COURT OF ARCHES

Class E: libels, articles, allegations and interrogatories

Additional documents (not in the Houston index) added to the catalogue in 2017

Arches E 0/1. Ann Manners, Lady Roos [formerly Lady Ann Pierrpont], v John Manners, Lord Roos (1638-1711), afterwards 1st Duke of Rutland. Restitution of conjugal rights and divorce (adultery). 1662. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/2. Judith Adrian, alias Ent, v George Ent; wills of Judith and Josiah Ent, of London. Sentence, 26 Feb. 1664. The case involves the distinguished physician Sir George Ent. 1663. 1 membrane

Arches E 0/3. Thomasina West, of Stepney, Middx. v Margaret Siseman. Defamation. 1664. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/4. Anne Bath, wife of John Bath, of the Tower Liberty, London v Walter Lewis. Defamation. 1664. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/5. William Finch, of South Mymms, Middx, v Richard Pettit. Defamation. 1664. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/6. Frideswide Mynne, wife of Robert Mynne, of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middx. v Elizabeth Hodgskins. Defamation. 1665. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/7. William Haward v Ann Bartlet, of Cheshunt, Herts. Espousals. 1668. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/8. Josiah Clarke (Office) v John Ayris, John Tomkins, and Thomas Webb, of Moreton Pinkney, Northants., officers of the High Sheriff of Northamptonshire. Correction. The case concerns a pew in the church of All Hallows, Northampton, set aside for the High Sheriff during the Assizes. 1668. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/9. John Payne, of Faringdon peculiar, Berks. v Ralph Brideoake, Dean of Salisbury (afterwards Bishop of Chichester). Disputed jurisdiction over Faringdon peculiar. 1669. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/10. William Hardwicke,Vicar of Wantage, Berks. v Eleanor Slade. Dilapidations (will of Francis Slade, Vicar of Wantage). 1670. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/11. John Emerton v Bridget Hide, alias Emerton. Restitution of conjugal rights. 1675. 2 membranes. Arches E 0/12. Joan Archer, wife of Gabriel Archer, of 'Le Grave', London v John Lomax, of St. Giles Cripplegate. 1675. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/13. Laurence Saintloe (office) v John Cull, Curate of Knightsbridge, Middx. Solemnising clandestine marriage (Thomas Keightley and Frances Hyde, daughter of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon). 1675. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/14. Elizabeth Postlethwaite v Arabella Mayhew, of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, London. Defamation. 1676. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/15. Martha Clarke, alias Ford, of Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hants., daughter of John Ford of Winchester, v Edmund Clarke. Divorce (cruelty). 1676. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/16. Hatton Aucher, of Bishopsbourne, Kent, v Anne Powle, alias Aucher. Espousals. The case relates to Hatton Aucher (d. 1691) and Anne, widow of Sir Richard Powle (1628-1678), lawyer and politician. 1681. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/17. Edwin Sandys, Canon of Wells v William and Thomas Peirs, minors. Dilapidations (will of William Peirs, late canon). 1682. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/18. Ann Bundy v William Umney. Will of Nathaniel Bundy, of Wilshamstead, Beds. 1687. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/19. Arthur Griffiths v Leonard Diggs and William Cage. Will of Elizabeth Lovejoy, of St. George-the-Martyr, Canterbury, Kent. 1695. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/20. Henry and Richard White v Mary Smith; will of Thomas White, of Bosham, Sussex. (1695. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/21. William Still v Abel Litchford, owner of the manor of Boothby Pagnell, Lincs. The case concerns an aisle or burying place in Boothby Pagnell church belonging to the manor of Boothby Pagnell. This document comprises allegations (especially against the rector, William Perkins) made personally in court by Abel Litchford on 4 Feb. 1698/9. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/22. Elizabeth Holder, alias Kavanagh v Thomas Kavanagh, of the Fleet prison; nullity of marriage (prior contract). This document comprises allegations made personally in court by Elizabeth Holder on 19 May 1699. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/23. Mary Townson v Theobald Townson, of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset; divorce (adultery and cruelty). This document comprises the libel presented by Mary Townson. 1699. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/24. Joseph Smith, of Harlington, Middx v Catherine Hatt; jactitation of marriage. Sentence, 10 June 1700. (London). This document comprises interrogatories on the part of Joseph Smith. 1699. 2 paper leaves. Arches E 0/25. John, James, Jane, and Richard Davis, and William, Jane, Mary, and Susan Salmon v Ann Boyington, alias Court; will of John Court, of St. Mary-le-Savoy, London. 1699. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/26. Godfrey Lee, proctor in the Court of Arches, of St. Benet, Pauls Wharf, London v Mary Lee, of St. Benet, Pauls Wharf, London [recte Lambeth, Surrey]; restitution of conjugal rights. This document presents the case on behalf of Mary Lee. 1699. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/27. Godfrey Lee (office) v Charles Garrett, Notary Public, of St. Benet, Pauls Wharf, London; correction. This document comprises interrogatories on the part of Charles Garrett to be put to witnesses on the part of Godfrey Lee. 1700. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/28. Robert Bishop v John Collett and John Bromfield [name given in this document as John Blomfeild]; will of John Bishop, of Thorndon, Suffolk . This document comprises interrogatories on the part of Collett and Blomfeild. 1702. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/29. James Gwyn, Rector of New Radnor, Radnorshire, v Herbert Weston, of the parish of Old Radnor, John Sayer, clergyman, and Ann Bird, widow; tithes. The paper document is a copy of the sentence dated 8 Dec. 1702. 1 membrane, 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/30. John Martin, of the parish of St. Philip and St. James, Bristol v Ann Nicholls [in this document spelled Nickolls], wife of Thomas Nicholls [in this document spelled Nickolls], of the same parish; defamation. 1702. I paper leaf.

