Catalogue description Short title: Yelverton v Roberts. Plaintiff(s): Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney General....

Short title: Yelverton v Roberts.

Plaintiff(s): Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney General.

Defendant(s): Sir Thomas Roberts, kt, Robert Sheppard, Sir Norton Knatchbull.

Subject of depositions: Marshes called "Walland Wallyn or Walter Marsh" a place near the town of Rye, called the Camber and Appledore Channel; whether lands gained from the sea. Also touching the manor of Chaynie alias Chaine Court, in Wallon Marsh (Kent); whether gained from the sea; whether some time belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, then to Henry VIII, then to Sir Thomas Chaynie and Henry Lord Chaynie, and to William Bird. Also touching marshes in Ivischurch and Midley, inned by John Romney. Choking of Rye Harbour. Former suits are referred to. [The possessions of Richard Knatchbull (defendant's father), Sir Henry Guildford, Sir Henry James, Christchurch and All Soul's College; Fettiplace; and Sir Richard Smyth, are mentioned].

County/place: Kent; Sussex.

Date of commission: 16 June 1619.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 22 September 1619 at Rye.

Deponent(s): John Ford (2); Thomas Godfrey (2); Adrian Read; William Wilcocks; John Fagg; Thomas Parminger; John Epps; Thomas Halle.