COURT of ARCHES Class E: Libels, Articles, Allegations And
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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.