Arches E 0/31. Sarah Egerton, alias Field v Thomas Egerton; divorce (cruelty). The parties in the case are Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670-1723), poet and advocate of women's rights, widow of Edward Field, and her second husband Thomas Egerton (d. 1720), Rector of Adstock, Bucks.This document is the libel presented on behalf of Sarah Egerton. 1703. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/32. George Bradshaw, of Makeney in the parish of Duffield, Derbys. v Adin Froggatt [spelled Frogatt in this document], proctor, of Lichfield Consistory Court; incontinence, and costs. 1703. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/33. John Butler, Commissary for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, John Pern, Official Principal of Sudbury, and Henry Goodwyn, Registrar, v Thomas Tanner, Vicar-General of Norwich, and Henry Barrett, surrogate; disputed jurisdiction over Bury St. Edmunds, and contempt of court. 1703. 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/34. Dorothy Lewis, alias Prichard, of Llanthewy Court, Llanthewy, Monm. v William Lewis; nullity of marriage (impotence). 1 membrane.

Arches E 0/35. Ann [here spelled Anne] Grantham, alias Cracroft, of Hackthorn, Lincs. v Francis Grantham; restitution of conjugal rights. 1710. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/36. William Lye, churchwarden of the parish church of Woolwich, Kent, v Matthew Ellery. Non-payment of rates for the repair of the church as set in January 1714/15. This document is the libel presented on behalf of William Lye to the Consistory Court of Rochester. 1715. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/37. Elizabeth Trout, alias Wheeler, v Andrew Hamden; legacy of John Wheeler, of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middx. 1720. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/38. John Bedall v Prudence Hussey; will of Margery Jennings of St Giles-in-the- Fields, Middx. 1721. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/39. Office v Anthony Smith. Interrogatories on the part of Anthony Smith to be put to William Griffith and his wife Alice Griffith, witnesses against him. 1664. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/40. Interrogatories on the part of Mary Horne alias Martyn, wife of Richard Martyn, to be put to witnesses on the part of Mary Parsons, the pretended executrix of the will of Mr. Woodward [Hezekiah Woodward (1590-1675), nonconformist minister at Uxbridge, ejected Vicar of Bray]. Case not identified. c. 1675. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/41. Interrogatories on the part of Joan Styles, wife of Henry Styles, only daughter of Kemlerough Healy, late of Moulsey [Molesey], Surrey, a widow, to be put to witnesses on behalf of Anne Healy, legatee in the will. Case not identified. n.d. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/42. Interrogatories on the part of Alice Ringe to be put to witnesses on behalf of Samuel, Benedict and Sarah Price. Case not identified. Defamation. n.d. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/43. Certified copy from the baptismal register of the reformed church in Cuylenborgh, recording the baptism of Anna Catharina, daughter of Peter de Witte, on 26 March 1672. The copy, translated from 'Low Dutch', is dated 30 Sept. 1686. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 0/44. Draft interrogatories in a defamation case between Wiseman and Read. The full names of the parties are not stated. n.d. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 1/24. Edward Webb v Thomas Anderson. Tithes at Stepney, 1662. 1 membrane.

Arches E 1/29. William Ford v Rebecca Denning. Jactitation of marriage. 1662. 2 membranes.

Arches E 1/110-113. George Mitton, of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, v Frances Elwayes. Espousals. 1663. 2 membranes, 2 paper documents.

Arches E 1/130-131. Joan Walker v Robert Walker. Legacy of John Walker of Glastonbury. 1664. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E1/144. John Dale v Samuel Lawson and Sir Edward Lake. Election of churchwardens at Spalding. 1663. 1 membrane.

Arches E 1/152. Mary Goodall v Richard Goodall. Divorce (cruelty). 1662. 1 membrane. Arches E 1/160-162. William Ford v Rebecca Denning. Jactitation of marriage. 1662. 3 membranes.

