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Mid-C17th Chancery cases

This page provides a listing of selected Court of Chancery cases relevant to an understanding of Oxenden family commercial ventures and family (Aylmer, Dallison, Oxenden, Piers, Stanley) litigation over domestic issues involving the Court of Chancery

Litigation involving Thomas Stanley, father-in-law of Elizabeth's son Maximilian Dallison

C 9/240/194 f. 1

C 10/14/38 f. 1
C 10/14/38 f. 2

C 22/968/8 f. 1
C 22/968/8 f. 2

Litigation involving Sir James Oxenden, father of Elizabeth Dallison

C22/955/10 f. 1
C22/955/10 f. 2
C22/955/10 f. 3

Litigation involving Sir Thomas Piers, brother-in-law of Elizabeth Dallison

Litigation involving Edward Kelke, lawyer friend of Elizabeth Dallison

C 9/242/63
C 9/242/65

C 9/243/65 f. 1 Needs to be completed

C 9/243/66 Dallison v. Skipper and Smith, 1666
C 9/243/66 f. 1
C 9/243/66 f. 2
C 9/243/66 f. 3
C 9/243/66 f. 4

C 22/52/40 f. 1
C 22/52/40 f. 2
C 22/52/40 f. 3

Litigation involving Robert Raworth

C6/133/9 f. 1
C6/133/9 f. 3

Litigation involving Captain/Sir William Ryder

Captain, later Sir, William Ryder was an active London merchant from at least the 1640s till his death in 1670. He was involved in a significant number of Chancery cases over varied issues. These include: Firstly, a suit brought by Sir Richard Ford(e) and John Buckworth against Sir William Ryder and William Cuttler, all of whom had been joint partners in the importation of iron and copper from Stockholm, Sweden, for use in the Guinea trade. At dispute were loans from a further merchant and a London goldsmith, the payment and indeed the existence of the loans were disputed (C5/53/26 ff. 1-3). Secondly, XXXXXX (C 6/151Pt2/28 ff. 1-2). Thirdly, a dispute about bills of exchange which had been drawn on Sir William Ryder's name at the request of Thomas Marsham, a now deceased London merchant. The satisfaction of the bills by Marsham through forgiveness of debt by another London merchant, William Gomeldon, was disputed by Marsham's executors(C10/58/29, ff. 1-32). Fourthly, XXXXX (C10/99/66; C10/99/70). Fifthly, XXXXX (C10/155/38 ff. 1-3)

Sir Richard Ford(e), John Buckworth, William Cuttler, and Sir William Ryder,
C5/53/26 f. 1
C5/53/26 f. 2
C5/53/26 f. 3

C 6/151Pt2/28 f. 1
C 6/151Pt2/28 f. 2
C 6/151Pt2/28 f. 3

C10/58/29 f. 1
C10/58/29 f. 2

C10/99/66 f. 1
C10/99/70 f. 1

C10/155/38 f. 1
C10/155/38 f. 2
C10/155/38 f. 3

Litigation involving English East India Company

C10/99/64 f. 1
C10/99/65 f. 1
C10/99/67 f. 1
C10/99/68 f. 1

Litigation involving merchant subscribers to SVJS, but not directly related to SVJS or to the Oxenden family

C 10/74/1 Roger Andrewes, John Connis, William Pennoyer, Francis Dashwood and Edward Crispe v Frederick Skinner: money matters, Middx. 1664
C 10/19/66 Robert Levett v Jacob Searle, Nicholas Gould, Robert Abdy, William Williams, Andrew Rickards, Nathan Wright and others: money matters, Middlesex. Bill and answer. 1653

Oxenden vs Dallison litigation following Elizabeth Dallison's death

C 9/40/48 f. 1
C 9/40/48 f. 2
C 9/40/48 f. 3
C 9/40/48 f. 4
C 9/40/48 f. 5

C 9/40/57 ff. 1-2
C 9/40/57 ff. 3-4
C 9/40/57 f. 5
C 9/40/57 f. 6
C 9/40/57 f. 7

C 9/49/48 f. 1
C 9/49/48 f. 2

Litigation involving Henry Oxinden of Barham and Denne family

C22/969/42

Loyal Merchant litigation

C10/488/141

SVJS & KF litigation

Thirty separately indexed Chancery documents have been identified in the National Archives which are related to Sir George Oxenden’s ventures in 1655-1659. A significant number are indexed under titles which are not obviously linked to Sir George Oxenden. The documents fall into four series, of which C9 and C10 are the dominant ones, with thirteen records in the C9 category and fifteen records in the C10 category. There is one record in C5 and one record in C22.

