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A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance

This book sets forth a relatively novel theory of democratic governance, applicable to
all political settings in which multiparty competition obtains. Against the prevailing
decentralist theory (deriving from Madison and Montesquieu), John Gerring and Strom
C. Thacker argue that good governance arises when political energies are focused toward
the center. Two elements must be reconciled in order for this process of gathering
together to occur: institutions must be inclusive, and they must be authoritative. The
authors refer to this combination of attributes as “centripetal.”
While the theory has many potential applications, this book is concerned primarily
with national-level political institutions. Among these, the authors argue that three are of
fundamental importance in securing a centripetal style of democratic governance: unitary
(rather than federal) sovereignty, a parliamentary (rather than presidential) executive,
and a closed-list PR electoral system (rather than a single-member district or preferential-
vote system). These institutions are tested against a broad range of governance outcomes.

John Gerring received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993.
He is currently Professor of Political Science at Boston University, where he teaches
courses on methodology and comparative politics. His books include Party Ideologies
in America, 1828–1996 (1998), Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework
(2001), and Case Study Research: Principles and Practices (Cambridge University Press,
2007). His articles have appeared in American Journal of Political Science, American
Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political
Studies, International Organization, Journal of Policy History, Journal of Theoretical
Politics, Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Polity, PS: Political Science and
Politics, Social Science History, Studies in American Political Development, and World
Politics. He was a Fellow of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced
Study (2002–03) and is the current recipient of a grant from the National Science
Foundation (2007–10). He is the former editor of Qualitative Methods, the newsletter
of the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Qualitative and
Multi Method Research, and current president of the section.

Strom C. Thacker received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1996. He is currently Associate Professor of International
Relations and Director of Latin American Studies at Boston University. His research
and teaching focus broadly on questions of political economy, governance, and devel-
opment, with a regional focus on Mexico and Latin America. His books include Big
Business, the State, and Free Trade: Constructing Coalitions in Mexico (Cambridge
University Press, 2000). He is currently working on a project on the politics of public
health. He has published articles in American Political Science Review, British Jour-
nal of Political Science, Business and Politics, International Organization, Journal of
Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, and World Politics. He also has an ongoing
interest in the politics of foreign aid and lending and the International Monetary Fund.
He is a Faculty Affiliate of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at
Harvard University and a Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the
Longer-Range Future at Boston University. He has been a Visiting Associate Professor
of Government at Harvard University, a Susan Louise Dyer Peace Fellow at Stanford
University’s Hoover Institution, and a Fulbright Scholar.

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A Centripetal Theory of Democratic

Governance

JOHN GERRING
Boston University

STROM C. THACKER
Boston University

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Of the many analogies that have been remarked between Law in

the Physical and Law in the Moral World, none is more familiar
than that derived from the Newtonian astronomy, which shows
us two forces always operative in our solar system. One force
draws the planets towards the sun as the centre of the system, the
other disposes them to fly off from it into space. So in politics,
we may call the tendency which draws men or groups of men
together into one organized community and keeps them there a
Centripetal force, and that which makes men, or groups, break
away and disperse, a Centrifugal. A political Constitution or
frame of government, as the complex totality of laws embodying
the principles and rules whereby the community is organized,
governed, and held together, is exposed to the action of both
these forces. The centripetal force strengthens it, by inducing men
(or groups of men) to maintain, and even to tighten, the bonds
by which the members of the community are gathered into one
organized body. The centrifugal assails it, by dragging men (or
groups) apart, so that the bonds of connexion are strained, and
possibly at last loosened or broken. . . . Accordingly the history
of every community and every constitution may be regarded as a
struggle between the action of these two forces, that which draws
together and that which pushes apart, that which unites and that
which dissevers.
– James Bryce (1905: 96–7)

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Contents

List of Figures page viii

List of Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi

1 Models of Governance 1

part one: causal mechanisms

2 Party Government 27
3 Conflict Mediation 39
4 Policy Coordination 62

part two: empirics

5 Hypotheses 87
6 Cross-National Tests 101
7 Assessing the Evidence 143

part three: conclusions

8 In Defense of Grand Theory 157
Appendix A: Defining Good Governance 165
Appendix B: Alternative Theories Revisited 179
Sources 191
Author Index 227
Subject Index 234

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Figures

1.1 Models of governance in two dimensions page 17

1.2 Summary of the causal model 23

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Tables

1.1 Contrasting models of democratic governance page 18

5.1 Centripetalism in democratic polities, 2000 98
6.1 Tax revenue 118
6.2 Telephone mainlines 120
6.3 Participation 122
6.4 Democratic volatility 124
6.5 Import duties 126
6.6 Trade 128
6.7 GDP per capita 130
6.8 Growth volatility 132
6.9 Infant mortality 134
6.10 Health expenditure 136
6.11 Schooling 138
6.12 Summary of empirical tests 139
7.1 Estimated effects of centripetal democratic governance 152

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Acknowledgments

For comments and suggestions on portions of the manuscript we are

grateful to Pablo Baramendi, Dawn Brancati, Tom Burke, Kent Eaton,
Neil Englehart, Archon Fung, Chappell Lawson, Evan Lieberman,
Arend Lijphart, Howard Reiter, David Samuels, Peter Spiegler, and
David Waldner. For helpful answers to specific queries, or for shar-
ing their data, we owe thanks to Victor Aguirregabiria, Andre Blais,
John Carey, Tulia Falletti, Kenneth Hill, Macartan Humphreys, Mark
Jones, Daniel Kaufmann, Philip Keefer, Atul Kohli, Branko Milanovic,
Nicolas van de Walle, and David Weakliem. Thanks especially to Matt
Shugart, whom we continually harassed for information regarding
the shape of political institutions around the world. His encyclopedic
knowledge was indispensable. For his ongoing support, and indefati-
gable patience, we are grateful to our editor at Cambridge University
Press, Lew Bateman.
Portions of this book were presented at the annual meetings of the
American Political Science Association; the Department of Political
Science, Brown University; the Center for the Study of Democratic
Politics, Princeton University; the Institute for Advanced Study; the
Comparative Politics Workshop, Princeton University; the Seminar on
U.S. and World Affairs at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University;
the Comparative Politics Workshop, Stanford University; the Work-
shop on the Economic Consequences of Democratic Institutions, Duke
University; and the COMPASS research group, Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium. We thank all of the organizers of and participants in these

