Plea bill in dispute between Isabella Carr and George Evans and others, 1715 July 15 : manuscript.

Durham, England, 1715 July 15.

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 32 x 20 cm folded to 20 x 17 cm

Plea bill coming before the Master of the Rolls in the person of the Counsel in a case involving Dame Isabelle Carr, plaintiff, and George and Anne Evans, William Tipping, Samuel Stillingfleet, Robert and Anne Knapton, Samuel and Jane Smith, Thomas Durnford, William Knapton, and John Willis. Evans had entered into articles of agreement with Carr about assigning lands in Durham, in Hulam, Sheraton, and Monk Hesleden to her in fee simple and free from encumberances. Carr had discovered that Geroge Evans' mother Anne had already leased that property to Tipping, Stillingfleet, Thomas Hoby, and William Knapton for a term of 500 years [?] to pay her late husband's debts and provide for her four daughters, Jane Smits, Anne Knapton, and Elizabeth and Mary Evans. An agreement is reached for an alternate estate and the Master of the Rolls imposes costs. This may be the same George Evans in MS doc. 81 (whose mother is Anne Evans and who has four sisters) and MS doc. 80. Wear and damage along creases; holes and soiling on final leaf. Two embossed, 6 pence stamps at top of document.

Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Paper (watermark: Armoire, similar but not identical to Heawood 461), fol. 8; 1⁸.
Layout: Written in single columns of 24-25 lines.
Script: Written in an untidy cursive.
Origin: Written at Durham in 1715.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, the Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS doc. 83.

In English.

Unbound.

Restrictions: Inquiries concerning this item should be directed to the reference librarian for the Robbins Collection.

England -- Durham.

Robbins MS doc. 83

English