limitation in the will of the said Nathaniel Mitchell, and did further order and decree that the said defdnts. should come to an account for the personal estate of the said Nathaniel Mitchell... | C79/17, no. [148] | |
| 1676 | 16 Oct | 28 | Julyan Noy, widow, relict, and administratrix of Joseph Noy v. John Bosustoe {Bosistow] , gent; John Ellis & Anne his wife; John Wallis & Sarah his wife; Francis Geare; and others (sic) | re. loan £220 10 Feb 13th year of now Majsts's reign [1661-2] by defndt. John Bosustoe from late Joseph Noy secured on parts of a barton farm called Bosustoe {Bosistow] in par of St. Levan, Cornwall... | C78/947, no. 3 [149] | |
| 1676 | 24 Oct | 28 | John Briscoe esq & the lady Anne his wife; Thomas Porter esq; Thomas, earl of Portland; James Porter esq; Francis Harvey esq; Sebastian Willoughby gentleman & Anne his wife v. Anne countess of Banbury, Charles Earl of Banbury, the Honourable Lord Russell, sir Lancelot Lake [1609–1680], Bennett Lord Shepherd, Henry Knollys, the ladyes Anna Maria Knollys, Frances Knollys and Katherine Knollys | re. marriage agreement 2 and 25 Feb 1649 Nicholas, earl of Banbury [1631-1674] and the lady Isabella [d.1654], lands of the manor of Great Harrrowden and Little Harrowden, Northants; terms and conditions... | C79/17, no. [150] | |
| 1676 | 26 Oct. | 28 | William Jones v Thomas Price | Sale of stock and implements and rents due from farm in Avening, Gloucs | C78/860, no. 5B [151] | |
| 1676 | 30 Oct | 28 | Alexander Walthall, gent v. Nicholas Wilmott, serjeant at law, now Sir Nicholas Wilmott, knight [Sir Nicolas Wilmot of Osmaston Hall, 1611-1682] | re. deed of release by complt. to defndnt. April decimo septimus Car Prim Regis [1641-2] during the late unhappy wars breaking forth in this Kingdom, for the better expedient to preserve the said estates: the manors of Barrowcoate [in Etwall] and Burnaston and of divers messuages, lands and tenements in Etwell Etwall and Trusly [Trusley], Derbs. & Sutton Bonington and Kingston in the co. of Nottingham... | C78/947, no. 2 [152] | |
| 1676 | 30 Oct | 28 | John Onseley, gent v. Charles Corsellis | re. loan £200 4 Apr 1665, by complt. John Onseley from defndt. Charles Corsellis and one Abraham Cornellis, secured on all the complt's lands in Great Budworth, Cheshire; monies repaid according to conditions... | C78/1018, no. 3 [153] | |
| 1676 | 31 Oct | 28 | Richard Ranson & Elizabeth his wife v. Christopher Hewson | re. will 20 Mar 1658 of Christopher Hewson (father of defndnt.) and his personal Estate of beast, horses, sheep, corn, hay, household stuff and other goods, value £700 + ;bequest £100 to his dau. Elizabeth Ranson.... | C78/846, no. 3 [154] | |
| 1676 | 6 Nov | 28 | Mary Currer, widow and relict of Hugh Currer; Margaret Currer; Anne Currer; Elizaebth Currer; and Thomas Currer, children of said Hugh and Mary, infants, by said Mary their mother and guardian v. Hugh Currer and William Currer, executors of said Hugh Currer; John Currer; Henry Currer; Christopher Currer; John Calbeck & Mary his wife; Thomas Blakey & Helen his wife | re. descent of property May 1669 of Hugh Currer the father, divers messuages and land in Steeton, Yorks., and sums of money chargeable on the lands...and debts paid on behalf of late William Currer.... | C78/853, no. 9 [155] | |
| 1676 | 6 Nov | 28 | Rechord [sic] Pecocke, widow and relict of Richard Pecocke, esq v. Samuel Neale | re. descent of certain crofts of land called Temple Croft and Lemore with their appurtenances, about 8 acres, lying in Hendon or Finchley, or one of them, in co. Middx., from time of Dec 14Elizabeth [1571-2].... | C78/947, no. 6 [156] | |
| 1676 | 7 Nov | 28 | Edward Fleming and Margaret his wife, grandchild and heir of George Bland v Francis Page; William Blaker; John Wright; and Edward Hobson | Title to the manor of Raymonds, Sussex | C78/744, no. 10 [157] | |
| 1676 | 13 Nov. | 28 | Samuel Cusse, son and administrator de bonis non of Henry Cusse his father, and brother & administrator of Henry Cusse v Joseph Ash son of John Ash; Edmond Webb and [blank] his wife executrix of James Ash; and John Ash son & executor of the said John Ash the father. | Title to mortgaged premises, Longstreete Farm, Enford, Wilts | C78/890, no. 4 [158] | |
| 1676 | 17 Nov | 28 | Henry Johnson; and Mordecay Fromonteel [Mordecai Fromanteel, 1642-1698] v. James Hickson, esq; William Witham; and Clement Witham | re. in Woodford, Essex a messuage or tenement and the garden, orchard, houses and buildings and of a tenement, 3 acres of pasture,more or less, lying in Woodford Rowe within the said manor...