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meetings for the opportunity to present our research and for their
useful comments on it. Papers drawn from this project have been pub-
lished in American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political
Science, and Comparative Political Studies. We thank the publishers
for permission to incorporate portions of those papers into the book.
During the 2002–03 academic year, the authors were fortunate to
obtain fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study (Gerring) and
Stanford University’s Hoover Institution (Thacker). We are grateful to
these institutions for their support, their delightful environs, and good
company. Our departments at Boston University continue to provide
a stimulating, supportive atmosphere for our teaching and research.
The book could not have been written without generous research
funding from the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the
Longer-Range Future at Boston University. We wish, in particular,
to thank Fred Pardee, David Fromkin, Maddie Goodwin, and Connie
Cramer for their support of our research at the center.
We also want to express our deep gratitude to Carola Moreno and
Rodrigo Alfaro, who patiently worked through countless revisions of
the data analysis and provided stellar research assistance.
Finally, we thank our families for their unending support through-
out the long process of writing this book.
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Models of Governance

Why are some countries better governed than others? This venerable
question has innumerable possible answers. Variation in the quality
of governance may be attributed to geography, economics, class and
ethnic group dynamics, social capital, and political culture. It is also
presumably affected by geopolitical factors, by political leadership,
and by diverse historical legacies.
In this book we focus on the role of political institutions – that is,
government – in providing good governance. Other factors (societal,
cultural, geopolitical, or contingent) lie in the background. Within the
realm of polities, we focus on democratic regimes. We understand a
country to be democratic when multiparty competition is in place.
(We are not interested, therefore, in the role of political institutions in
maintaining or undermining democracy, a subject that has received a
good deal of attention from scholars.)1
Why are many democracies plagued by corruption and ineptitude,
while others manage to implement policies effectively and efficiently?
Why do some democracies suffer from inefficient markets and low
levels of investment while others enjoy low transaction costs, high
levels of capital investment, and strong economic growth? Why are
rates of morbidity, mortality, illiteracy, and other aspects of human
well-being depressingly high in some democracies and impressively low

1 Cheibub (2007), Linz (1990, 1994), Linz and Stepan (1978), Stepan and Skach (1993).

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in others? More specifically, what effect do various political institutions

have on the quality of governance in a democracy?
In this introductory chapter we lay out the currently dominant view
on this subject, which we call decentralist, and set forth our own con-
trasting view, which we call centripetal. We then proceed to elaborate
the causal argument underlying the centripetal theory of governance.

decentralism
Most recent work on the question of democratic governance is implic-
itly or explicitly decentralist. Contemporary writers and commentators
usually assume that government works best when political institutions
diffuse power broadly among multiple, independent bodies. This is the
model of good government that most Americans embrace. It is also the
model that most academics, NGOs, and international organizations
(such as the World Bank) have adopted in recent years.
The decentralist paradigm is by no means new. In Western thought,
the idea may be traced back to early attempts to constrain the abuse
of political authority. Commonly cited exemplars include Greece and
Rome in the classical age and the Italian, Swiss, and Dutch polities in
the early modern era.2 But the theory of decentralism was not fully
formed as a self-conscious theory of governance until the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. In the wake of the English Revolution, a
cavalcade of scribblers and activists including William Blackstone,
Lord Bolingbroke, Major Cartwright, Edward Coke, William God-
win, James Harrington, John Locke, John Milton, Robert Molesworth,
Joseph Priestley, Algernon Sidney, and John Trenchard – collectively
referred to as the Old Whig, Country, Commonwealth, or Dissent-
ing tradition – formulated various facets of the decentralist model.3 It
was the English state, as a matter of fact and a matter of principle,
that supplied a primary touchstone for these writers – even those, like
Montesquieu and Rousseau, who resided abroad.4

2 Gordon (1999).
3 Brewer (1976), Foord (1964), Gunn (1969), Kramnick (1968), Robbins (1959/1968),
Vile (1967/1998).
4 In principle, these writers were largely agreed. But there was some considerable dif-
ference of opinion as to how principle matched up with reality. Many of the afore-
mentioned writers were highly critical of the actual workings of English government
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Models of Governance 3

All this began to change after the American Revolution, a revolu-

tion motivated by Old Whig principles. As the British polity became
increasingly centralized throughout the course of the nineteenth cen-
tury, a new democracy appeared, embodying the decentralist ideal in
a more conspicuous fashion. The Constitution of the United States
wrote decentralist principles into the country’s fundamental law, and
the Federalist Papers provided an interpretive catechism. If ever a coun-
try was founded self-consciously on the decentralist ideal, that country
was the United States. Not surprisingly, in the subsequent centuries
and up to the present time the normative ideal of a de-concentrated,
decentralized polity has been associated with the theory and practice
of the American Constitution.5 So it was that the decentralist ideal, an
inheritance of political thought in England, gained a new home in its
former colony.6
Among Old Whigs perhaps the most revered writer of all was
William Blackstone, whose Commentaries on the Laws of England
educated generations of British jurists. Blackstone’s interpretation of
the English constitution would endure for several centuries (until
Bagehot’s English Constitution, to be discussed later). The key feature
of this interpretation was the “mixed” constitution, an idea derived
from Aristotle. Blackstone explains:

The legislature of the kingdom is entrusted to three distinct powers entirely

independent of each other, first, the King; secondly, the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, which is an aristocratical assembly of persons selected for their
piety, their birth, their wisdom, their valour, or their property; and thirdly,
the House of Commons, freely chosen by the people from among themselves,
which makes it a kind of democracy; as this aggregate body, actuated by dif-
ferent springs, and attentive to different interests, composes the British Parlia-
ment, and has the supreme disposal of every thing; there can no inconvenience

in the post-Revolutionary era. The dominance of the Crown and of the “Court” party
was thought to compromise the formal principles of balance, separation, and member
independence. It was alleged by these writers that the Commons was controlled by
corrupt factions, which extended royal munificence to those who obligingly supported
its policies on the floor of the Commons, and whose insidious influence threatened to
upset the delicate balance of center and periphery.
5 Switzerland, along with pre-modern polities in England, the Netherlands, and northern
Italy, are also occasional reference points.
6 Bailyn (1967, 1968), Pocock (1975), Pole (1966), Shalhope (1972, 1982), Wood
(1969).
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be attempted by either of the three branches, but will be withstood by one of

the other two; each branch being armed with a negative power sufficient to
repel any innovation which it shall think inexpedient or dangerous.7

The theory of the mixed constitution, with all its parts in balance, was
said to extend back to Anglo-Saxon England.8
This notion led directly to the theory of the separation of powers, as
articulated initially by Montesquieu and somewhat later by Madison,
in the famed Federalist Paper 51.9

The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the
same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department
the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroach-
ments of the others. . . . Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. . . .
In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.
The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different
branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different
principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their
common functions and their common dependence on society will admit.10

Amalgamating the work of Montesquieu, Madison, and countless

other constitutionalists from the eighteenth century to the present,
M. J. Vile arrives at what he calls a “pure doctrine” of separate
powers.

