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735 UNKNOWN V KING
Unknown plaintiff v John King of Compton Dando, co. Somerset, yeoman
December 1637
Abstract
The cause and result of the complaint against King remain unknown as only his defendant's bond, dated 4 December 1637, survives.
Initial proceedings
3/63, Defendant's bond
4 December 1637
Bound to appear 'in the Court in the painted Chamber within the Pallace of Westminster'.
Signed by Richard Wakeman of the Inner Temple, London, gent, on behalf of King.
Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of Humphrey Terrick.
Notes
King did not appear in the Somerset Visitations of 1623 nor 1672: F. T. Colby (ed.), The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the year 1623 (Publications of the Harleian Society, 11, 1876); G. D. Squibb (ed.), The Visitation of Somerset and the City of Bristol, 1672 (Publications of the Harleian Society, new series, 11, 1992).
Documents
- Initial proceedings
- Defendant's bond: 3/63 (4 Dec 1637)
People mentioned in the case
- King, John, yeoman
- Terrick, Humphrey
- Wakeman, Richard, gent
Places mentioned in the case
- London
- Inner Temple
- Middlesex
- Westminster
- Somerset
- Compton Dando
Topics of the case
- inns of court