Arches E 1/165. Phannell Mathews, a seaman, of Kingston, Surrey, and his wife Elizabeth, v Robert Carpenter. Defamation. 1663. 1 membrane. Case not in the Houston index.

Arches E 1/188-189. Willliam Ford, apothecary, v Rebecca Denning. Jactitation of marriage. 1662. 2 conjoint membranes.

Arches E 1/201-202. Susanna, Frances and Eleanor Symes v Bernard Pawlett. Will of Giles Pawlett of Oxford. 1662. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 1/203-204. George Browne v Edmund Browne, Legacy of Apolina Browne of Bradley, Staffs. 1662. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 1/212. Wealthy Hawley v Henry Hawley of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Restitution of conjugal rights. 1662. 1 membrane.

Arches E 1/237. Elizabeth Viccars of Whitechapel v Margaret Portland. Defamation. 1664. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 1/249. Mary and Bridget Gilbert v Osburn. Will of John Gilbert of Hopton, Suffolk. 1662. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 1/276. Thomas Blanchard, Rector of Worplesdon, Surrey, v George Farwell. Dilapidations. 1662. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 1/277-278. Robert Porey et al v Sir William Juxon. Legacy of William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury. 1664. 2 membranes.

Arches E 1/311-314. Thomas Bedford v John Parker. Legacy of Anthony Buckridge, of Lambeth, Surrey. 1661. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 1/369. Elizabeth Master alias Dyke v Thomas Turner. Legacy of Edmund Goodnough of London. 1662. 1 membrane.

Arches E 1/400. Elizabeth Williams v Jeremiah Horsneale. Legacy of John Williams of St Katherine-by-the-Tower, London. 1663. 1 membrane.

Arches E 1/405. Thomas Clendon v Richard Drake. Dilapidations at Radwinter, Essex. 1672. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 1/429. Rosamunde Hinde v Tobias Hargest. Defamation. 1663. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 1/430. Jacob Massey of Stepney v Mary Massey. Divorce (adultery). 1663. 1 membrane.

Arches E 1/463. Elizabeth Darrell of High Clere, Hants., v Nicholas Darrell. 1663. 1 paper leaf. Arches E 1/468-469. John Johnson, of St Edmund the King, London, v Susan Johnson. Divorce (adultery). 1661. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 1/470. Elizabeth Williams, alias Sampson v Jeremiah Horsneale [spelled here Horsnaile]; legacy of John Williams, of St. Katherine-by-the-Tower, London. 1663. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/31. Cecily Bradley, of St Giles in the Fields v John Bradley. Divorce (cruelty). 1663. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/42. Anthony Edmunds v Matthew Stevenson of London. Incontinence. 1664. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/60. Frideswide Mynne of St Martin-in-the –Fields v Elizabeth Hodgskins. Defamation. 1665. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/88. Samuel Howard v Andrew King and Thomas Stringer. Legacy of Elizabeth Medlicot. 1664. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 2/91. Priscilla Dobson v Isabella Frith of St. Giles Cripplegate. Defamation. 1664. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 2/101. Anthony Edmunds v Walter and Margaret Smith of Sevenoaks. Nullity of marriage. 1666. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/106. Thomas Roch v William Noyes, of St Michael Crooked Lane, London. Correction of morals. 1664. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/116. Sarah Sweeting v Thomas Harris. Legacy of Thomas Harris the elder, grocer, of London. 1663. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 2/133-4. Elizabeth Hawlings, of Hornsea, Essex, v Mary Blake. Defamation. 1664. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 2/136. Ann Duckett v Joan Baldock, of Baldock, Herts. Defamation. 1663. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/146. Edmund Attwater and James Bruce, churchwardens v William Clewer, Vicar of Croydon, Surrey; correction of William Clewer. 1665. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/150. Office v Anthony Smith of Clifford’s Inn. Adultery with Elizabeth Hobbs alias Shepherd, wife of Richard Hobbs of St Bartholomew the Great, London. 1664. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 2/185. Rebecca Wilcocke v Robert Marriott of Gray’s Inn. Espousals. 1666. 1 membrane. Arches E 2/194. Alismon, Lady Reade, v Sir John Reade, 1st Bt. Divorce. 1667. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/210, 217. Rebecca Wilcocke v Robert Marriott of Gray’s Inn. Espousals. 1666. 2 membranes.

Arches E 2/223. John Ward, vicar of Weedon-Bec, Northants., v Henry Sharpe. Laying violent hands on a minister. 1666. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/247. Thomas Cartwright, vicar of Barking, Essex, v Thomas Cokeman. Tithes. 1666. 1 membrane.