It is essential for the establishment and maintenance of political liberty that

the government be divided into three branches or departments, the legislature,
the executive, and the judiciary. To each of these three branches there is a
corresponding identifiable function of government, legislative, executive, or
judicial. Each branch of the government must be confined to the exercise
of its own function and not allowed to encroach upon the functions of the

7 Blackstone (1862: 36).

8 Pocock (1957/1987).
9 “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in
the same body of magistracy, there can be then no liberty; because apprehensions
may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute
them in a tyrannical manner. Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be
not separated from the legislative and executive powers. Were it joined with the
legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control;
for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the
judge might behave with all the violence of an oppressor” (Montesquieu, quoted in
Casper 1989: 214).
10 Madison, Federalist 51 (Hamilton et al. 1787–88/1992: 266–7).
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tenant of the duchess of York. Robert, son of Philip Baynard.
Violence in asserting claim to complainant as a bondman pertaining
to the manor of Heimertbn. Wilts 393 Sir .Tolm Avoirs, of York,
priest. The sheriffs of York Action brought by the said sheriffs on a
bond given by complainant to obtain his release from prison on a
false charge. < irtinrari. York 399 William Bryan, of Holcombe. The
gaoler of Ilehestcr Proposing that John Ram and John Aphovell
should be tried in the King’s Bench and not at Ilc-hester, for breaking
and robbing complainant’s house. < nrpnx nun causa. Somerset 100
Robert Bilynghirst The steward of Windsor liberty.] Action of detinue
brought against complainant by John Argastro of Ilese. ( rtinrari.
Berks 401 Robert Bertelot, cooper The sheriffs of London Detention
pending vexations actions of trespass brought by Walter Taillour,
complainant’s late master. < 'nrjiut s- rim) causa. London 402 Sir
Richard Bossovorth, clerk, a n d -J o h n Bekeryng. The justices of
the peace and the sheriff of Surrey. Refusal of John Holgrave, one of
the said justices, to receive a supn-snlcas to a warrant of peace sued
by More Harrold, of Ireland. < 'nrpus cum caiixa. Surrey 403 Peter
Brussel 1 : •j The mayor and sheriffs of London. ; Condemnation by
default in a suit brought by Richard Palmer, of London, goldsmith, in
the Mayor’s Court, complainant having been summoned to the
Sheriff’s Court. Corpus rum causa. London 404 John Birchet, of
Sandwich, draper. The mayor and sheriff of Canterbury. Vexations
action of trespass brought by William Rose. < 'ertinrari. Kent 405
Maurice Johnson The bailiffs of Boston Detention of complainant as
a thief for finding a purse lost by Sir William Bray, clerk. Corpus cum
. causa. Lincoln 406 John Bigge, of London The sheriffs of London]
Action brought for the rent of a tenement in London against
complainant by John Payn, his immediate landlord, and distress by
the master of the Bridge House, the superior landlord. Corpus cum
causa. London 407 Richard Bold, chaplain The sheriffs of London
Action brought by John Marchaunt, of Hoxton, on a bond procured
by threats. C ertinrari . Middlesex 408 Henry Cornyssh, tenant of the
king in Tremyngton. The mayor of Plymouth Action brought by Ralph
Sellerman at Plymouth with the object of forcing complainant to
drop one pending against the said Ralph in the Common Pleas.
Certiorari. Devon
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John Jones, of London, goldsmith. Christopher Goswell, of London,
vintner, and the sheriffs of London. Action brought by Margery,
executrix and late the wife of John Catell, on an obligation.
Sub/iccna and certiorari. London 410 John llolond, servant in
Wodebroche Abbey. The bailiff's of the franchise of the bishop of Ely
of Melton. Detention of complainant upon an accusation of house
breaking brought by Roger Page at the instance of certain
necromancers. 1 'orjiils emu causa.. .Suffolk 411 Elizabeth Halcot,
widow Roger Sperlyng, mayor, and the bailiff's of Bedford. Detention
of complainant at the suit of William Coble, brought at the
instigation of Elvnore, wife to the said mayor. < orjms cum causa.
Bedford 112 John Clinton, knight, lord of Clinton and Say. The
sheriff's of London Detention of complainant in time of plague at the
suits of Johanne, late the wife of Roger Hykson, saddler of London,
and of John ap Morgan, of South Wales, knight, who has
complainant’s son and heir in Wales 'and intends to marry him
against his will. < rjiiix cum causa. London, Ac 113 Thomas 1 1 o b y
, of London, tailor. John London, of Sonthiieet. Costs incurred in
obtaining the release from the Marshal, sea of John London, sou of
the said John and apprentice to complainant. Kent, London 41G
Robert Hobbes William Dawson and Thomas Cheseman. Violent
conduct after release from arrest owing to a dispute between the
constable and the bailiff of East Greenwich. Kent 417 William
Nowegent, parson of ILilden. Laurence atte Hope, franklin.
Persecuting complainant in courts ecclesiastical and civil. Kent 418
Kerry Rokyslmrgh The sheriff's of London Promise of half-damages
given byWilliam Fryth, late of London, vinedrawer, to the jury in an
action brought by him against complainant. Certiorari. London 119
William Ronth, fruiterer The sheriffs of London Action of trespass
brought by John Donning, who upset his apples and rent his gown.
< 'ertiorari. London 120 John Hyde, of Neylond The bailiff's of
Colchester Attachment of complainant’s wool and cloth pending a
vexatious action of trespass brought by John Stapyll. ( 'ertiorari.
Suffolk, Essex J21 Sir John Hysshton. chantry priest of the Holy
Cross within Stan lake church. John ap Howell Riot ----Oxford 422
John Olyver, of Coventry 'bhe bailiff's of Shrewsbnry. Action brought
by John Pleylev on a bond given by Margery, late the wife of
complainant. Certiorari. Warwick, Salop 423 Peter P e t i r s o n , of
Ipswich. The sheriffs of London Detention under a sheriff’s
