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Raby, John, fl. 1710s-1720s (serjeant-at-law)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: fl. 1710s-1720s - 1729

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 23 Apr. 3 Geo I [1717]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/1/11
Scope and Contents There is a contemporary index to the cases affixed to the first membrane. There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Final concord: Thomas Marsh, plaintiff, and Robert Thompson and Mary, his wife, and Thomas Whynne and Eleanor, his wife, defendants, relating to 20 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture and 20 acres of marsh land with appurtenances in Mepal. 1r. Final concord:...
Dates: 23 Apr. 3 Geo I [1717]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 14 Apr. 4 Geo I [1718]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/1
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. James Massingill of Wisbech, merchant, answered James Flierden in an action of trespass on the case relating to a promissory note for the sum of 90 pounds made 1 Oct. 1715. Pled not guilty; to proceed to jury trial. 1r. Edward Clarke, alias Clark, of Whittlesey, labourer, is summoned to answer Benjamin Rogers in an action of debt of ten pounds...
Dates: 14 Apr. 4 Geo I [1718]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 11 Apr. 7 Geo I [1721]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/6
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. John King, gentleman, brought a suit against Thomas Neale, gentleman, relating to a share or part of a messuage, an acre of land and nine acres of marshland with appurtenances in March. This is a common recovery. 1r. Final concord: Aungier Peacock, gentleman, plaintiff, and John Saukster and Susan, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, a barn...
Dates: 11 Apr. 7 Geo I [1721]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 18 Oct. 1725

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/11
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Richard Pope complains against John Legg of Witchford, labourer, in an action of trespass and ejection that on 5 Oct. 1725 he ejected Pope from four and a half acres of arable land and a rod of marsh land with appurtenances in Witchford and Wentworth which Mary Dickson, widow, had leased to Pope. Legg acquitted. 1r. Richard Pope complains against John...
Dates: 18 Oct. 1725
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Ely, 21 Mar. 5 Geo I [1719], pleas before John Raby [at Ely], 19 Apr. 6 Geo. I [1720], pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 19 Sept. 7 Geo. I [1720] and pleas at Ely before John Raby, 31 Mar. 5 Geo. [1719] , 1719 - 1720

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/3
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. This is the first roll. 1r. Thomas Charles Cadwall Adams Moore, gentleman, brought a suit against Nathaniel Brew, gentleman, relating to five acres of marshland in Whittlesey, Eastrea and Coates. This is a common recovery. 1v. Final concord: William Large, plaintiff, and Thomas Crosse and Anne, his wife, defendants, relating to a messuage, a barn or...
Dates: 1719 - 1720
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 1 Oct. 4 Geo I [1717]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/2
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r.-v. Thomas Harris, cleric, brought a suit against David Waite, gentleman, relating to ten acres of land with appurtenances in Elm. This is a common recovery. 2r. Thomas Jones of Downham, cleric, answered John Leaford in an action of trespass that his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass growing in Leaford’s close, one comprising a lot of 12...
Dates: 1 Oct. 4 Geo I [1717]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 1 Sept. 5 Geo I [1718]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/4
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. William Nicholas and Matthew Hull complain against Thomas Jones of Downham, cleric, in an action of trespass that between 12 July 1718 and 6 Aug. following his livestock trampled and overgrazed the grass and crops growing in a close belonging to Nicholas and Hull called Westmore at Downham causing damage. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated. ...
Dates: 1 Sept. 5 Geo I [1718]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 10 Aug. 6 Geo I [1719]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/5
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. William Ball of Leverington Parson’s Drove, yeoman, is summoned to answer Thomas Browne in an action of debt of 150 pounds relating to a bond of obligation of 9 July 1718 at Wisbech. The bond of obligation is recited. No outcome is stated. 1r. Aungier Peacocke, gentleman, complains against John Barber of Witchford, labourer, in an action of trespass...
Dates: 10 Aug. 6 Geo I [1719]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 19 Sept. 7 Geo I [1720]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/7
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Thomas Thacker of March, waterman, answered Stephen Lade in an action of trespass on the case that Thacker was indebted in the sum of 80 shillings for a gelding, 1 Jan. 1720 at Wisbech. The entry is incomplete; no outcome is stated. 1r. John Town of Wisbech St Peter, gentleman, answered Anne Kelsall, widow, in an action of trespass on the case that Town was...
Dates: 19 Sept. 7 Geo I [1720]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech, 17 May 1725

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/10
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Mary Harrison, widow, and Thomas Harrison, executors of the will of Thomas Harrison, lately Mary’s husband, deceased, complain against Mary Bamford of Wisbech St Mary, executor of the will of Edward Bamford, lately her husband, deceased, in an action of trespass on the case relating to a debt of 28 pounds for goods or services rendered between Thomas Harrison and...
Dates: 17 May 1725
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech and Ely, 14 May 8 Geo I [1722], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723] and 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723], 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/8
Scope and Contents There is no gaol delivery. This roll contains records of four separate sittings. 1r. John Adams brought a suit against Martin Wilkin, gentleman, relating to a messuage, a barn or store-house, a stable, a garden, 30 acres of marshland with appurtenances in Wisbech. This is a common recovery. 1v. Thomas Mallabar, cleric, complains against Jeremiah Hunston of Wisbech St Peter, cleric, in an...
Dates: 14 May 8 Geo I [1722], 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722], 4 June 9 Geo I [1723] and 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]; 15 Oct. 9 Geo I [1722]; 4 June 9 Geo I [1723]; 14 Oct. 10 Geo I [1723]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Pleas before John Raby at Wisbech and Ely, 26 May 10 Geo. I [1724] and 5 Oct. 11 Geo I [1724], 1724-10-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS EDR/E5/2/9
Scope and Contents Wisbech, 26 May 10 Geo I [1724]. Pleas before John Raby, chief justice of the Isle of Ely. There is no gaol delivery. 1r. Charles King, gentleman, brought a suit against John King, gentleman, relating to 18 acres of marshland with appurtenances in Upwell. This is a common recovery. 1v. John Leeds complains against Robert Mewtas of Manea, gentleman, and Mary Mewtas of the same...
Dates: 26 May 10 Geo. I [1724] and 5 Oct. 11 Geo I [1724]; 1724-10-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).