Agnes Crowcher sued John Trewington in 1492 to enforce a contract of marriage she claimed they had made. In responding to her suit, Trewington denied they had made any such contract. We can infer from his answers that she had made a claim that either he gave her, or she gave him, a coin asContinue reading “Agnes Crowcher c. John Trewington or Trewerton”
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William Ely c. Master Richard Draper
In theory excommunication – expulsion from the community of the faithful – was a drastic measure in medieval Christianity. In late medieval England, however, it was most often used for relatively mild rather than terrible sins, particularly for the failure to obey summonses, orders, and sanctions issued by church courts. This may have dulled itsContinue reading “William Ely c. Master Richard Draper”
John Grey c. Josia Milner
Another short and sweet case (or maybe not so sweet for the defendant). John Grey evidently sued Josia Milner to force her to recognize a marriage solemnized between them three years before. Her defence was that she was already married at that time to a man named John Nelson, thus nullifying her marriage with Grey.Continue reading “John Grey c. Josia Milner”
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