Catalogue description Short title: Attorney General v Rodman. Plaintiffs: Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney...
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Reference: | STAC 8/25/11 |
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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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