and refers to a decree of this Court made in Hilary term scdo Car primi Regis[1626-7] in a cause between Toby Cage Esq., Simon Thelwall (late father of the said Daniel), Lionel Bailey and several other tenants of the manor... |
C78/949, no. 2 [159] | |
| 1676 | 17 Nov | 28 | Hugh Trevanion, gent one of the younger sons of John Trevanion, esq v. Sir John Arundell, knight & Dame Anne his wife, relict of said John Trevanion; and an other | re. grant by letters patent, or some other writing, of the reversion of all the park of Restormel, three acres of wood and a place called Trinity Chapel in Cornwall to the defndnt. Dame Anne... by reason that John Trevanion, the complt's father (slain in the assault of Bristol 1643), at his own proper charge, raised a Regiment of Foot whereof he was Colonel, engaging in the service of his late majesty King Charles I, in the late unhappy War... | C78/949, no. 7 [160] | |
| 1676 | 17 Nov | 28 | John Bagwell v. John Burnard; and Thomas White | re. re-payment of bond and dispute over monies still outstanding... | C78/1275, no. 9 [161] | |
| 1676 | 18 Nov | 28 | Edmond Davenport of London, merchant v. Henry Spurstow, merchant; Sarah Gourden, widow; and others (sic) | re. great sums of monies owed by Henry Spurstow, and attempts by him to involve, his former apprentice and brother-in-law, Edmond Davenport in re-paying them... | C78/949, no. 3 [162] | |
| 1676 | 20 Nov | 28 | Richard Salwey, jr; and Robert Blaney, gent v. Henry, earl of Litchfield; Sir Walter St John, baronet; Sir Ralph Verner, knight and baronet; and John Cary, gent | re. will 18 Mar 1658, of sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, Oxon. and his divers manors. lands, tenements and hereditaments in the co. of Bucks. and elsewhere, £5,000+; bequests, marriage agreement and descent of property... | C78/1726, no. 12 [163] | |
| 1676 | 20 Nov | 28 | Sir William Juxon, baronet; William Gregory, esq; Michael Rutter, esq; John Barnard, esq; and John Humades, esq v. Raph Dutton, esq; Robert, earl of Lindsay; Dame Elizabeth, countess of Lindsay & Francis Henry Lee | re. will 5 Mar 1674, of William Dutton and his good estate of inheritance of several manors, lands, messuages, tenements and hereditaments & also of a personal estate of a great value & and being indebted to several persons in divers sums of money to the value of about £7,000; bequests and conditions... | C78/1726, no. 10 [164] | |
| 1676 | 20 Nov | 28 | Raufe Freke, esq v. Thomas, lord Culpeper & Dame Margaret his wife; Charles Henry, lord Wotton; Elizabeth Hamilton, widow; Sir Edward Brett; and Thomas Sheafe | re. demise 2 Mar 1651 £3,000, by sir Cheyney Culpepper [Sir Cheney Culpeper, 1601–1663] to Edward Atkins, sir Thomas Dacres, sir Anthony Archer [or sir Anthony Aucher] and Edward Wright of the manor, lordship and castle of Leedes [Leeds] lying in the towns, pars. or hamlets of Bromfield [Broomfield], Leedes, Hollingborne [Hollingbourne], Ulcombe and Burstead [Bearsted], Kent, with the rights, members and appurtenances and several messuages, lands tenements and hereditaments to the manor lordship and castle belonging... | C78/853, no. 4 [165] | |
| 1676 | 21 Nov | 28 | Sir William Luckyn, baronet v. John Rushworth, esq; Anne Pinchon, widow and relict of John Pinchon, esq; Edward Pinchon her son, an infant; John Tempest esq; Richard Davyes, & Susanna his wife; Sir William Humble, baronet; and William Comyns, esq | re. demise 8 May 1652 by the warden and scholars of New College, Oxford to the said John Pinchon, of the site of the manor of Easthall within the hundred of Benge ;[Bengie], Essex, with all houses, edifices, buildings, demesne lands, meadows... | C78/1604, no. 5 [166] | |