Arches E 2/258-259. Hannah Seare, a minor. Appointment of her father Edmond Seare as guardian. Legacy. 1667. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 2/262-263. Thomas Mottershed, a minor. Appointment of his mother Elizabeth as guardian. Legacy. 1666. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 2/265-266. Marden v Overton. Appointment of Richard Marden as guardian ad litem for his children. Testamentary. 1666. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 2/268. Blanche Catlett v John Ellis. Legacy. 1666. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 2/292. Francis Parker, of Hunton, Kent, v Martha Parker. Nullity of marriage. 1675. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 2/295, 331-332, 344. Rebecca Wilcocke v Robert Marriott of Gray’s Inn. Espousals. 1666. 4 membranes.

Arches E 3/36. Hannah and Elizabeth Fisher, minors, v their mother Elizabeth Fisher. Subtraction of legacies. 1667. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 3/196. Office v Samuel Lee, Rector of Houghton Conquest, Beds. Simony and drunkenness. 1668. 1 membrane.

Arches E 3/234. Elizabeth Worley of St Botolph, Bishopsgate, v Hery Jeffordson of Stepney. Defamation. 1667. 1 membrane.

Arches E 3/235. Margaret Arnold alias Arundell v Edward Arnold of Stepney. Divorce (cruelty). 1668. 1 membrane.

Arches E 3/289. Robert and John Gill, minors. Appointment of their father, Robert Gill, surgeon, of Stamford, Lincs., as their guardian ad litem. Will of their grandfather William King, barber surgeon of London. 1669. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 4/33. Office v Houltropp. Articles against Matthias Houltropp , of St Giles Cripplegate, for adultery with Anne, wife of Peter Philliter, a mariner overseas. 1670. 1 membrane. Arches E 4/119. James Forth v Eleanor Collier alias Forth. Will of James Forth of St Edmund’s Lane, London. 1668. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 4/123. Appointment by Zachary Chappell junior, a minor, of his father, Zachary Chappell senior, as his representative. Will of Jane Watts, of Wells. 1672. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 4/145. Robert Martin v Margaret Martin alias Jackson. Will of Thomas Martin, keeper of a tavern at Westminster. 1671. 1 membrane.

Arches E 4/173. Samuel and Mary Searle v Jane Collins. Will of George Clapp of St Michael Bassishaw, London. 1674. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 5/2. Elizabeth Hooper ,of St Martin-in-the –Fields, v John Hooper. Divorce (cruelty). 1673. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/65. Mary Pick, wife of Giles Pick, of St Giles in the Fields, v John White. Defamation. 1674. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/99. Office v Lewis. Articles against William Lewis, Rector of All Hallows London Wall, for misconduct, especially with regard to marriages. 1674. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 5/121. Rosamond Wilton, of Stepney, v Mary Conghley. Defamation. 1674. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/193. Office v John Cull, Curate of Knightsbridge. Solemnising clandestine marriages. 1675. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/197. Ann Sefton, of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, v Grace Pace. Defamation, 1675. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/207. Jeremy Barnard, of West Ham, Essex, v John Nutkins. Defamation, 1675. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/213. William Eagle and Thomas Adwinckle, churchwardens of Cottingham, Northants., v Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham. Church rates. 1674. 1 membrane.

Arches E 5/214. Samuel and Mary Searle v Jane Collins alias Minify. Will of George Clapp, of St Michael Bassishaw, London. 1674. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/4. Peter Holford v Mary Holford alias Rowland and Benedicta Withers. Nullity of marriage (forced marriage with a minor). 1675. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/34. Randall Yarwood, Vicar of St. Pancras, Kentish Town, v Thomas Williams. 1677. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 6/52. John Power, Lord Deshies, son of the Earl of Tyrone, v Catherine Villiers Fitzgerald. Espousals. 1676. 1 membrane. Arches E 6/66. Frances Grant, of St Ethelburga, London, v Elizabeth Finch. Defamation. 1677. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/73. Churchwardens of St. Olave, Southwark, v the Crown, William Clarke and others. 1677-8. 2 paper leaves. Case not in the Houston index.

Arches E 6/91. Hannah Long v George Long, of Lincoln’s Inn. Divorce (cruelty). 1662. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/92. Richard Briggs, Vicar of Glynde, Sussex, v Edward Roberts and James Clarke, Registrar of Pagham peculiar. Correction. 1673. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/97. Ann Weekes, of St Botolph, Aldgate, v Elizabeth Say. Defamation. 1677. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/112. George Rodney Bridges, of St. Paul, Covent Garden, Middx. v Ann Smith; jactitation of marriage. 1677. George Rodney Bridges (d. 1714), politician and M.P. 6 paper leaves

Arches E 6/129. John Jones, late Vicar of Winkfield, Berkshire, v Hester Tarrant. Dilapidations. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 6/136. John Vaughan v Eleanor Jackett alias Vaughan. Restitution of conjugal rights and jactitation of marriage. 1685. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/141. William Philpott, of Chalke, Kent, v Elizabeth Dorne. 1680. 1 membrane.

