Archive:C 3/54/34

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Summary

William Dowtie v. Richard Whitney and Anthony Whitney: Martley, Worcester, 1558-1579

Dates

1558-1579

Parties

Richard and Anthony Whitney, sons of Richard Whitney and Elinor.

Locations

Martley, Worcester

Related Documents

• C 3/53/45
• C 3/57/30

Transcription

Folio 1

23 ___ A(nn)o X^o Eliz(abeth)
1567 _____________

To the Right honorable Sir Nych(ol)as Bacon knight
lorde keeper of the grete seale of England

Humbly complayninge shewethe unto yo(u)r good Lordshipp yo(u)r daylie oratour Will(ia)m Dowtie That wheras your Oratour ys Laufullye seased in his demesne as of fee of and in one Capitall messuage and two hundrethe acres of Lande medowed & pasture be it more or lesse sett lyenge and beinge in the towne p(ar)ishe and fyldes of Martley in the Countye of Worcester And he so beinge therof seased hathe peacybly and quyetly p(er)ceyved & taken the issues & p(ro)fyttes therof to his owne use withowte lett or int(er)vexion of anye p(er)sone or p(er)sons as Lawfull ys for hym to doo nevertheles so yt ys yet it maye plese yo(u)r good Lordship That dyverse evydences dedes ch()res escriptes mynyments & wrytings consirninge the messuage & other the p(re)mysses afforesaide belonging to yo(u)r oratoure by casuall meanes did come to th'[h]ands cusodie & possession of one Rychard Whitney th'elder decessed & sythens his deathe bene casually come to th'[h]ands custodie & possession of one Richarde Whitney & Anthony Whitney executors of the last will and testament of the saide Richard Whitney th'elder who by color of havinge of the same evydences dedes ch()res escriptes & mynyments and wrytings _____ onlye nowe as yo(u)r oratoure ys informed set? by dyvers wayes & menes to incomber the tytle of yo(u)r oratoure but also maye in tyme to come p(re)tende title to the p(re)misses to the utter disenheritans of yo(u)r oratoure and his heires for ever And albeit yo(u)r oratoure hathe dyverse & sondry tymes gently requyred the saide Richarde Whitney and Anthony Whitney to delyver unto hym the same evydences dedes ch()res escriptes mynyments and wrytings consirninge the p(re)misses as of Right they ought to doo yet chose to delyver they and every of them have utterly refused & denyed contrary to all right equite and good conscyens In considerac(i)on wherof & orsomoche as yo(u)r oratoure knoweth not the date no c(er)tentie o the said evydences dedes escriptes mynyments & wrytings no where the same bene conteyned yo(u)r oratoure ys therfore w(i)thoute all remedy for the recov(er)y of his said evydences by the order of the com(m)on Lawes of this Realme & so lykely to lose the same & in tyme to come lykely to be disenherited of the mesuage & landes afforsaid or want therof unles yo(u)r Lordships favoure be to hym shewed in this behalfe yt maye therfore plese yo(u)r lordshipp the p(re)misses consydered to grant unto yo(u)r orator the quenes m(ajesti)es most gracyouse wrytt of Subpena to by dyrected unto the saide Richard Whitney and Anthony Whitney comanding them therby p(er)sonally to appere before yo(u)r lordship in the quenes most honorable courte of chauncery at a certen daye & tyme by yo(u)r lordshipp to be app(er)__ynted & to Aunswere unto the p(re)misses And yo(u)r orator shall daylie praye for the p(re)sirvac(i)on of yo(u)r Lordship in hono(u)r long to endure

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