• Reference
    ABCP28-29
  • Title
    Pew; John Higgs v. Robert Warner;
  • Date free text
    n.d. (?1630's)
  • Production date
    From: 1630 To: 1639
  • Scope and Content
    Interrogatory for Higgs:- by what right does possessor of house called Weedens sit in disputed seat? If it is said, Thomas Chace sat there, did he not marry a kinswoman of Thomas Rolt esquire? Who has repaired seat? Was not Oliver Harvey, esquire, owner of capital messuage called Milhowse? and did he set in pew? Did not his tenants Wigg & Inger sit in pew? Was not this before the building of Weedens? Does not supposed witness John Tayler live rent - free in his house, or is to do so if he gives required testimony? What reward has WilliamRiseley promised him? Did Clifford Weeden, late owner of house, ever sit in pew? Letter from Christopher Churnock to Mr Foster relating to taking of evidence. (Milton Ernest) [Thomas Chase gent. buried 1629/30; Dorothy wife of John Higgs 1643]
  • Level of description
    file