Arches E 6/143. John Austin v Milicent Paine. Will of Samuel Gutch of Glastonbury. 1679. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 6/144. Charles and Mary Bowler v Mary May. Legacy of Thomas Cole of Stepney. 1680. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 6/145. Mary Morgan, of Aberhafesp, Montgomeryshire, v Matthew Morgan. Divorce (cruelty). 1681. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 6/146. Canterbury (Archbishop Sancroft) v Sir Joseph and Daniel Sheldon. Legacy of Archbishop Sheldon. 1679. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 7/10, 18. Richard Kenricke, clergyman, of Mucklestone, Staffs., v William Owen. 1680. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 7/21. Constantia Delphini, alias Hill, v George Hill, of St. George in the Fields. Restitution of conjugal rights. 1679. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 7/32, 37. Ephram Sanderson, wife of Ralph Sanderson, of East Greenwich, Kent, v Sara Crow. Defamation. 1681. 1 membrane, 2 paper leaves. Arches E 7/45. John Dale, Rector of Longworth, Berks. v Catherine Ingram; dilapidations (will of Peter Ingram, late Rector). 1681. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 7/71. Francis Coventry v William Finch, parish clerk of Carshalton, Surrey. Parish rates. 1682. 2 paper leaves. Case not in the Houston index.

Arches E 7/84. Thomas English v Dorothy English alias Zouch, of St. Dunstan in the East, London, and Christopher Blount of the Inner Temple. Marriage contract. 1683. 1 membrane.

Arches E 7/85. Lichfield v Hackett. Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield, v Sir John Hacket. Dilapidations (will of John Hacket, Bishop of Lichfield). 1682. 1 membrane.

Arches E 7/97. Henry Lucas v Henry Bowen (St David’s ). Appointment of proctors by Agnes Lucas alias Bowen. 3 June 1683. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 7/110. Mary Hack alias Riley v Edmund Hack of Trowbridge. Nullity of marriage (frigidity). 1682. 1 membrane.

Arches E 8/55. Stephen Penckhurst, of St Mary Magdalene, Fish St, London, v Edward Fowler, Vicar of St Giles Cripplegate. Giving communion to an excommunicate. 1685. 1 membrane.

Arches E 8/69. Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, v Elizabeth, Countess of Stamford. Adultery. 1686. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 9/4. Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough, v William Lloyd, Bishop of Norwich. Dilapidations (Bishop’s Palace, Peterborough). 1685. 1 membrane.

Arches E 9/12. Henry Lloyd v Robert Harris. Legacy of Charles Longland of Leghorn [Livorno], Italy. 1690. 1 membrane.

Arches E 9/32. Robert Launder, Rector of Shenley, Herts. v William Elliott, gent., late Rector; dilapidations. 1687. 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 9/40. Sir Norton Modyford, 4th Bt. v Mary Guy, alias Lady Modiford. Marriage contract. 1688. 1 membrane.

Arches E 10/14. John Barnes v Sarah Collier and the Crown. Will of Dorothy Manby of Clerkenwell. 1690. 1 membrane.

Arches E 10/25. Tristram Salter (office) v John Davies, Vicar of Penn, Bucks. Negligence and popery. 1690. 6 paper leaves.

Arches E 10/36. Thomas Mackender, farmer of the Chancellor’s tithes, Lincoln, and Samuel Fuller, Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, v John Mapletoft of Newport, Lincs. 1690. 2 paper leaves. Arches E 11/31. Mary Hewitson alias Hewetson, of St. James, Westminster, v Captain Thomas Hewetson. Divorce (adultery). 1692. 1 membrane.

Arches E 11/41. Margaret Packe alias Carter, of St. Albans, v Clifton Packe. Espousals. 1694. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 11/46. Elizabeth Price, styled Countess of Banbury, v Charles Knollys, styled Earl of Banbury, and Elizabeth Lister, styled Countess of Banbury; restitution of conjugal rights. 1693. 1 membrane.

Arches E 11/106. Ann Ady v Mary Sherman. Will of Elizabeth Williams of St James in the Fields. 1695. 1 membrane, 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 11/110. Arthur Griffiths v Leonard Diggs. Will of Elizabeth Lovejoy of Canterbury. 1695. 1 membrane, 1 membrane fragment.

Arches E 11/116. Robert Launder, Rector of Shenley, Herts., v Joseph Baker, churchwarden. Suspension (non residence and incontinence). 1695. 1 membrane.

Arches E 12/21. Martha Branch, of St. Peter, Cornhill, London, v Mary Palmer, her neighbour, wife of Ralph Palmer. 1696. 1 membrane.

