Post by donne on Apr 14, 2014 3:22:19 GMT -5
Further to my posting in 'Cornish Resources' relating to the entries in The National Archives catalogue listing Paskow DONNE's involvement in litigation in the Court of Chancery, I have now managed to transcribe the copy of the document I got from TNA relating to the parish of Camborne, though unfortunately the document is damaged and faded around the edges. I thought that Penwith researchers may be interested in the names and occupations mentioned - I've used the spellings contained in the document.
The document represents the submission by the plaintiff, James HOCKEN to the Lord Chancellor that Paskowe DONNE had claimed a false title to the tenement of Pengegon in Camborne to which James HOCKEN and Bleanche his wife were the lawful tenants under a lease from James BASSETT, lord of the manor of 'Tehydye'. Both HOCKEN and DONNE are described as yeomen, of the parish of Camborne. The document also relates how Paskowe DONNE brought proceedings against Henrye EDYE, a labourer and a 'retayner' of James HOCKEN, in the Hundred Court of Penwith, and how James HOCKEN stood surety for EDYE, was arrested, imprisoned by the steward of the Court, Bennett ANGOVE, and forced to pay an unreasonable fine to secure his release. None of this reflects very well on Paskowe DONNE, but we don't know his side of the story or the eventual judgment of the Court of Chancery.
There is no date that I could find on the document, but it does address the Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas EGERTON. He apparently was in office as Lord Keeper and later Lord Chancellor from 1596 to 1617, spanning the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. A reference to 'his magisties Honorable Coort of Chancerye' leads to a date after the accession of James I on 24 Mar 1603, although wikipedia says that Sir Thomas was created Baron Ellesmere by James I on 19 July 1603. It seems likely that the document dates to those few months between March and July 1603 when he was still plain Sir Thomas, but certainly it must predate Paskowe DONNE's move from Camborne to St. Erth which happened circa 1612 according to other family information I have.
The document represents the submission by the plaintiff, James HOCKEN to the Lord Chancellor that Paskowe DONNE had claimed a false title to the tenement of Pengegon in Camborne to which James HOCKEN and Bleanche his wife were the lawful tenants under a lease from James BASSETT, lord of the manor of 'Tehydye'. Both HOCKEN and DONNE are described as yeomen, of the parish of Camborne. The document also relates how Paskowe DONNE brought proceedings against Henrye EDYE, a labourer and a 'retayner' of James HOCKEN, in the Hundred Court of Penwith, and how James HOCKEN stood surety for EDYE, was arrested, imprisoned by the steward of the Court, Bennett ANGOVE, and forced to pay an unreasonable fine to secure his release. None of this reflects very well on Paskowe DONNE, but we don't know his side of the story or the eventual judgment of the Court of Chancery.
There is no date that I could find on the document, but it does address the Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas EGERTON. He apparently was in office as Lord Keeper and later Lord Chancellor from 1596 to 1617, spanning the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. A reference to 'his magisties Honorable Coort of Chancerye' leads to a date after the accession of James I on 24 Mar 1603, although wikipedia says that Sir Thomas was created Baron Ellesmere by James I on 19 July 1603. It seems likely that the document dates to those few months between March and July 1603 when he was still plain Sir Thomas, but certainly it must predate Paskowe DONNE's move from Camborne to St. Erth which happened circa 1612 according to other family information I have.