commandment pending an action of trespass brought by a goldsmith
of Cheapside. t or/iifs emu causa. Suffolk, London 424 Thomas Petit,
tailor The sheriffs of London Action of maintenance brought by John
Benet against complainant. < 'ertiorari. M utilateil. London 425
Agnes Soger, of Chigwell. The keeper of Colchester castle. Detention
of complainant at the instance of Reynold More. ( 'm/nts emu causa.
Essex 12G Edward Payn, parson of St. George’s church, Canterhurv.
'The mayor of Canterbury Action tie eject ioiw lirme brought by
Thomas Bedes, vicar of Brokelond. Certiorari. Kent 427 John Power,
of Meopham, husbandman. The sheriffs of London Action of trespass
brought by John Yere. ( ertiorari. Kent, London 428 Thomas [de
Wysbech]. abbot of Thorney. John Broun Gorrodv granted at the
desire of [Edward IV] to John Ilemmyngburgh, and claimed by John
Broun, to whom it was granted by William Ryall, late abbot, by
desire of Henry YI. Cambridge 429 John Stanlake William Seim an,
of Exeter, gentleman. Detention of deeds relating to land at
Plympton. Devon
 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS — BUNDLE Gl. 318 430
John Skirwith, merchant, of London. i The admiral Imprisonment of
complainant on the information of John Boys and John Chambre, for
an alleged contempt in suing in London for a matter done on the
high seas. Corpus nun causa. Mutilated. London 1 431 William \
Walli ngford] . abbot of St. Alban’s. John Ferrers, filacer of the
Common Pleas, and Robert Bywell and Elizabeth, bis wife.
Manipulating writs. 21 Edw. IV Hertford, Surrey, Middlesex 432
William Smyth, of Norwich. The mayor and sheriffs of Norwich.
Detention pending an action of debt brought by John Haynes, beer
brewer. Corpus emu causa. Norfolk 433 Alice San key, widow, of
Crowdehill, Owselbnry. Richard ITigham, brother to the said Alice.
False imprisonment Hants 434 John Symon, of Exeter The mayor
and bailiff's of Exeter. Attachment of goods at the suit of John
Bonefaunt. Certiorari. Devon 435 Sir John Hikson, priest, vicar of
Wiseburgh. William Lutman and others, parishioners. Putting
complainant in stocks and imprisoning him at Guildford on a charge
of robbing the church. Sussex 486 William Yoo, son of Alice,
daughter of William, son of Thomas, son of John Jen ; and William
Seintjon, son of Jane, sister of the said Alice. John WidisLule and
John Mannyng, feoffees to the uses of rlu will of Robert, son of
Robert Kirkam, esquire. Manor of Ridmore Devon 437 Richard Seynt,
hackneyman. The sheriff’s of London Action brought by Robert
Wylkynson, who let horses to a gentleman of court at compMnant’s
introduction. < 'ertiorari. London 438 Robert Tylney, esquire The
mayor and sheriffs of London. Attachment at the suit of John Wards,
after the custom of London, of the penalty of a bond given by
complainant to William Brent, deceased. < 'ertiorari. London 439
Richard Smyth, of London, baker. The sheriff’s of London Breach of
promise on the part of Nicholas Devias, armourer, to drop an action
against John de Lyon, brigandinemaker. Certiorari. London 440
Thomas Salaman, priest The sheriffs of London Action brought by
Nicholas Garsett on a bond which complainant was forced to seal by
a threat of murder. Certiorari. London, Middlesex 441 Richard
Underwode The mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. Action of
account brought by Richard Hilton relative to a bale of cloth duly
delivered in Spain to Thomas Walker, who was afterwards burnt in a
Genoese carrack. Certiorari. Hants 442 Jevan Yoya The bailiffs of
Shrewsbury. Actions of debt and trespass brought by John Parker,
whose wife borrowed money of complainant. Certiorari. Salop 443
Henry Yanenus The mayor and sheriffs of London. Action brought by
Thomas Herryson on a bond for which complainant never received
any value. Certiorari. London 444 Richard Upton, parish priestof St.
Margaret’s, Southwark. The sheriffs of London Arrest upon an action
of account brought by the prior of St. Mary Overy’s,as parson of St.
Margaret’s. Corpus emu causa. Surrey 445 John Taillour, late of
Duffield. The sheriff of Leicestershire. Detention of complainant at
the instance of William Parker. ( iirpus cum causa. Leicester,
Hertford, [Derby] 440 Robert Wylkynson, of Chichester. John Aport,
merchant of Salisbury. Action of debt brought by Aport for breach of
indenture of apprenticeship committed by complainant's son, Robert,
deceased. Sussex, Wilts
 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS— BUNDLE 61. 319 419
Henry Wytter, servant of Master Bowgliser. The sheriffs of London - '
Actions of trespass brought by James Holand and William Wodecoke,
mariners, who assaulted him in Pety Walis. Certiorari. London 450
Richard Yeme Horry Kynge Taking out process against complainant
on the latter agreeing to refer an appeal of robbery to arbitration.
451 Richard Wydevyll, lord Ryvers. John Colvyle, of London
Detention of plate London 45 2 William l’ong and Dionise, his wife.
The abbot of St. John’s abbey, Colchester, and Dan William Bury,
cellarer. Detention of deeds relating to land at Eastry, and other
moveables. Kent 457 Ralph Wolseley, baron of the Exchequer. The
executors of John Clerk, late baron of the , Exchequer, viz. Alice, late
his wife, and John, his son. Money received by Clerk from the
customs of Southampton for complainant’s clothing. Hants 458 Sir
Richard Walsale, vicar of Wyng and scholar of Oxford. The bailiff of
the abbot | of Westminster. Detention in the Gatehouse after a
quarrel with Robert Wareyn, of Knightsbridge, concerning a horse. t
'orpus cum causa. Bucks, Middlesex 459 Adam Y\Tellys, of London,
tailor. ' The sheriffs of London] ; Detention under an alderman’s
commandment pending an action of debt brought by John Melton,
baker. Corpus cum causa. London 460 William Waffyn, merchant.
William Lyster Delivering cloth which was not up to specification.
London 464 Gilbert, son of John Walter, of Crawden ; and Henry, son
of Henry, son of tlie said John. William Morell, feoffee to uses. Manor
of Wrotworth in Orwell with appurtenances in Wimpole. 22 Edw. IV.
[Cambridge] 468 John, bastard son of Walter Walter. The same The
same - - - [Cambridge] 472 John Wright The steward of the Court
called the Clink in Southwark. Detention pending an action of