Arches E 12/24. Elizabeth Watson, of St. Michael Queenhithe, London. v John Bowden. Defamation. 1696. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 12/96. John Barnes v Sarah Collier, a minor, and the Crown. Will of Dorothy Manby of St James Clerkenwell. 1690. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 12/101. Mary Hawker of St Leonard Eastcheap, London, v Deborah Cooke. Defamation. 1691. 1 membrane.

Arches E 13/21. Thomas Sewell, Rector of Newton Purcell, Oxon., v Alice Addington. Dilapidations. 1706. 1 membrane, 1 paper leaf.

Arches E 13/27. Robert Moore, of More, Salop, v Dorcas Owen. Incontinence. 1700. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 14/3. James Coulton, Rector of Little Stambridge, Essex, v Edward Cooke. Deprivation, 1702. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 16/73. John Plummer v John Lammas, churchwarden of Ware, Herts. Accounts for repair of church. 1705. 6 paper leaves.

Arches E 18/4. Mary Mayle, of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, v Thomas Mayle. Divorce (adultery). 1708. 7 paper leaves. Arches E 18/7. Elizabeth Spinke, wife of John Spinke, v Ann Vessey, wife of Sterne Vessey, of St. Martin Ludgate, London. Defamation. 1707. 1 membrane.

Arches E 19/15. Appointment by Susan Bullock, a minor, of Stephen Bullock as her guardian. Will of Abraham Walwin, of St. Mary Abchurch, London. 1709. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E20/32. David Jones, Vicar of Marcham, Berks., v John Shury and John White, churchwardens. Appointment of curate. 1710. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 23/15. Elizabeth Griffin alias Harper v Edward Griffin, of All Hallows London Wall, London. Restitution of conjugal rights. 1714. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 23/25. Michael Doughty, Vicar of Barrow, Lincs., v George Newell, Vicar General of Lincoln. Incontinence. 1713. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 24/8. William Beevor, Rector of South Walsham, Norfolk, v John Poynter. Faculty for a pew. 1717. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 24/9, 10, 13, 14, 19. Jane Cart, of St. Sepulchre, London, v John Cart. Restitution of conjugal rights. 1717. 12 paper leaves.

