Report of the Late Important Trial in the Court of King's Bench, in Which Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart., Was Plaintiff, and Henry John Nicholson T - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1834 Excerpt: ... unto him with our seal, These being witnesses..... Treasurer, the Lord Peter, Bishop of Winchester, the Lord Benedict, Bishop of Rochester, Ralph de Nevill, Bishop of Chichester elect, and others. Q. Have you an Inquisition of the time of Henry the Third also?--A. Yes (producing the document). Q. Does that come from the Tower?--A. Yes, it comes from the Tower; it is in the 51st of Henry the Third. The document was put in and read, as follows ' An Inquisition made at the Palace of the Archbishop of York, near Westminster, on Sunday next after the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, in the 51st year of the reign of King Henry, the son of King John, before Adam de Stratton, and Alan de Stane, Keepers of the County of Middlesex, in what manner Richard Cok, the Keeper of the houses of the Archbishop of York, near Westminster, hath kept those houses, and from what time, and whether he is bound to repair those houses, by reason of the keepership aforesaid, and how much those houses are deteriorated in his custody, and how much the issues and profits of the houses, curtilage, and rents pertaining to those houses, are worth yearly; and who received the same at the time of the vacancy of the same Archbishoprick, and how he hath conducted himself in the aforesaid keepership, by Walter de Mundon, William Ie Holwyn the Plasterer, John Turnebarm, Edmund de Suffolk, Master Alexander the Carpenter, William Jacob, Peter de Ely, Robert Springold, Robert the Carpenter, Alan the Taylor, Roger de Norfolk, Roger the Almoner, and Robert de Northampton, who, being sworn, say, that the aforesaid Richard Cok hath faithfully kept the aforesaid houses for six years last past and upwards, nor is he bound to repair the aforesaid houses, by reason of the keepership aforesaid; and that...