Legal: Miscellaneous 17th Century Cases: Townley v Holden and Holden v Wall

1. Michaelmas 1682

Draft brief in the Exchequer case of Richard Townley v Thomas Holden.

2-3. [1682]

Case for the plaintiff in case of Richard Townley v Thomas Holden, in which Townley claims Holden, as deputy steward of the manor of Colne in 1678, entered in the court rolls a fictitious mortgage of a messuage and land (5a.) in Colne, causing Townley to pay £60 to redeem it.

4. [1683]

Case for the defendant in an action 'for scandalous words' brought by Thomas Holden against William Wall, gent., relating to the acquittal of Holden by the judge over the question of whether he forged the mortgage referred to in 2-3 above.

5.

Trinity Terms 1683 (Latin)

Copy of issue in case of Thomas Holden v. William Wall.

6.

17 Mar 1684

Bond.

1. Thomas Holden of Toad Hall

2a) William Wall of Chingehall.in Whittingham. gent, b) Richard Towneley of Carr Hall, esq.

Surety of £300 to keep award of Thomas Hodgkinson and Thomas Winckley, both of Preston, gents, and Edmund Towneley of Royle, clerk.

7. 26 Apr 1684

Award of Winckley and Edmund Townley of Royle, clerk, in Holden v Wall. Neither to bring any law suit against the other over the dispute and to make quitclaims of all actions and demands etc.

8. 31 Aug. 1685

Bond.

1. Thomas Holden.

2. William Wall.

Surety of £100 to keep award of Edward Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston., esq. and Lawrence Rawsthorne of Preston in a dispute between 1 and 2.