View source for Order to Sir Nathaniel Bacon in the Case of Edwards, Plaintiff v. Grigges, Defendant, 14 November 1604, L.d.739


This article features a transcription of a [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] [[Manuscripts (disambiguation)|manuscript]], Order to Sir Nathaniel Bacon in the Case of Edwards v. Grigges, L.d.739, (November 14, 1604), featured in the ''[[Age of Lawyers]]''  Exhibition, September 12, 2015-January 3, 2016.

More manuscripts from this collection can be found in [http://titania.folger.edu/findingaids/dfobacontownshend.xml#anchorref963 Guide to the Bacon-Townshend collection, 1550-1640]  

== Transcription ==
Below is a semi-diplomatic transcription of folio 1r of Folger manuscript L.d.739. The transcription below was created by the Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) project. To access an image of the original leaf, click on each transcription's heading.

=== [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/fjuwv2 L.d.739, folio 1 recto] ===
My L''ord'' Channcelor 

p''res''ent / 

Mercurij xiiij die novembris 

Anno Regni Iacobi Regis secundo                                                                                       

Inter Thomam Edward''es'' q''ueren''t     

Tho''mam'' Grigge et al''ios'' def''endentes''           

__________            

Vpon the openinge of the matter this

p''re''sent day by mr Gawsell beinge of the 

pl''ain''t''iffes'' Councell and by mr Athowe beinge 

of the def''enden''t''es ''Councell And vpo''n'' the 

readinge of an order of the xjth of

october Last It apered that the 

recovery in the forme done in remaynder                                                   

w''hi''ch was latlie had against the pl''aintiffes'' 

in cort of the mannor whereof the 

Land''es'' are holden, passed against the 

pl''aintiffes'' by default and that the pl''aintiffes'' excepteth 

to the Steward before ^<sup>whome</sup> the <s>tryall</s> recou''er''y 

by default passed and because <del>[.]</del> it  

is alleged that S''i''r Nathaniell Bacon                                                           

knight is highe steward of the said 

mannor It is <s>he</s> therefore ordered 

that the matter be referred to the said

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