Arches E 24/37. Richard Adams, of Gamlingay, Cambs., v John Jennings, clerk. Tithes. 1719. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 25/8. Fitzwilliam and Troth White v James Francis. Clandestine marriage. 1719. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 26/51. Richard Foulkes, of Poole, Montgomeryshire, v William Rogers. Incest. 1720. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 26/108. Samuel Bridgen, notary public, of Ludlow, Salop, v Ann Beeston, wife of John Beeston, clerk. 1721. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 26/149. John Farmer and William Price, churchwardens of Abberley, Worcs., v Michael Hay, Custody of parish records. 1722. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 26/176. Hester Russell alias Ockold v Charles Blandford. Legacy of Thomas Ansloe, of Bisley, Glos. 1722. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 26/189. John Sabin v Frances Evans and Sarah Farmer. Will of Thomas Sabin, of Penhow, Monmouthshire. 1724. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 28/43. Thomas Woodcock and Edward Pierce v Hugh Pierce and Jane Hughes. Will of Richard Hughes of Oswestry. 1726. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 28/46. John Burrough v Catherine Clarke. Legacy of Joseph Burrough of Hackney. 1726. 2 paper leaves. Arches E 28/53. Lewis Thomas David, of Devynock, Breconshire, v Margaret David. Defamation. 1725. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 28/57. Ann Atwood alias Wood alias Watkins alias Hyat v Charles Hincks, notary public, and Francis Greenbank (office). 1726. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 28/76. Elizabeth Robinson, of Bodmin, Cornwall, v George Robinson. Divorce (cruelty and adultery). 1727. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 28/80. Joyce Smith alias Webb v Lucy Webb. Legacy of William Webb, of Marshfield, Glos. 1726. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 29/2. Richard Dent v Salter Prudence and David Bond, churchwardens of St. Matthew, Ipswich. Church rates. 1727. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 29/78. Giles Grene v Hugh Naish of the Middle Temple. Will of Giles Naish, a legatee of the will of Hugh Naish, of London, Auxerre and Paris. 1728. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 29/81. Harwood family v John Holmes. Will of William Barnes of Eltham, Kent. 1729. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 29/116. Elizabeth and Sarah Brooke v Mary Brooke. Will of John Brooke, of Rochester, Kent. 1729. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 30/99. Adam Jorden v Thomas Fanshaw, impropriator of the tithes of Dronfield, Derbyshire. Tithes. 1732. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 30/109. Charles Garland v Edward Bartlett, churchwarden of St. Peter, Brackley, Northants. Church rate. 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 30/129. Moses Rowles alias Rolles v Thomas Rowles and Thomas Darlow. Will of Thomas West of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 31/35, 40. Elizabeth Fenton v Elizabeth Nicholls. Will of Richard Fenton, of St. Edmund the King, London. 1733. 10 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/2. George Parry v Peter Parry. Legacy of Griffith Jones, of Whitford, Flints. 1732. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/4, 7. Charles Garland v Edward Bartlett, churchwarden of St. Peter, Brackley, Northants. Church rate. 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/5, 8. Timothy Harris v Edward Bartlett, churchwarden of St. Peter, Brackley, Northants. Church rate. 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/9. John Gould, Rector of Farway, Devon, v William Stuart. Rural Dean’s oath. 1733. 2 paper leaves. Arches E 32/12-18. Seven separate cases against Thomas Fanshaw, impropriator of the tithes of Dronfield, Derbyshire. Cases brought by Jonathan Poynton, John Brown, Thomas Cooper, Charles Blyth, Adam Jorden, Mathew Cartledge. Tithes. 1733. 14 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/20. Thomas Morhall of St. Chad, Shrewsbury, v Elizabeth Philips. Marriage contract. 1733. 6 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/25-26, 28-32, 38. Eight separate cases against Thomas Fanshaw, impropriator of the tithes of Dronfield, Derbyshire. Cases brought by Jonathan Poynton, Mathew Cartledge, Thomas Cooper, Robert Jackson, John Brown, Charles Blyth, John Taylor. Tithes. 1734. 16 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/33, 34. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel v William Mingay and Abraham Perrott. Will of Elizabeth Davey, of St. Nicholas Acons, London. 1734. 7 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/35. John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne, v Dorothy Vaughan, Viscountess Lisburne. Divorce (adultery). 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/39. Dorothy Revell, of St. Olave, Southwark, v Thomas Revell. Divorce (cruelty). 1734. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/40. Eleanor Scardefield, wife of Arthur Scardefield, of Selsey, Sussex v Catherine Woodland.; pew. 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/42. Sir Francis Clavering, baronet v Susannah Clavering; divorce (adultery). 1734. 20 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/43-44. Mary Hill, Viscountess Hillsborough, v Trevor Hill, Viscount Hillsborough, of St. George, Hanover Square, Middx.; divorce (adultery). 1734. 16 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/45. Hon. Jocelyn Sidney, afterwards 7th Earl of Leicester, of Coity, Glamorganshire v Elizabeth Sidney, of Swansea; divorce (adultery and cruelty). 1729. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/46. Richard Scarr, Matthew Nash, Samuel Sutton, Thomas Holden, and Joseph Gray v John Hopkins, James Roades, and John Giles, churchwardens of St. Botolph, Aldgate, London; church rate assessment. 1734. 6 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/52. Eleanor Walter, wife of David Walter, v Rice Jones, clerk; will of John Jones, of Llandingat, Carms., clerk. 1734. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/53. Hon. Jocelyn Sidney, afterwards 7th Earl of Leicester, of Coity, Glamorganshire v Elizabeth Sidney, of Swansea; divorce (adultery and cruelty). 1729. 18 paper leaves. Arches E 32/54. Charles Tyllott, Curate of Tor Mohun [Tormohun], and Cockington, Devon v George Westlake, Official Principal of Exeter; serving cure without licence. 1735. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/55-56. Richard Scarr, Matthew Nash, Samuel Sutton, Thomas Holden, and Joseph Gray v John Hopkins, James Roades, and John Giles, churchwardens of St. Botolph, Aldgate [recte Aldersgate], London; church rate assessment. 1734. 7 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/57. Mary Carpenter, otherwise Eckley, wife of John Carpenter, v Robert Russell; will of Mary Awbrey [recorded in this document as Mary Aubrey], of Stepney, Middx. 1733. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/59. Sir Francis Clavering, 5th baronet v Susannah Clavering; divorce (adultery). 1734. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/60. Mary Hogan v Robert Hogan; legacy of Robert Hogan, of Hanworth, Norfolk. 1735. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/61, 67. Richard Trodd and Richard Mathew, churchwardens of Bishops Waltham, Hants., and Walter Barefoot v Thomas Cooke; faculty to build a gallery in the church at Bishops Waltham. 1735. 5 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/62. Hon. Jocelyn Sidney, afterwards 7th Earl of Leicester, of Coity, Glamorganshire v Elizabeth Sidney, of Swansea; divorce (adultery and cruelty). 1729. 10 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/65. Hester Adams, alias Russell v Robert Russell.; will of Mary Aubrey [name sometimes spelled Awbrey], of Stepney. 1734. 8 paper leaves.

