Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 06_1701_00

Allen v Waldron

New Hampshire 

Case Name Short

Allen v Waldron

Case Name Long

Samuel Allen (later Thomas Allen) v Richard Waldron

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.365 – 20 March 1701 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

William III v.6 (4 April 1700 – 19 February 1702) p.174: PC 2/78/174

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.365 – 24 April 1701 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

William III v.6 (4 April 1700 – 19 February 1702) p.191–192: PC 2/78/191–192

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.366 – 20 November 1701 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

William III v.6 (4 April 1700 – 19 February 1702) p.275: PC 2/78/275

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.366 – 18 December 1701 – entry 4

 
PC Register Citation 

William III v.6 (4 April 1700 – 19 February 1702) p.285–286: PC 2/78/285–286

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.366 – 9 July 1702 – entry 5

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 January 1704) p.177: PC 2/79/177

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.366 – 23 July 1702 – entry 6

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 January 1704) p.185: PC 2/79/185

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.366–367 – 17 December 1702 – entry 7

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 January 1704) p.269–270: PC 2/79/269–270

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.367 – 11 October 1705 – entry 8

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.3 (11 October 1705 – 29 February 1708) p.5: PC 2/81/5

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.367 – 16 May 1706 – entry 9

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.3 (11 October 1705 – 29 February 1708) p.199–200: PC 2/81/199–200

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.367 – 26 June 1708 – entry 10

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.119–120: PC 2/82/119–120

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.367 – 20 December 1708 – entry 11

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.221: PC 2/82/221

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APC Citation 

v.2 [818] p.367 – 30 December 1708 – entry 12

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.227: PC 2/82/227

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Colonial Courts

Superior Court of Judicature – 13 August 1700

[Inferior Court of Common Pleas] – 15 April 1707

[Superior Court of Judicature] – 12 August 1707

Participants

Allen, Samuel, proprietor of New Hampshire (father, later deceased, of Thomas Allen)

Allen, Thomas (son of Samuel Allen)

Hayter, Whitfield

Usher, John

Waldron, Richard

Description

Land (“appeal which relates to certain quit rents of land,” according to the APC; “Appeal . . . from a Verdict and Judgment . . . touching the Petitioner’s right, as the Proprietor, to certain Quit Rents of Land,” according to the Privy Council register)

Disposition

Allen (Samuel) v Waldron – Affirmed with liberty to bring a new action in courts of New Hampshire – December 1702
Allen (Thomas) v Waldron – Dismissal of Allen’s petition and affirmation of judgments of 15 April and 12 August 1707 – December 1708

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

    Allen v Spencer – Report No. 05_1705_01 (APC, v.2 [972] p.489)

From a close reading of original documents, Smith (p.156) observes that the APC misstates one element of the Allens’ litigation against Waldron. Thomas Allen was not in fact allowed a ‘revival’ of his father’s suit but did receive a renewal of an Order in Council issued on his father’s behalf that led to a new trial against Waldron. The verdict against Allen in this new trial is the one that the Privy Council affirms. The related action against Spencer also seems ultimately to have been unsuccessful.

For discussion of the underlying action involved here, see the note specific to this case in Additional Research.

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Allen [Samuel] v Waldron; Allen [Thomas] v Waldron) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

TNA Document Committee report – 10 Dec. 1701 – PC 1/46/3 view_Document
Notes about
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Referenced in APC, v.6 [43] p.9

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TNA Document Committee report – 8 Dec. 1702 – PC 1/46/5 view_Document
Notes about
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Referenced in APC, v.6 [81] p.18

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TNA Document Allen’s petition – read 17 Dec.1702 – PC 1/46/5 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [81] p.18

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TNA Document Petitions (petition of June) – 26 June 1708 – PC 1/47/10 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [195] p.70

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TNA Document Petitions (petition of August) – Aug. 1708 – PC 1/47/10 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [195] p.70

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Other Documents

Other Documents

See the pamphlet entitled: A short narrative of the claim, title and right of the heirs of the Honourable Samuel Allen, Esq., deceased, to the province of New-Hampshire in New-England: transmitted from a gentlewoman in London, to her friend in New England [Short Narrative].