Viewing Event Record: Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: Richard Bury responds

Abstract

In a Chancery suit between Jane Langley and Hugh Browker, Richard Bury affirms that he 'did subscribe his name as a witness' to Browker's sale of the thousand-year lease of the Paris Garden manor to Michael Smalpage, dated 'the eight day of June in the thirtieth year of the reign of our...sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth.' He also recalls being present 'as a witness' to both the will and death of Smalpage in 1594.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1603 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 8 June 1588 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Name
Paris Garden
Name
Swan

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Browker, Hugh defendant leaseholder, vendor
Bury, Richard deponent witness
Langley, Jane plaintiff
Smalpage, Michael purchaser