THE ANCESTOR
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A GENEALOGIST'S KALENDAR OF
CHANCERY SUITS OF THE TIME OF
CHARLES I.
NO records are more fruitful in information for the geneal-
ogist than the records of proceedings in the Court ot
Chancery. Their great bulk makes it plain that a suit in
Chancery was indulged in by almost every family of our law-
loving people ; and it is making hardly too great a claim for
these bills and answers and their accompanying depositions to
assert that everybody's pedigree lies somewhere in these great
deeps of parchment. From the bills and answers of the time
of Charles I. a series of notes will appear in 'The Ancestor.
These notes, although the nature of the suit will be mentioned
in each case, will be selected for their genealogical value. From
a branching pedigree of eight or ten generations to some hint
of a hitherto unknown marriage or kinship any good fortune
is possible to the pedigree maker who will dip in this abound-
ing lucky-bag of genealogy.
Ai Bill (14 May 1647) of William Atlee the elder of Acton, co. Middle-
sex, yeoman, complainant.
Answer (20 May 1 647) of George Lamploe of Little Yeelinge [Ealing], yeo-
man, and Susan Watts, widov/, defendant.
Concerning the estate of Roger Watts of Little Ealing, deceased, who
died in October 1645, indebted to the complainant. He was husband
of the defendant Susan, who is mother to the defendant George.
Ai Bill ( 1 1 Feb. 1 640) ^ of Gilbert Armstronge of Rempston, co. Notts,
esquire, complainant.
Answer (...) of Hugh Armstronge, clerk, defendant, parson of Thorpe
in the Clotts, co. Notts.
Concerning the rectory of Thorpe to which the defendant was pre-
sented by (his father ?) the father of the complainant. The com-
plainant is his father's heir and exor. The defendant names his wife
Frances.
1 Throughout these extracts the dates remain in the old style, the year
being reckoned as beginning upon the 25 th March.
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