Catalogue description Short title: Attorney General v Rodman. Plaintiffs: Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney...

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Details of STAC 8/25/11
Reference: STAC 8/25/11
Description:

Short title: Attorney General v Rodman.

Plaintiffs: Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney General, at the relation of Joyce Codrington.

Defendants: John Rodman, son of Hugh Rodman of Alston, blacksmith, Richard Hayes, a 'reputed minister', William Bruton, Thomas Bushopp, William Cary and Thomas Gilman husbandman.

Subject: Kidnapping Elizabeth Codrington, daughter of Richard Codrington esq deceased, the said John Rodman's master and attempt to marry her at Malmesbury church.

Wiltshire.

Note: defendants were acquitted under the statute of 3 Henry VII [c. 2, Abduction of women]; see STAC 8/88/13.

Barnes category: abduction; conspiracy; officer's misfeasance.

SFP.

Another action was also brought before the Assizes
Date: 1617 October
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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