| 1676 | 22 Nov | 28 | Reginald Wilsham v. Walter Deeble; Robert Hancocke, clerk; and John Deeble | [faded document] re. Walter Deeble possessed of a tenement in par. of Anthony [Antony], parcel of the manor of West Anthony, Cornwall....offered to sell the same to... | C78/1011, no. 3 [167] | |
| 1676 | 23 Nov | 28 | Henry Gooding v. John Hill, clerk; William Bunckum; and Robert Gooding | re. will of William Cade of Halse, Soms. and his divers chattels, real long leases, estates for long term and of other personal estate of a great value; bequests including £200 to be paid to defndnt.Robert Gooding at his age of 21 years, rest of his goods and chattels.... | C78/1267, no. 3 [168] | |
| 1676 | 27 Nov | 28 | John Grove v Christopher Lambe. | re. demise 10 June 21st year now Majest's reign [1669-70] of one messuage or tenement, one kitchen one barn one outhouse... and orchards and 19 pieces of land, meadow and pasture containing by est. threescore acres lying in Egerton, Kent.... | C78/860, no. 6 [169] | |
| 1676 | 27 Nov | 28 | John Jeven; and others (sic) v. Richard Dudley | re. will 1 Jul 1652, of Edward Dudley; bequest of 140 acres of land, rent from which to go to the poor of Tipton, Bilston, Sedgley and Wednesbury [all now West Midlands]; terms and conditions. | C78/879, no. 4 [170] | |
| 1676 | 1 Dec | 28 | Elizabeth Woolley; and Elianor Woolley, the two surviving daughters of Robert Wooley of Denton, Lincs, gent, being both infants, by Joseph Clarke of Grantham, doctor of phisick v. James, earl of Salisbury; William Welby, esq; Francis Peete, clerk; Barbara Woolley, widow, relict of said Robert Wolley, the complainant's mother; Charnell Woolley; and John Woolley, uncle of said Robert Wolley | re. will Aug 1670 of Robert Woolley and his manor of Harpsfield Hall and divers land, tenements and hereditaments lying within the par. of St. Peter,[?Ayot St Peter] Herts, £200 p.a., and also possessed of a considerable personal estate; bequests and conditions... | C78/864, no. 7 [171] | |
| 1676 | 4 Dec. | 28 | Nicholas Phillips v Richard Phillips the elder and Richard Phillips the younger and others (not named) | Testamentary settlement of bonds, personal estate and shipping. | C78/950, no. 5 [172] | |
| 1676 | 4 Dec | 28 | Henry Fairefax, esq v. Stephen Trigg | re. loan £300 by complt. Henry Fairefax from Stephen Trigg with a £600 penalty; alleged refusal of Trigg to accept £300 repayment on some pretence... | C78/851, no. 3 [173] | |
| 1676 | 5 Dec | 28 | William Watson of St Giles in the Fields parish, Middx, perfumer executor of Thomasine Davyes alias Norincott, the relict of William Norincott v. Thomas Corbett; Richard Fowler; and Rowland Baugh | re. annuity 15 Oct undecimo Caroli primi [1635-36] £20 p.a. granted by indenture by Francis Fox to John Norincott, out of the manor of Rushock, Herefordshire; terms and conditions... | C78/1911, no. 3 [174] | |
| 1676 | 5 Dec | 28 | John Forth, esq & Albina his wife v. Ursulah Pepys, widow and administratrix of Thomas Pepys her late husband; and Thomas Pepys an infant, son and heir of said Thomas Pepys | re. loan of 'considerable sum' 14 May 27th year now Majsty's reign [1675-6], by complt. John Forth, from Thomas Pepys Esq., secured on all those cottages or tenements with the appurtenances and also one parcel of land on the Strand-on-the-Green, [Chiswick] Middx... | C78/906, no. 7 [175] | |