trespass brought by Thomas Wapse. Certiorari. [Surrey] 473 Alison,
late the wife of Richard Oundeil. Thomas Melton Failing ro save the
said Richard harmless on his becoming surety that the said Thomas
would keep the peace. Mutilated. North ants, Bedford 474 Robert
Poynyon alias Ponyonr. [The sheriffs of London] Action of trespass
relative to a house in St. Dunston’s in le Est, London, brought by
Robert, son of John Fitzsimond, knight. Corpus cum causa. London
475 Henry Ewen, yeoman [The sheriffs of London Action of trespass
brought by John Bony, of London, ‘hosteller.’ < 'urjius cum causa.
London 476 477 Robert Elys, late of London, goldsmith. Transferred
to No. 346. The sheriffs of Suffolk Arrest at the instance of William
Porter, of London, his late master. < ’orpus cum causa. Suffolk 478
Thomas Beaugraunt, apprentice to Edward Davyz, citizen and tailor
of London. Imprisonment for working at his trade at the instance of
the wardens of the tailors of ‘ Hereford the Est.’ ( 'orpus cum causa.
Hereford 479 Robert Bradowe, commissary general to the dean and
chapter of St. Paul’s, and Nicholas Collys, notary and registrar to the
same. The mayor and aldermen of London. Action brought by
William Jurdan against complainants as executors of — Harman.
Certiorari. London 480 Robert Bylawe Unspecified Action of trespass
brought by Richard Penystone in Norwich. Corpus cum causa or
certiorari. Norfolk
 320 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS— BUNDLE 01. 481
John Barbour, of Fleetstreet. The mayor and sheriffs of London.
Assault with ‘ a hanger,’ by Robert Michell, after the proclamation
against using weapons. Corpus cum causa. London 482 William
Arlonde, ‘osteler’ of the inn called ‘ Gerarddy’s Hall.’ The sheriffs of
London Confinement in Newgate pending an action of trespass
brought by William Brae her, gentleman. Corpus cum causa. London
483 •John Johnson, of London, labourer. ■John Rokley and others
Arrest of complainant as a Scot London 48G Elizabeth Baxster, late
the wife of John Croke, gentleman. The mayor and sheriffs of
London, and the said John Croke. Action of trespass brought by the
said John after obtaining a divorce on the ground of his being
precontracted to Elizabeth Cotton, daughter of lady Seyntgeorge. (
'ovpus cum causa and spbpirna. London 487 Robert Bronsted, of
Yarmouth. The mayor and sheriffs of Norwich. Action of trespass
brought by Nicholas Ovy, recorder of Norwich, and Hugh Austyn,
relative to the ownership of a lighter. 21 Edw. IY. Corpus cum causa.
Norfolk 488 John Holibrond, of Bristol. William Toket Claim of Toket
that a certain bond was forfeited by delay in the delivery of a certain
girdle. Bristol 489 Thomas Keggeworth, merchant, of Bristol.
Unnamed Action brought by James Thomas, of Gloucester, for a pipe
of salmon. Certiorari. Gloucester 490 Robert Baker, of Ticehurst,
yeoman. Richard atte Chirche and Alan alias John Waterman. Acting
as common mainpernors and vexing complainant at the law. Sussex
491 Robert Cumberton Thomas Molyns, feoffee to uses. Land in
Shoreditch, Hackney, and London. Middlesex 492 Robert Thrompton,
of Coventry, mercer, and Margaret, his wife. William Lee, of Ruyton
Extorting money and a deed of gift by imprisoning complainant on
pretence of his having been taken prisoner in Wales. Warwick 497
Robert Thrompton The same The same 49G John Bredon and
Johane, his wife. William Coo, late the husband of Johane,
previously the wife of William Shotbolt, grandfather of Johane
Bredon. Tenement in St. Albans, leased from the abbey. Hertford
497 The prior and convent of the Friars Preachers of Bristol. IThe
mayor of Bristol] and John Swayn. Action relative to a cross and
censer delivered by Dr. Lewis Leyson, late prior, to the said Swayn.
Certiorari and subpana. Bristol 499 William Prynce, carrier The
bailiffs of the mayor and commonalty of Bristol. Action of detinue by
John Godard, of Bristol, relative to a sack of wool alleged to have
been entrusted to complainant at Buckingham. Certiorari. Bristol,
Bucks 500 Anthony Melton, gentleman. Thomas Graunt, vintner
Action in the Common Pleas against complainant as surety for
William Ferro, mercer. Inventory of household goods. London 503
John Farthyng Robert Claydon Seizing complainant’s goods for rent
alleged to be due for a house in Walden. Essex 505 Robert Bradowe,
priest The sheriff's of London Vexatious actions brought by John
Veer, priest, whom complainant discharged from the cure of
Beauchamp Boding. Certiorari. Essex, London 50G Margaret, wife of
Bar tholomew Crosby. The mayor and sheriff's of London. Detention
without cause assigned by commandment of Alderman John Fyssher.
Corpus cum causa. London 507 Margaret Edwardes, widow, and
John and William Edwardes, her sons. The steward and marshal of
the Marshalsea. . )! r Disregarding a writ of supersedeas in an action
of trespass brought by Thomas Poyntes, esquire. Certiorari.
Middlesex
 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS— BUNDLE 61. 321 308
511 516 John Herbert!, citizen The sheriffs of London and ‘ tapicer ’
of London, and wife. Anneys, his 509 John Harold, tailor The sheriffs
of London Action of debt and trespass brought by Wiliiara Brent,
complainant’s landlord, before Richard Chawry, one of the said
sheriff's. Corpus cum causa. Londo510 511 312 513 William Hervy,
labourer Robert Hilton, of Abingdon, fishmonger. Walter Brewyn
William Wodehous alias Power, son of John, son of Thomas, son of
William Power alias Wodehous, late citizen and skinner of London.
Thomas Gyles, of Nor- I The sheriff of Norfolk wich. The keeper of
Maidstone gaol. The mayor and sheriffs of London. The mayor and
steward of the lordship of Ashburgh. Thomas Acton John Greverod
John Garard, of Southwark, hardwareman. The bailiffs of Colchester
The sheriffs of London Hawes, Stone. wife of Simon ; The sheriffs of
London 518 Henry Thomas 519 I Robert Browne, chapman, of
London. 520 I John Gra linger, of Southwark, yeoman, ■ collector of
amercements for green wax for the sheriff of Surrey. The mayor of
Sandwich [The mayor and sheriff; of London.| 521 John Hossheken
322 ; Thomas Hogan | Cecile, his wife. - | The mayor and sheriff of
