Draft legal documents relating to Philip George's Town Clerk duties and legal practice

Reference Number

BC/3/2/30

Level of Description

Item

Title

Draft legal documents relating to Philip George's Town Clerk duties and legal practice

Date

07 January 1807-14 December 1807

Extent

Extent: 1 bundle

Description

A bundle of draft legal papers. These include Briefs for prosecution for felony cases, affidavits, requests for counsel's opinion, together with bonds to indemnify the parish against maintenance costs for illegitimate children.

Previous reference number BC 134/19.

Contents

• BC/3/2/30/1 - Draft Lease for a property at Crewkerne, Somerset
• BC/3/2/30/2 - Draft Briefs for the Prosecution for Elizabeth Duckham and Jane Herrin (plaintiffs) against Jane Day (defendant) heard at the Epiphany Sessions for Somerset at Wells
• BC/3/2/30/3 - Draft Bond of Indemnity served to Jonathan Toghill, Parish of St Peter and Paul, Bath, by the churchwardens and overseers of the Parish of Walcot for the upkeep of the child born to Maria Hodges of the Parish of Walcot, singlewoman, deceased
• BC/3/2/30/4 - Two Draft Bonds of Indemnity served to Charles Fallon, Bath, Lieutenant, 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, by John Langley, Bath, Gentleman, and Edward Barkey, Bath, Gentleman
• BC/3/2/30/5 - Two draft Bonds of Indemnity served to Pickering Lettsom, Inner Temple, London and Cornelius Heathcote Rhodes of Barlborough Hall, County of Derby
• BC/3/2/30/6 - Draft Bond of Indemnity served to John Cockburn, former servant to the Revd Dr Berkeley, Dean of Taum, Scotland, by the churchwardens and overseerers of the Parish of Edgebaston for the upkeep of a baby to be born to Ann Bennett of Edgebaston
• BC/3/2/30/7 - Draft case for the opinion of the Attorney General respecting Mr Collicott's being liable for the defaults of his brother collector, Charles Sheppard
• BC/3/2/30/8 - Draft Affidavit of debt served to Richard Dillow by Henry Tempest, Bath, heard at the King's Bench
• BC/3/2/30/9 - Draft Lease of Hinton Field, Tait and Tetherly Farms in the parishes of Charterhouse Hinton and Norton St Phillip, part of the Skurray Day estate
• BC/3/2/30/10 - Draft Affidavit to accompany an extract from the Register Book of Burials
• BC/3/2/30/11 - Case for counsel's opinon concerning the examination of weights and measures within city boroughs and markets, with a reply by Wyndham Godden
• BC/3/2/30/12 - Draft Agreement for Holloway Farm at Maningford Bohun, Wiltshire
• BC/3/2/30/13 - Witness statement by Joseph Roberts of Saracen's Head, Bath, James Cary, Bath, Tythingman, and Jemima Thompson, wife of William Thompson of Widcombe Terrace, Parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe, Somerset
• BC/3/2/30/14 - Draft Affidavit of debt
• BC/3/2/30/15 - Draft Brief for the prosecution for Daniel Hillier (plaintiff), 7 Hoopers Court, Walcot, against Amelia Emley (defendant) for felony, heard at Easter Quarter Sessions at Wells
• BC/3/2/30/16 - Draft Affidavit, Service of Latitat served by George Bush, Bath, Gentleman, on behalf of John Townsend (plaintiff), to George Figges (defendant)
• BC/3/2/30/17 - Draft Affidavit of Ann Evans respecting the birth of Judith Wagg
• BC/3/2/30/18 - Draft Affidavit of debt in the matter of Benjamin Butler, bankrupt
• BC/3/2/30/19 - Draft Affidavit of Service of Rule of Debt
• BC/3/2/30/20 - Draft Brief for the prosecution for John Allen, Builder (plaintiff) against John Hiett, living near the Blue Lodge, a short distance from Bath, Carpenter (defendant), heard at the Somerset Assizes, Bridgewater
• BC/3/2/30/21 - Draft Lease of Hallam Farm, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
• BC/3/2/30/22 - Draft Lease of a messauge and premises in Cheap Street, Bath
• BC/3/2/30/23 - Draft Affirmation to prove debt owed to Young Sturge, the younger, Walcot, Leather Dresser and Quaker, by William Heath, Chippenham, Clothier Dealer
• BC/3/2/30/24 - Draft Lease of a messuage and premises in New Bond Street, Bath