| 1676 | 6 Dec | 28 | Sir John Otway, knight, & Dame Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of John Brathwaite, who was next brother of Thomas Brathwaite, esq, who died without issue of his body on or about November then last past; and Bratwaite Otway an infant, first and eldest son of said Sir John on the body of said Dame Elizabeth by him begotten by said Sir John his next friend v. Robert Brathwaite, gent; Dorothy Sandys, widow; and Dorothy Brathwaite | re. marriage agreement 18 Apr 1661, Sir John Otway [c.1620-93 of Ingmire Hall, Sedbergh] and Elizabeth [née Brathwaite or Braithwaite] his wife, the near heir apparent of Thomas Brathwaite [of Ambleside, Westmld], touching Thomas's lands and estate in Yorkshire, Lancs and Westmorland.... | C78/1590, no. 13 [176] | |
| 1676 | 6 Dec | 28 | Francis Metcalfe of Chelmsford, Essex, doctor in phisick v. Thomas Kirwood of London, gent | Concerning a treaty of marriage between the defendant and Mary, now his wife and the complainant's daughter | C78/764, no. 1 [177] | |
| 1676 | 6 Dec | 28 | Peter, bishop of Bath and Wells v. John Hippisley; Charles Yorke; Thomas Napper; and Preston Hippisley | re. right and title of the bishops of Bath and Wells to the lott lead or tenth of all such lead or lead waste as had been or should, from time to time, be thereafter digged or raised out of the forest of Mendip in the co. of Somerset within the royalties of the said bishopric... | C78/868, no. 8 [178] | |
| 1676 | 7 Dec | 28 | Arthur Fowke, esq, by the name of Arthur Fowke of Symonsbury, Dorset, gent, son and heir apparent of Arthur Fowke of Symonsbury, Dorset v. William Chilcott, gent, son and heir of William Chilcott of Briddy [?Long Bredy or Littlebredy], Dorset | re. loan £2,300 Aug 14Charles1 [1638-9] loan by defendt's father to John Fowkes secured on a messuage and tenement in Askerswell, expectant of the death of the complt's father, and also possessed of a capital messuage barton farm called ?Suttons Farm lying within the par. of Symondsbury, £240+ p.a. | C78/1270, no. 3 [179] | |
| 1676 | 8 Dec | 28 | Dame Martha Bassett of Beaupree, Glam, widow v. Richard Bassett, esq; Sir Edward Mansell; Humphry Wyndham; Edmund Gamage; Anthony Carne; Henry Hothershall; Richard Blake; Lawrence Atterbury; Edward Mathewes & his wife; and James Covey & his wife | re. will 7 Sep 1667, of sir William Bassett [1627-67], complt's late husband, and his capital messuage called Beaupree [or Beaupré] and other lands in Glams.; bequests and conditions... | C78/997, no. 13 [180] | |
| 1676 | 11 Dec | 28 | Bernard Thachwell & Sarah his wife, daughter of Edmond Blackbrough and sister of Stephen Blackbrough, who left Sarah his relict and executrix v. Gilbert Cooper, who married the relict of Stephen Blackbrough | re. will 5 Apr 1662, of Edmond Blackbrough and his personal estate of about £2,000; his issue and, bequests... and will of Stephen Blackborough following his death in March 1667... | C78/874, no. 3 [181] | |
| 1676 | 11 Dec | 28 | Dame Abigaile Smith, widow and relict of Sir Thomas Smith of Hatherton, County Palatine of Chester, baronet v. Bennett, lord Sherrard; Francis Carleton, esq; and Frances Smith, daughter and heir of said Sir Thomas Smith, by her the said Dame Abigaile, an infant, by The Honorable Charles Carrington, esq, he runcle and guardian | re. marriage settlement 1657, sir Thomas Smith [ca. 1622–1675] and complt. Dame Abigaile Smith [née Pate]; settlement of lands of £500 p.a., to the use of the complt. for Life for her jointure... | C78/1061, no. 8 [182] | |
| 1676 | 11 Dec | 28 | Elizabeth Solley of Deale, Kent, widow v. John Whitfield of Canterbury, gent & Rebecca his wife | re. marriage agreement 12 Dep 1650, Stephen Solley and the complt. Elizabeth Solley; several messuages, lands and tenements in Nash in the par. of Ash, Kent; annuity of £50 to be issuing out of the capital messuage called Nash and the buildings thereto belonging... | C78/1061, no. 5 [183] | |