Bristol. and The sheriffs of London Detention pending vexatious
actions | Kent, of trespass brought by John ; London Wright and
John Olyvere, default- j ing customers of the complainant. Corpus
cum causa. Actions. brought by Thomas Knyght Kent under the
Statute of Labourers and of trespass. Corpus cum causa. Arrest at
the instance of John Ferrer, Berks, citizen and salter of London, alias
London draper, on a bond not yet due. Corpus cum causa. Action of
trespass brought by Thomas j Cornwall Kendall relative to cloth
delivered by his orders at Wrelba in Spain. Certiorari. Messuages
and* brewhouses called London ‘the Panyer ’ and ‘the Thre i
Nonnes,’ in St. Michael’s le Quern, Paternoster Row, and Breadstreet.
Detention as a suspected person at ; Norfolk the instance of Robert
Garbot. Corpus cum causa. Attachment of a pipe of woad in the j
Essex Court of ‘Pepoudrez,’ at the suit l of John London. Certiorari.,
Mutilated . The bailiffs of Penwith Action of trespass brought by
Gerves Baker, of London, tailor, against complainant as a receiver of
stolen goods. Some of the jury have said that they would so do that
all the Flemings in Southwark should beware how they bought any
goods of men of the said city. Certiorari. Action of trespass brought
by John Baker, of London, for entering his house to receive money
which he was adjudged to pay her b\ the archbishop. Certiorari.
Action of trespass brought by Richard Engoffe in a matter already
tried before the bailiffs of Ivevell. Certiorari. Favour shown to Robert
Aldey ii: actions of debt and detinue brought against complainant. <
'orpus cum causa. Detention pending an action of debt brought by
John Martyn, of London, mercer. Corpus cum causa. London, Surrey
London Cornwall Kent Surrey, London Repeated actions brought by
Nicholas Bristol Tonell against complainant. Certiorari. Detention
pending an action of tres- j London pass brought by Thomas Cokkes,
j baker, complainant’s late master. Corpus cum causa. 34075
 322 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS— BUNDLE 61. 523
624 526 520 532 533 534 536 530 541 542 i 43 544 547 Robert
Raby, of Strood, gentleman. The mayor and bailiffs of Rochester.
Edmund Bettys John Adys, goldsmith, of London. Anne, late the wife
of John Maufild. Thomas Maplesden William LimmourEllen Dere and
Thomas ! Bledlowe, executors of 1 Robert Browne. Matthew Ernyst
William Machyn, late of Coventry. John Norman 535 j John Smyth ■
John Mere, of the Vvse, weaver, son of Ellen Mere, late of Maiden
Bradley. Roger Mylen, of Baldock 540 I William March am, of
London, hatter-merchant. Leonard Parvesyn, of Southampton,
pointmaker. Johane Plommer alias Keye, of Bristol, late the wife of
William Keye. Thomas esquire. Portlialyn, Action brought by Richard
Brakynburgh, master of the hospital of Our Lady of Strood, who held
land called ‘ Hawkyns dene ’ of complainant and Alice late his wife,
of the manor of Norwod in Strood, on an obligation extorted by
imprisonment. Corpus cum causa. Land at Itringham and Saxthorp.
Mutilated. Action of debt brought by present defendants in London.
Detention of deeds relating to a messuage called ‘ the Swan,’ with 13
acres of land, by Charing Cross. Action brought at Common Law by
defendant on a bond relative to the maintenance of Maud, late the
wife of the said William John. Detention of complainant on a
judgment obtained against him by the said Robert and Alice, without
the consent of the other executors. David Gele, vicar of Rolvenden,
administrator of William John. Thomas Neel, chaplain, and John
Worthyngton, executors of John Mersshe ; and Robert Barton and
Agnes, his wife, executrix of the same John. The mayor of
Canterbury Action of detinue brought by John Sandwey of Reculver
relating to I jewels pledged with defendant. | Certiorari. Attachment
by the custom of London at the suit of John Ganne, creditor of
Edward Croukar, of money as due from complainant to the said
Croukar, although the body of the said Croukar was previously had in
execution for the same debt. Corpus cum causa. Goods pledged by
the said Ellen Mere to Cuer. The mayor and sheriffs 1 of London, and
the mayor and bailiffs of Cambridge. Richard Cuer The sheriff of
Herts and ! Detention and outlawry. Corpus keeper of Hertford gaol.
I cum causa. The mayor and of London. The mayor and bailiffs of
Southampton. The bailiffs of Bristol] John Petit, of London, John
Croke and Robert goldsmith. Spayne, feoffees to uses. Simon Alinou,
o r Alman, son of Ame, daughter of Agnes, sister of Robert, father of
Robert Stone. Robert Spayne sheriffs ' Vexatious actions brought by
Catherine Pikto, of London, widow, to whom he was apprentice.
Certiorari. Action of trespass brought by one Colman, keeper of
Southampton Castle, relative to a horse hired from him. Certiorari.
Action brought by one of the said bailiffs against complainant as
administratrix of her late husband. Corpus cum causa. Probable
release of William Milner, who, after robbing complainant at St.
Bartholomew’s Spitell, is now taken at Royston. Corpus cum causa.
Messuages, one formerly called ‘ the Holy Lambe on the Hope,’ now ‘
the Mayndenhed,’ in Marklane, in the parish of All Hallows,
Stayningchurch, late of Robert Stone. The same Kent i I Norfolk I
London Middlesex Kent i Warwick i | Kent London, Cambridge Wilts
Hertford London Hants Bristol London, Hertford London London
r> i
 324 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS— BUNDLE 61. 565
Robert Baker, servant of the prior of Bath, now abbot of St. Austyn’s,
Canterbury. The mayor of Bristol 566 Alexander Bellowe, of London,
goldsmith. The mayor and sheriffs of London. 567 Barnard Debea
C'alba, merchant, of Genoa. 1 The sheriffs of London 568 Thomas
Coke, parson of Antingham. The mayor and sheriffs of London. 569
Paschall Perrot ■ The steward and marshal of the Marshalsea. 570
William Priour, parish clerk of St. Dunstan’s in the West. The sheriffs
of London 571 Elizabeth, late the wife of Robert Asshefeld. Robert
Hardyng, of London, goldsmith, sheriff of London. 572 John G
renow, tailor The bailiffs of Gloucester 1 1 | 573 William Wodehous .
1 The sheriffs of London 574 William Umfrey The mayor and sheriffs
of London. 1 575 John, son of Peter Broun, of Carlton, aged
