Yorkshire Star Chamber Proceedings No LXXI
Riotous break-in to Halifax vicarage ca. 1537, as reported to the Royal Appeal Court.
Author: H. B McCall
Date: 1537
Location: Yorkshire
Format: Star Chamber
Document ID: 100620
Library ID: 929.3YOR
Transcription by Yorkshire Archaeological Society of c.1537 appeal to King Henry VIII via the Royal Appeal Court, the Star Chamber. Describes a riotous break-in by relatives and servants of Sir Richard Tempest into Halifax Vicarage, and altercations with Robert Haldesworth, clerk and vicar of the Parish of Halifax. Includes a long list of items stolen from the vicarage: gold, silver, goods and chattels, land deeds, letters patent, bills and many items of clothing.
Taken from "Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XLV (45): Yorkshire Star Chamber Proceedings Vol II". Published in 1911.
