Papers concerning legal case work

Title

Papers concerning legal case work

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. c. 7968

Summary

The papers may relate to both Harcourt's private legal work and his government offices of Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor.

Comprises:

(item 1) legal abstract concerning the trial for murder and claim to the earldom of Banbury of Charles Knollys, [1692-4?]

(items 2-3) papers concerning the case of Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley and 4th Baron Ward, and others, v Diana, Dowager Lady Dudley and Ward, and others, [c.1705?]

(items 4-5) papers concerning the case of Anne, Lady Russell, widow of Sir Francis Russell, v Lytton Lytton alias Strode and Rebecca Cary, Viscountess Falkland, [c.1708]

(items 6-12) papers, concerning the confiscation of the estates of Sir Roger Strickland, Jan. 1709

(items 13-18) papers concerning the case of Sir John Pakington and his wife Hester, Lady Pakington v Jermyn Wych, executor of Sir Cyril Wych deceased, heard before the Chancellor of the Exchequer, May 1709

(item 19) brief concerning the case of William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath, and others v William Sherwin, his wife Elizabeth Sherwin and others concerning the inheritance of the estate of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, Jan. 1710

(item 20) legal opinion by Sir Edward Northey and Robert Raymond concerning James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton's creation as a peer of Great Britain and his right to sit in the House of Lords, Oct. 1711

(items 21-8) annotated draft excise commissions [Queen Anne], n.d.

Date

[c.1692]-1711, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

28 items