fourteen. i ! i The sheriffs of London - j 576 John Fenkyll or Fenkell,
merchant. The admiral of the Court of Admiralty and his ! lieutenant.
577 William Awesten The mayor and sheriffs of London. 578
Alexander Crathorn The mayor and sheriffs of Newcastle on Tyne.
579 The prior and convent of Thetford. [Herry Mighelgood] j 580
Arnald de White or Vite, sugar finer. The mayor of London 581 The
same The mayor and sheriffs of London. 582 1 John Mayhewe, the
younger. John Jakman, Robert ( Kyng,and John Welles, ' feoffees to
uses. Corrupt verdict given in an action of trespass brought by
Thomas Hede and Margaret, his wife, for stealing a casket.
Certiorari. Detention of complainant under the commandment of
Edmund Shaa, alderman of London, pending an action of trespass
brought by Matthew Hubert. Corpus cum causa. Promise made by
John Hardy to share with the jury any damages awarded against
complainant in an action of trespass brought by the said John.
Certiorari. Detention under an alderman’s commandment pending
actions of trespass brought by Simon Aleyn, priest, and others.
Corpus cum causa. Actions of trespass brought by Richard Pemerton
to cause complainant to give up a house rented from William Belle,
master of St. Thomas’s Hospital, Southwark. Corpus cum causa.
Detention pending an action brought by William James alias
Stamford on a bill given relating to the sale of Holland linen. Corpus
cum causa. Manor of Swynygton Condemnation of complainant at
the suit of Robert Belle for theft of a book called ‘the Pylgremage of
Man Soule,’ to which John Hyller subsequently confessed. 22 [Edw.
IV] . Certiorari. Detention in Newgate pending actions brought by
Bartholomew Whyght and others. Corpus cum causa. Detention
under an alderman’s commandment pending actions of trespass
brought by Thomas Digonson, the corrupter of complainant’s wife.
Corpus cum causa. Detention of complainant in prison at the
instance of his master, John Haryngton, citizen and haberdasher of
London. Corpus cum causa. Arrest of complainant’s ship, the Petir of
London, at the suit of William Folkes, in a matter already in
Chancery. Certiorari. Action of debt, brought before a corrupt jury by
John Howell, fruiterer. Certiorari. Promise of William Cli . . . and
Robert Sawnderson to share with the jury damages awarded in an
action of trespass against the complainant. Certiorari. Mutilated. A
corrody of 3d. a day for a servant of the King. Mutilated. Action
brought by John Foorde, of London, mercer, relative to the weight
lost by certain sugar in course of refinement. Certiorari. Actions of
trespass brought by the same. Certiorari. Mutilated. Messuage and
land at Mutilated. Bristol London London Norfolk, London Surrey
London I Norfolk Gloucester Norfolk, London London Lincoln, London
London London Lincoln, Newcastle on Tyne Norfolk London London
Oxford
 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS— BUNDLE 61. 325 583 !
Thomas Wenbourn and Isabel, his wife, daughter and heir of
William, son of James Budde. 584 | Walter Lemster, doctor of physic.
586 Robert Swayn, of Devynton, yeoman. William Potyn and Land at
Whitsam. Mutilated - Kent others. Master Richard Nar- j Breach of
promise to marry Lucy 1 Cambridge borough, doctor of civil
Brampston, complainant’s daughter ; law. in law. Bill for her board
while ' Narborough was studying at Padua. ! The mayor of ... . -
Land in Devynton and Euversham. \ Kent Action brought by Thomas
Knyght. Corpus cum causa. \ BUNDLE 62. 1 William Geliys John
Ebbys Messuage and land in Plumstead the j Norfolk More. 22 Edw. I
V. 4 Thomas Hales 8 , Robert Byfeld, of London, merchant of the
Staple of Calais. 11 15 18 19 Richard Pessall, of Lon- Obtaining an
award by corrupt j London don. means. 21 Edw. IV. j Richard Bull,
mercer, of [ Money received by defendant’s attor- j London London.
ney at Antwerp to be paid to the complainant. 21 Edw. IV. Jane, late
the wife of David John, of Exeter. Christian, eldest son and, by the
custom of Dantzig, administrator of Herman Questemburgh, late
merchant of Dantzig. John Bonefaunt, inn- j Detention of deeds
concerning mes- | Devon holder. I suages in Exeter, late of John
Germyn, complainant’s brother. 3 Ric. III. William West, merchant !
Debt incurred at Dantzig but pay- London able in London. John
Stede, of Colchester The bailiffs of Colchester John Shukburgh I 21 I
William Bevell, administrator of Edmund Bevell. John Hungurford,
executor of Robert Symson. John Pry nee, of London, mercer. Action
brought by complainant against William West, of London, merchant,
on obligations of his assigned to complainant by Thomas Strode,
who has fraudulently given a general release to the said West.
Corpus cum causa. Action brought in the Common Pleas by the said
Hungurford, on obligations paid by complainant but retained by the
said Symson. 22 [Edw. IV]. Money recovered by attachment
according to the custom of London by the said Prynce, from debtors
to the deceased. 21 Edw. IV. Essex Westminster London 23 William
Hynde, citizen and mercer of London. 26 John Iiarvy, weaver, and
Robert Storme, cordwainer, administrators of John Harvy, clerk. 30
Thomas Couper, Coventry. of | Debt without specialty. 22 ; London
Edw. IV. Warwick John Clyfton, the j Purchase money of messuage
in ; Norfolk . younger, John Stab ! Toftis, sold by deceased to the
deworth, and Robert’ fendant Clyfton. 22 Edw. IV. Hyll. ! William
Nicholasson, of Lynne, merchant. Henry Russell Verdict in an action
of tres- > Norfolk pass obtained in Norfolk against complainant
during his attendance . on the King and Council in London. 22 Edw.
IV.
 820 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS -BUNDLE 02. 88
John Baret, of London, goldsmith, son of John Baret, late of London,
mercer, and of Isabel, his wife, and grandson of Margery, late the
wife of William Rider. John Peryn, carpenter, Detention of deeds
relating to a husband of Margery, j messuage called 1 the George,’ in
daughter of the said Sandwich. 22 Edw. IV. Isabel, by John
Pakwode, a former husband. 87 Elizabeth, late the wife of Thomas
Markenfeld, son of Thomas Markenfeld, knight, and daughter of
Thomas, late lord Scroop of Masham. Sir John Conyers, Lands in
