Catalogue description Short title: Asteley v Gater. Plaintiffs: Mary Asteley late the wife of Isaac Asteley...

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Details of STAC 8/40/22
Reference: STAC 8/40/22
Description:

Short title: Asteley v Gater.

Plaintiffs: Mary Asteley late the wife of Isaac Asteley (or Asheley).

Defendants: Michael Gater the elder, yeoman, constable of Knightley, Michael Gater his son, John Twigger, and others.

Subject: Rabbit-poaching and destruction of vermin-traps and enclosures in plaintiff Mary Asteley's manor of Hillmorton, forcing the people of Hillmorton to maintain their cause against her, and altering the course of husbandry in the manor.

Warwickshire.

Barnes category: destruction of property; unlawful assembly; maintenance.

SFP.

Another action was also brought before an ecclesiastical court
Date: 1603 May
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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