Record Description |
Bill of Complaint, 4 February 1639, in Chancery suit of Bridge Wardens John Marsham and Sir Thomas Wallsingham and tenant John Best vs. Henry Clarke for disputed occupation of inned fresh marsh (Mill Marsh and Burr Marsh) belonging to Rose Court Manor, leased to Henry Grove and John Baispoole, and lawfully in occupation of John Best but allegedly substituted by Henry Clarke in his lease of 22 May 1632 for the 160 acres of salt marsh (Sixty Marsh, West Marsh and Barne or Burfleete Marsh) formerly leased to Nicholas Barham; Answer of Henry Clarke to Bill of Complaint, 15 February 1640; summary statement of Bridge Wardens' case; interrogatories to be administered on behalf of plaintiffs and depositions taken from witnesses, 1 October 1641; interrogatories to be administered on behalf of defendant and depositions taken at Rochester, 1 October 1641; Chancery Court order to have admitted in evidence depositions filed in the 1637 Exchequer suit of Henry Clarke against the Bridge Wardens, 6 November 1641; Breviate of Exchequer case prepared for John Best, present Rose Court Manor tenant (2 copies); Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses on behalf of the plaintiffs and depositions made by witnesses, 7 April 1642; Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses on behalf of the defendant and depositions made by witnesses, 7 April 1642; Certification that Henry Clarke has paid rent to the Crown for certain marsh lands called Bridgmarsh and Robert's marsh, 6 May 1642; Case and Proofs of Bridge Wardens and John Best against Henry Clarke, 17 May 1642; Chancery order for independent survey of marsh land, 17 May 1642; Counsel's opinion that Barnemarsh belongs to the Wardens, 21 May 1642; copy of survey listing Crown land and Bridge land, n.d.; copy of survey of Crown land which passed by exchange from Thomas Cranmer to the Crown and then to Reginald Pole, n.d.; "A Iust note of the Landes wee enioy in Grayne and of those alsoe that wee want ackordinge to the Survey", n.d. [Case interrupted by the Civil War.] |