Skurveton, Exilby, Scabknight, feoffee to use;-,, beid, Newton,
Bolton-on-Swale, and the said Sir Thomas Carleton Miniot,
Sandhoton beside Markenfeld. Threske, and Holme beside Skipton.
21-22 Edw. IV. 48 Elizabeth, executrix and late the wife of William
Hatclyff or Atclyff, the king’s secretary. William Swayne, execu-
Money owed by the said Henry as tor of Henry Swayne. receiver of
the manors of Charleton, Trent and Hynton Amrell, and other lands
belonging to John Storke, late ward of the said William Hatclyff. 22
[Edw. IV]. 40 Walter, son and executor of John William. Agnes
Pitlesden, execu- Bond of John William to Panter. trix and late the -
wife 22 Edw. IV. of Thomas Panter. 48 Richard Mote and Alice, his
wife, daughter and heir of John Nasshe. Robert Inge - - - Detention
of deeds relating to lands in Thundyrsley. 22 [Edw. IV]. 58 Alice
Sympson, widow, sister of Thomas Harry son, priest. John Bedforde,
feoffee Detention of deeds relating to a to uses, and Richard
messuage and land in Holgrave Harryson, brother of beside Sutton,
the said Thomas. 57 Nicholas Aleyn Edmund Mynot - - Detention of
deeds relating to land in Northgate, Canterbury. 22 Edw. IV. ‘ 60
John, son of William Bowde. Robert Welles, of Nor- Lands,
unspecified. 20 Edw. IV wich. 62 John Ormond anil Johane, his wife.
John Donham and Eliza- Manor of Ightham. 21 Edw. IV beth, his
wife, previous- i ly the wife of William Chaworth ; and John
Stanhope and Thomas Molyneux, feoffees to uses. 66 William
Carpenter Robert Corant - - Land in the Soke beside Winchester. 21
Edw. IV. 69 Clemens, daughter ami heir of John, son of Stephen
Bedford, feoffee Croft called Sytehull in Spene. of John, son of
William , 22 Edw. IV. Henry Dalaryver. Croke, of Welford, late feoffee
to uses. 72 John, son of John Sexton. Thomas Yonge, late feof- j
Messuage and land in East Hanney. fee to uses; Thomas 22 Edw. IV.
Sexton, complainant’s 1 half brother ; and Hamelet Tirlyng and
Agnes, his wife, feoffees of the said Thomas Sexton. 7N SI John
Stokker John Jacob (same as Bl. 61, No. 825). William Whitbarougl:
Land in Haringay, held of the manor and Edmund Clerk'. of
Broweneswood. 21 Edw. IV. N'7 John, son of William Glynton. Robert
Dene, feoffee c • f Messuage in Dodsthorpe in PeterWilliam Wood,
late borough. 22 [Edw. IV;. feoffee to uses ; and John Gillam. 91
William, son of Walter Fornefeld. Robert Everard - - Messuage in
Norwich. 22 Edw. [IV . 95 George Nicoll Ralph Bate and William Land
in Walden, late of Roger ColieDyer, feoffees to uses. well or John
Childe. 22 [Edw. IV . Kent York I Somerset, Dorset | Essex York Kent
Norfolk Kent I Hants Berks ! Berks i Middlesex I 1 Northants 1
Norfolk I ■ Essex
 1)8 102 10.1 101) 111 117 120 128 125 128 131 135 188
142 14G 148 151 EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS — BUNDLE 02.
827 Thomas Nevill - i John Coke Richard Whynbarowe John, son
Saverey. Hugh Sawnder, executor of and feoffee to use of Robert
Bawdewyn. of John Christian, administratrix and late the wife of the
said John, the father. William March, of Lynn, John Taillour, feoffee to
merchant. | uses. Thomas Knyght, gentle- Robert Eekenham,
surman. ! viving feoffee to uses. I William, brother and heir I John
Parkman and Alice, of William Savage, the j his wife, previously the
elder, deceased. wife of the said dej ceased. Nicholas Croke - - John,
father of Robert j. Togull. Detention of deeds relating to a York
messuage in Esington or Esing- , ham. 22 Edw. [IV] . Messuage in
Reymerston. 1 Ric. III. Norfolk Detention of deeds relating to lands |
Essex in Heyghonger, Stamford Rivers, ' and Mereden. 2 Ric. III.
Tenements in Lynn, sold to com- Norfolk] plainant by John
Oldmedow. I a2 [Edw. IV] . Messuage called ‘Bromston,’ in ; Kent
Davyngton beside Faversham, and j lands in Davington, Faversham,
| Preston, Ospringe, Stone, Ludnam, I and Ore. 22 [Edw. IV].
Messuages and land in Sharnbroke. Bedford 22 [Edw. IV]. i James
Hobart - Robert Wode and others, feoffees to uses. John Wylly and
Agnes, j Richard Couper, feoffee his wife, sister of to uses. Thomas
deceased. John Lane Wollescote, | Daniel Oke and Cecile, j his wife,
daughter of Alice, daughter of John l Sely. Rowland Marshall William
Peerson, chaplain. Henry Taillour, feoffee to uses. Breach of promise
to pay the debts of the said Robert Togull, when complainant
suffered him to be released from prison at Bristol. 1 Ric. III.
Messuage and land in Metyngham, llketeshale, and Shipmedewe,
late of William Fraunsham. 20 Edw. IV. Messuage in Asseleygh, in
the parish of St. Mary, Shrewsbury. 22 i Edw. IV. Messuage and land,
late of John j Baldry (unspecified). j Andrew Doket, president, j and
the fellows of Queen’s College, Cambridge. John, son of John,
brother of William Blakman. George Burdon, of London,tailor, and
Johanne, his wife, daughter of Richard Auceter. William [Waynflete],
bishop of Winchester. Hugh Hunte, executor of Gilbert Pulvertoft, j
successor to Alice, late | the wife of Thomas j Sely, whose will was j
proved in’ 5 Edw. II. John Ferrour and Isabel, his wife, previously the
wife of Matthew Adam. Richard Geffrey, executor j of Thomas
Geffrey, and j John Berive, of Bright- | 1 lingsea. | Robert Bardesey,
feoffee j ; to uses. Bristol ■ Suffolk Salop Detention of deeds relating
to four messuages in the parishes of St. Alban and St. Olave. Close
called ‘Prestys fold’ Osyes. 22 [Edw. IV] . London Essex Thomas, son
of Thomas ! Berton, late surviving ; feoffee to uses, and John Ereby
and Elizabeth, his wife, previously the wife of the ' said William
Blakman. John Bulcote, executor of Johanne, executrix j and late the
wife of the 1 said Richard Auceter, husband of Cecile, their daughter.
William Tymer and ■ Alisaundre Hughson. feoffees to the use of
Hugh Tylney. Debt owed by the said Thomas Essex Geffrey. Land in
Hadley, bought of John j Essex Shelley, mercer, of London, by '
Master Piers Baxster, late fellow of I the College, to the use of the
College, j 20 Edw. IV. Messuages and land in Chesthunt. Hertford 20
[Edw. IV]. Share of money arising from the sale ; Worcester of a
messuage in Worcester. 22 [Edw. IV]. Annuity payable out of lands
of the Lincoln said Hugh Tylney. 20 [Edw. IV].
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