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Mr Prescot (PERSON57050)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Lawyer’, c. 11 April 1629

Residences: ‘Holborn (WC1, WC2, EC1)’, c. 28 April 1623; ‘Unspecified’, c. 26 September 1623 & 11 April 1629

Hamlet Clark (PERSON1749)

Male, b. 1567-10-28-1569-11-20 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Lawyer’, c. 27 October 1598

Residences: ‘The Guildhall’, c. 27 October 1598 & 17 April 1599

Mr Barnes (PERSON43550)

Male, b. 1568-02-06-1570-02-04 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Sheriff’, c. 5 February 1629

Residence: ‘Unspecified’, c. 5 February 1629

Chapman (PERSON45876)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Lawyer’, c. 13 September 1628

Residence: ‘Unspecified’, c. 13 September 1628

Mr John Cook (PERSON46795)

Male, b. 1608-09-17 or 1609-09-17, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Lawyer’, c. 21 December 1631

Residence: ‘Gray’s Inn’, c. 21 October 1630

Mr Wyant (PERSON62376)

Male, b. 1582-10-25 or 1582-11-08, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Proctor of law’, c. 14 April 1633, 23 July 1630 & 27 April 1633

Residences: ‘neere Docters commens in knight riders streete’, c. 15 April 1633; ‘Knightrider Street (EC4)’, c. 27 April 1633

Mr Altham [Judge Altham] (PERSON404)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Counsellor’, c. 5 October 1596

Residences: ‘at mr altams’, c. 2 May 1597; ‘Unspecified’, c. 10 January 1603; ‘Mr Althoms howse’, c. 14 May 1606

Mr John Prescot (PERSON57051)

Male, b. 1589-04-29-1591-09-25 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Attorney’, c. 26 September 1623

Residences: ‘Holborn (WC1, WC2, EC1)’, c. 26 September 1623; ‘Stonely Priory’, c. 14 November 1629

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f5-event-mentioned=No;f8-social-network-recorded=Yes;f12-gentry=No;f15-residence-mentioned=Yes;f17-occupation-mentioned=Yes;f18-residence=England%3A%3ALondon;f19-occupation=Law%2C%20justice%2C%20state, accessed 11 May 2024.

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