Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. ANT_1708_00

Appeal of Elliot

Antigua 

 

Case Name Long

Appeal of Thomas and Elizabeth Elliot, John and Sarah Earle, and Mary Ligham

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1057] p.548 (1 April 1708 – 19 May 1709)

 
  PC Register Citation

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.48, 123–124, 312, 317: PC 2/82/48, 123–124, 312, 317

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Court of Common Pleas – 15 July 1707

 

Participants

Dumer, Edmund

 

Earle, John, appellant (husband of Sarah)

 

Earle, Sarah, appellant (wife of John)

 

Elliot, Elizabeth, appellant (wife of Thomas)

 

Elliot, Thomas, appellant (husband of Elizabeth)

 

Fisher, John, solicitor (attorney for Mary Lingham)

 

Jones, Joshua, foreman of the jury

 

Ligham (Lingham), John (brother of Mary)

 

Ligham (Lingham), Mary, spinster, appellant (sister of John)

 

Moore, Thomas

 

Park (Parke), Col. [Daniel]

 

Pearne, Col. ___, deceased (father of Henry)

 

Pearne, Henry, minor (son of Col. ___)

 

Pember, Mr. ___, Attorney General

 

Perry, John, Chief Marshal of Antigua

 

Williams, Col. Rowland, witness

 

Worlidge, Edward, solicitor (attorney for Mary Lingham)

 

Yeamans, Mr. [John], Governor of Antigua, witness

 

Description

Concerning land.

Disposition

Dismissed as irregularly brought.

Notes

Lingham appears to be the correct spelling of the surname though only Ligham appears in the APC.

Participants not mentioned in the APC were added here for clarity. Information about these participants was obtained from related primary and other sources.

 

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

Table of Cases (Elliot v Perne)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Depositions (Elliot, Earle, and Lingham v Dove) – 21 May 1708 and 15 June 1708 (PC 1/47/10) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [190] p.68–69. The APC gives the second date of 15 June 1708, but the document itself is dated 21 June 1708.

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