Catalogue description Short title: Shakespeare v Lamberte. Plaintiffs: John Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon...

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Details of C 2/Eliz/S24/21
Reference: C 2/Eliz/S24/21
Description:

Short title: Shakespeare v Lamberte.

Plaintiffs: John Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon and Mary Shakespeare his wife (in right of the wife).

Defendants: John Lamberte.

Subject: To recover possession. A messuage and one yard of land in Wylnecote [Wilmcote], in the parish of Aston Cauntloe [Aston Cantlow], Warwickshire, granted by the plaintiffs to Edmund Lambert, with proviso of redemption upon payment to him of £40 lent. The said Lambert died, and the defendant, as his son, refused to give up possession, although the said £40 were tendered in payment, and claims the same as his inheritance.

Document type: [Pleadings]

Date: Between 1558 and 1603
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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