Petition & Decision

Reference Number
1074/B/25/3
Level of Description
Item
Title
Petition & Decision
Date
1722
Extent
Extent: 2 items
Description
William Whitmore v Harry Bridges
Whitmore petitions that Bridges, who had deprived the parishioners of the right to bury in the churchyard by adding the ground into his Park, be restrained from this. Fishing rights also questioned.
The decision of the Lord Chancellor – fishing rights dismiss. Churchyard appeal upheld.
Place Name
Keynsham (Somerset)
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