Catalogue description Short title: Champernowne v Rich. Plaintiffs: Sir Richard Champernow kt. Defendants:...

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Details of STAC 8/108/10
Reference: STAC 8/108/10
Description:

Short title: Champernowne v Rich.

Plaintiffs: Sir Richard Champernow kt.

Defendants: Lady Penelope Rich, Joseph Earth, John Wackman and William Dod, scrivener of London.

Subject: Forgery of a conveyance of the manors of Beer Ferris, Upottery, Rawridge, Kingston Lacy, Camford Priory, Godwell, Fotheringay, Lyndhurst and Stonehall, the parsonage of Canford, the castle of Fotheringay, land called Ince Farm, and of a will of Charles [Blount], Earl of Devon [Earl of Devon].

Devon, Dorset, Northamptonshire, Essex, Cornwall, Hampshire.

Barnes category: forgery; fraud; lawyer's offence
Date: 1606 November
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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