| 1676 | 13 Dec | 28 | Warwick Bampfield of Hardington, Som, esq v. John Vaughan and Hugh Vaughan esqs | re. loan £1,000 20 Mar 1631,by Thomas Bampsfield [Bampfylde], the complt's father, from Charles Vaughan (father of defenft. John Vaughan); annuity of £80 for 42 years.... | C78/1911, no. 7 [184] | |
| 1676 | 14 Dec. | 28 | Thomas Turgis v Robert Wither and John Hunt since decd | re. loan £100 22 Jan 1668, by John Hunt from Robert Hunt (to whom the complt. is executor) secured on two closes of land called Heth Croft [Heathcroft] lying in par. Bentworth, Hants.... | C78/790, no. 7 [185] | |
| 1676 | 14 Dec | 28 | George Tresham, esq & Anne his wife; Richard Fancourt, esq & Anna his wife, daughters of said George Tresham & Anna his wife; and Elizabeth Tresham; William Tresham; Maurice Tresham; Edward Tresham; and Clemencia Tresham, children of said George Tresham & Anna his wife, infants, by their guardian v. John, earl of Exeter [1628–1678] ; and Sir Lewis Palmer, baronet [1630-1713]. | re. indenture decimo quatro Mar 1670 by John Lord Roos [John Manners, 1638-1711] and sir Justinian Isham, decsd. [1610–1675] granting certain messuages, tithes and other hereditamanst in Pillerton alias Pillardington [Pillerton Hersey], Warks., to the defdts.and Oliver Beecher for 1000 years, by way of mortgage, redeemable on payment of £3,400 plus interest... | C78/1018, no. 2 [186] | |
| 1676 | 15 Dec | 28 | Edward Whitton v. John Searle; and Peter Lloyd, executors of John Barsano; and Edmond Lee, esq | re. will 15 Mar 1657, of Andrea Barsano and his divers messuages, lands and tenements in Holbech [Holbeach], Whapload [Whaplode], Moulton and Fleet, Lincs., £350 p.a; terms and conditions, reaminders.... | C78/868, no. 1 [187] | |
| 1676 | 19 Dec | 28 | John Shelton esq son and heir of John Shelton late of West Bromwich, Staffs, esq & Mary his wife both infants by Joseph Prickman of London merchant, guardian; and the said Joseph Prickman v. Walter Needham doctor in phisick & Elizabeth his wife, the relict and executor of John Shelton; Thomas Banaster esq; and Benjamin Shute | re. will 8 Feb 1664, of John Shelton and his manor of Wednesbury and all his land thereto belonging in the said co. of Stafford and certain other lands and tenements mentioned within the said manor of West Bromwich in the said co. and the reversion of other lands and tenements..; terms and conditions... | C78/1911, no. 4 [188] | |
| 1676 | 19 Dec | 28 | Edmund Broadway the elder, gent & Margaret his wife; and Charles Broadway; William Broadway; Ann Broadway; and Edmund Broadway, all infant children of said Edmund and Margaret by said Edmund their father, guardian v. Richard Hill; Richard Baugh, gent; and Stephen Baldwyn, gent, executors of Edwyn Baldwyn, gent | re. ordered and decreed that Master sir William Beversham of this Court should take an account from the defndnt. Baldwyn of the £600 therein mentioned and the interest thereof and of the profit of the land received by the said defndnt. or his father, discounting what either he or his father have paid, in taking of which discount... | C78/851, no. 2 [189] | |
| 1676 | 19 Dec | 28 | Jerome Rawstorne of London, merchant v. Thomas Williams, merchant; Rebecca Williams, widow; Robert Williams, mercer; Samuel Williams; Rebecca Williams; Joseph Williams; Mary Williams; Elizabeth Williams; and Sarah Williams, infants | re. will 5 Oct 1675, of Robert Williams and his [listed] properties in or near Lyme Street [Lime Street] market in the par. of Saint Dennis Back church [St Dionis Backchurch] in Langbourn ward [London, EC3]; bequests , conditions, debts... | C78/1164, no. 8 [190] |