C5

C5/58/51

C9

C9/28/10
C9/29/37
C9/30/96
C9/47/10
C9/59/10
C9/232/127
C9/243/71
C9/243/130
C9/229/52
C9/236/131
C9/243/13X
C9/405/357
C9/409/92

C10

C10/60/30 f. 1
C10/60/30 f. 2
C10/60/30 f. 3
C10/60/30 f. 4
C10/65/99
C10/82/2
C10/87/49
C10/90/73
C10/106/142
C10/109/102
C10/158/94
C10/172/61
C10/173/72
C10/469/40
C10/470/103
C10/471/114
C10/477/19
C10/492/28

C22

C22/1036/34

Chancery case listing by archival category

Fuller details of the documents are listed below, with links to images, transcriptions, and/or summaries of the documents

C 3/429/50 Short title: Stone v Dalison. 1640-1642

C 9/40/57 Oxenden v. Dallison and Stanley 1668
File(C 9_40_58 Oxenden v. Dallison, 1668)
C 9/49/48 Dalison v. Oxenden, 1667
C 9/240/194 Stanley v. Walsall 1650
C 9/242/63 Dallison v. Skepper 1658
C 9/243/66 Dallison v. Skipper and Smith 1666

C 10/14/38 William Cane v Barnabas Walsall and Thomas Stanley: Rochester, Kent 1651
C 10/19/66 Robert Levett v Jacob Searle, Nicholas Gould, Robert Abdy, William Williams, Andrew Rickards, Nathan Wright and others: money matters, Middlesex. Bill and answer 1653
C 10/57/109 Gore, Woodward and Meggs v. East India company, Governor & c. and others 1652
C 10/74/1 Roger Andrewes, John Connis, William Pennoyer, Francis Dashwood and Edward Crispe v Frederick Skinner: money matters, Middx. 1664

C 22/58/39 Dalyson v. Oxinden. Between 1558 and 1714
C 22/968/8 Cane v. Stanley Between 1558 and 1714

C 142/483/82 Dallyson, Maximilian, knight: Kent 8 Charles I
C 142/623/52 Dallyson, William: Kent 20 Charles I.

Chancery case listing by document date

Fuller details of the documents are listed below, with links to images, transcriptions, and/or summaries of the documents.

Legal issues by case

- Concealment of assets as a failed commercial man (C 10/14/38, C 22/968/8)
- Contesting a will as unnatural (C 9/243/66)
- Power and title over an estate (C 9/49/48, C 9/40/57)
- Unauthorised sale of goods and attempt to recover goods (C 10/19/66)
- Concealment and/or theft of deeds (C10/12/128)

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 ===Litigation involving Captain/Sir William Ryder===
+Captain, later Sir, William Ryder was an active London merchant from at least the 1640s till his death in 1670.  He was involved in a significant number of Chancery cases over varied issues.  These include:  Firstly, a suit brought by Sir Richard Ford(e) and John Buckworth against Sir William Ryder and William Cuttler, all of whom had been joint partners in the importation of iron and copper from Stockholm, Sweden, for use in the Guinea trade.  At dispute were loans from a further merchant and a London goldsmith, the payment and indeed the existence of the loans were disputed (C5/53/26 ff. 1-3).  Secondly, XXXXXX (C 6/151Pt2/28 ff. 1-2).  Thirdly, a dispute about bills of exchange which had been drawn on Sir William Ryder's name at the request of Thomas Marsham, a now deceased London merchant. The satisfaction of the bills by Marsham through forgiveness of debt by another London merchant, William Gomeldon, was disputed by Marsham's executors(C10/58/29, ff. 1-32).  Fourthly, XXXXX (C10/99/66; C10/99/70).  Fifthly, XXXXX (C10/155/38 ff. 1-3)
+Sir Richard Ford(e), John Buckworth, William Cuttler, and Sir William Ryder,
 [[MRP: C5/53/26 f. 1|C5/53/26 f. 1]]
 [[MRP: C5/53/26 f. 2|C5/53/26 f. 2]]