⁴⁶¹ For Benjamin Tichborne (c.1542–1609; ktd. 14 September 1601), see A.M. Marmidière, ‘Tichborne, Sir Benjamin’, in History of Parliament 1558–1603; Shaw, Knights, vol. 2, p. 99.

⁴⁶² Sir Matthew Carew, educated Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1548 and Fellow 1551), LLD (Louvain), appointed Master in Chancery 1583, ktd. 23 July 1603. See Squibb, Doctors' Commons, p. 154; Levack, Brian P., The Civil Lawyers in England 1603–1641: a political study (Oxford, 1973), p. 217Google Scholar.

⁴⁶³ Probably James Cromer (later Sir James) of Tunstall, Kent, who married Matthew Carew's daughter Martha.

⁴⁶⁴ No entry for this recognizance appears in the manuscript calendars or the indexes of recognizances in the close rolls for 44 Elizabeth (or 43 Elizabeth).

⁴⁶⁵ Produce or profits.

⁴⁶⁶ William Brocke or Brooke, Sir Benjamin's son-in-law, adm. Inner Temple 1584 (bar 1593, bench 1605): see Prest, Barristers, p. 348.

⁴⁶⁷ 25 March 1603.

⁴⁶⁸ The right to enter, exit, and return to, or from, the barns and lands in question.

⁴⁶⁹ Probably narwhal tusk: OED, ‘unicorn's horn’.

⁴⁷⁰ Thomas Caesar, Julius Caesar's brother, b. 1561, adm. Inner Temple 1582 (bar 1591, bench 1607), ktd. 25 June 1610, d. 18 July 1610. See E.L.C. Mullins, ‘Caesar, Sir Thomas’, in History of Parliament 1558–1603; Foss, Judges, vol. 1, p. 148.

⁴⁷¹ Probably Thomas Fleming of Southants, adm. Lincoln's Inn 22 March 1590 (special admission 25 March). He was the son of Thomas Fleming of Hants, adm. to the same Inn 12 May 1567. See Lincoln's Inn Admissions, pp. 75, 110.

⁴⁷² ‘20 November 1602. By warrant on paper’.

⁴⁷³ Copied.

⁴⁷⁴ ‘8 November 1610. Let copies of the bill and answer specified below be sent under privy seal at the request and humble petition of William Brock esquire’.

⁴⁷⁵ Daniel Dunn, Master of Requests 1602–1617 (see Appendix 2).

⁴⁷⁶ Agitated, troubled, or torn by dissension (OED).

⁴⁷⁷ 31 March 1602.

⁴⁷⁸ An ecclesiastical court suit to enforce an absent spouse to return to the marital home.

⁴⁷⁹ ‘Diet’ means an allowance of food, ‘exhibition’ an allowance of money.

⁴⁸⁰ Presumably John Dennyes, adm. Gray's Inn 1576: see Gray's Inn Register, p. 49.

⁴⁸¹ Half a dozen Richard Nortons were admitted to the Middle Temple, Inner Temple Gray's Inn, and Lincoln's Inn between 1570 and 1602, making it difficult to make a positive identification.

⁴⁸² Perhaps Francis Harries of Clement's Inn, adm. Middle Temple 5 April 1578: see Middle Temple Register, p. 43. See also Oxford Alumni, p. 655.

⁴⁸³ ‘The answer of Benjamin Tichborne knight, defendant, in the suit of Robert Garth esquire, 28 January 1603’.

⁴⁸⁴ ‘Having been sworn’.

⁴⁸⁵ The act of offering or that which is offered.

⁴⁸⁶ The act of seizing and taking away by force the property of others (OED).

⁴⁸⁷ The original mistakenly reads ‘his’.

⁴⁸⁸ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

⁴⁸⁹ Also marked as p. 148.

⁴⁹⁰ 26 June.

⁴⁹¹ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

⁴⁹² Or p. 155.

⁴⁹³ Masters Julius Caesar and Christopher Parkins presiding.

⁴⁹⁴ Or p. 242.

⁴⁹⁵ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

⁴⁹⁶ Or p. 290.

⁴⁹⁷ Probably John More, adm. Lincoln's Inn 7 October 1560: see Lincoln's Inn Admissions, p. 6. It is unlikely that either John More, one of the sheriffs of London, adm. Gray's Inn 11 March 1598, or John More of Lincoln's Inn, created serjeant-at-law 1614, was senior enough in 1603. See Gray's Inn Register, p. 93; REQ 1/27, p. 655; Baker, Serjeants at Law, p. 179.

⁴⁹⁸ 23 November.

⁴⁹⁹ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

⁵⁰⁰ Or p. 323.

⁵⁰¹ 20–26 January 1604.

⁵⁰² This document consists of a single sheet of paper folded in half to create two membranes.

⁵⁰³ 1598.

⁵⁰⁴ 1596.

⁵⁰⁵ 1601.

⁵⁰⁶ The original reads ‘other other’.

⁵⁰⁷ 1601.

⁵⁰⁸ 1602.

⁵⁰⁹ 1595.

⁵¹⁰ 1600.

⁵¹¹ 1557.

⁵¹² 1557.

⁵¹³ 1602.

⁵¹⁴ 1599.

⁵¹⁵ 1596.

⁵¹⁶ 1550.

⁵¹⁷ 1595.

⁵¹⁸ 1598.

⁵¹⁹ The original mistakenly reads ‘under without’.

⁵²⁰ 1602.

⁵²¹ 1602.

⁵²² 1596.

⁵²³ C54/1688 [membranes not numbered].

⁵²⁴ 1601.

⁵²⁵ 1596.

⁵²⁶ 1601.

⁵²⁷ 1600.

⁵²⁸ 1602.

⁵²⁹ 1601.

⁵³⁰ 1596.

⁵³¹ 1557.

⁵³² 1550.

⁵³³ 1542.

⁵³⁴ 1557.

⁵³⁵ Defendants.

⁵³⁶ 10 October–28 November 1603.

⁵³⁷ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

⁵³⁸ Or p. 308.

⁵³⁹ Masters Roger Wilbraham, Daniel Dunn, and Christopher Parkins presiding.

⁵⁴⁰ Or p. 353.

⁵⁴¹ Probably Robert Snagge (son of Thomas Snagge, sergeant-at-law), adm. Gray's Inn 27 June 1582: see Gray's Inn Registers, p. 61. See also 11. Joan Spragin v. Martin Spragin et al. above.

⁵⁴² 7 February.

⁵⁴³ Masters Roger Wilbraham, Julius Caesar, and Daniel Dunn presiding.

⁵⁴⁴ Or p. 373.

⁵⁴⁵ There is no mention of this case in the remaining 956 pages of this book.