John Donne patron of St. Bennets Grace Church London, Richard Burrell & William Gough defendants
By: the case as it stands vpon the bill of appeals in Chancery.
Contributors: Burrell, Richard, fl. 1612.; Gough, William, fl. 1612.; England and Wales. Court of Chancery.
Published: 1630
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Donne, John, d. 1636 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Burrell, Richard, fl. 1612 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Gough, William, fl. 1612 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Tithes -- Great Britain.; Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain.
Other titles: Case of John Donne, c. 1630.
Notes: Ms.
Caption title.
Chiefly (beginning on 1b) the "Argument" of R. Burrell's defending counsel (unnamed).
The case concerns payments that according to the plaintiff John Donne (not the poet) ought to have been made to him, by virtue of the statute of 37 Hen. 8, cap. 12, from monies paid to R. Burrell in addition to the amounts designated as rent for the lease in 1612 of his house to W. Gough.
Accessioned in LC in 1944 (LL 5108D1)
Written in England, in a utilitarian cursive, 29 lines to a page, probably all by one scribe.
Watermark: double candlesticks with grape.