Arches E 32/68. William Bagshaw, Edmund Waterhouse, and Thomas Slack, churchwardens- elect of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbys. v John Frith and Henry Ward; election of churchwardens. 1735. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 33/16. Francis Paradice Smith, a minor, son of John Smith, of Devizes, Wilts., v Mesheck Britten [spelled in this document Meshach Brittan] and Thomas Rose; will of John Smith, of Devizes, Wilts. 1735. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 33/40. William Harley, parish clerk of Brewood, Staffs. v George Sansom; incontinence. 1735. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 33/51. Margaret Browne, wife of William Browne the younger, of the parish of St. Kew, Cornwall, v Mary Couch, wife of Richard Couch, of St Kew; pew. 1736. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 33/74. Sir Wolstan Dixie (1700-1767), 4th baronet, of Market Bosworth, Leics. v Lady Mary Noel, widow; pew. 1736. 2 paper leaves. Arches E 34/41. Sir Wolstan Dixie (1700-1767), 4th baronet, of Market Bosworth, Leics. v Lady Mary Noel, widow; pew. 1736. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/45. Elizabeth Hayes, wife of Christopher Hayes, daughter of John Kingsman deceased, a legatee in the will of Thomas Kingsman of Everleigh, Wilts., v Mary Jarvis formerly Edwards, wife of Roger Jarvis; will of Thomas Kingsman, of Everleigh, Wilts. 1739. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/54. Henry Finnis, formerly churchwarden of St. Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent v William Pope and William Elwyn, churchwardens of St. Margaret-at-Cliffe; debt to churchwarden. 1739. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/76. Mary Bourne, spinster, v Revd. William George Barnes; will of Maurice Pugh, of St. Brides, London. 1740. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/140. Joseph Millington v Richard Shirley [spelled here as Sherley] and Roger Lawrence; will of Thomas Millington, of Cirencester, Glos. 1742. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/176. William Herne, Curate of St. Paul, Norwich v William Howard; negligence. 1744. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/178. Margaret Thomas, alias Wale, wife of Lewis Thomas, and Elizabeth Wale, spinster, v Cuthbert Maple; will of Elizabeth Green, formerly Wale, of St. Sepulchre, London. 1744. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 36/210. Sarah Strudwick, a minor, (by her mother, Sarah Strudwick, her guardian ad litem) v Henry Strudwick, clerk, and John Pinnel, clerk; will of Charles Bartlett, of Alford, Sussex. 1746. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 37/19. Mary Shed, formerly Bull (wife of Christopher Shed) v Jeremiah Dix [spelled Dicks in this document]; testamentary. Will of Alexander Bull (d. 1745) of the naval ships Plymouth, Worcester and St. Albans, but on board a French prize at Jamaica. This document is the libel presented on behalf of Mary Shed. 1746. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 37/28. Mehatabel Simmons, otherwise Symmonds (acting by her guardian, her father Revd. Thomas Simmons otherwise Symmonds) v Margaret Smith and James Figgins, executors of the will of William Smith, late of Battersea, Surrey. These documents are two copies of the libel presented on behalf of Mehatabel Simmons. 1747. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 37/57. Martha Pearse, wife of Thomas Pearse, of St. Michael, Cornhill, London v Thomas Pearse; divorce (cruelty). (London). 1748. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 41/12. Stapleton Dunbar v Judith Butler Dunbar, widow of Stapleton Dunbar; legacy of Stapleton Dunbar, of Nevis, West Indies. 1765. 2 paper leaves. Arches E 41/98. Richard Pulford v Amos Crymes, Vicar of Buckland Monachorum, Devon; tithes. 1771. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 41/125. Magdalen Owen, of Llandegai, Caerns, widow of Thomas Robert Owen, v John Thomas; will of Thomas Robert Owen, of Llandegai, Caernarvonshire. 1773. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 44/23. Francis Pring v John Pring. Legacy of Daniel Pring (d. 1763), of Exeter. 1779. 4 paper leaves.

Arches E 44/25. Thomas Hemens., of Somerset v Joseph Hancock and Peter Fry. Legacy of Giles Hemens, of the Liberty of St. Andrew, Wells, Somerset. Documents include a copy of the will of Giles Hemens, proved in 1776. 1779. 6 paper leaves.

Arches E 44/26. Jonas Fuller Farrer [named here as Josias Fuller Farrer], of Cleeve Court, Monkton, Kent v Sarah Farrer, formerly Guy. Divorce (cruelty and adultery). Documents include a libel presented on behalf of Sarah Farrer and a certificate of their alleged marriage at Gretna Green. 1779. 14 paper leaves.

Arches E 44/27. James, John, Richard and Elizabeth Dupere, per curem (by Abraham Dupere, their father and guardian ad litem) v John. Rex and Richard Perigoe; will of Sarah Norton, widow, of Westham, Essex. 1779. 2 paper leaves.

Arches E 45/36. William Bartlett v Robert Cosens, Rector of Long Burton and Holnest, Dorset; tithes. 1786. 2 paper leaves.