Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1768_04

Pusey v Clarke

Bonynge v Edwards

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

William Pusey v Sir Simon Clarke

 
Case Name Long

George Bonynge v John Edwards and wife

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [87] p.171 (7 Oct. 1768 – 31 Dec. 1773)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.6 (Jan. 1768 – April 1769) p.348, 497: PC 2/113/348, 497

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.9 (Jan. 1772 – Dec. 1772) p.380, 450, 491: PC 2/116/380, 450, 491

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.10 (Jan. 1773 – April 1774) p.373, 391: PC 2/117/373, 391

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancellor – 21 Sept. 1767 (Pusey v Clarke)

 
 

Chancellor – 19 Oct. 1771 (Bonynge v Edwards)

 

Participants

Arcedeckne, Andrew, later deceased

 

Bonynge, George, appellant

 

Clarke, Sir Simon, respondent

 

Edwards, John, respondent

 

Pusey, John, later deceased

 

Pusey, William, appellant

 

Wellekins, Cornelius, deceased

 

Description

Concerning legacies.

Disposition

In the first appeal, the suit is ordered revived. The second appeal (Bonynge) is dismissed.

Notes

Related to other Privy Council appeals:

Pusey v Pusey – Report No. JAM_1751_03 (APC, v.4 [151] p.130)

Bonynge v Pusey – Report No. JAM_1765_01 (APC, v.4 [593] p.704).

 

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

Table of Cases (Pusey v Clarke)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (William Pusey v Sir Simon Clarke)

Counsel

C. Yorke; Al. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.205r–206v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 13th March 1769 with manuscript notes in two hands. Additional manuscript notes and underlining.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (John Pusey v Sir Simon Clarke)

Counsel

Wm. De Grey; J. Skynner

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.207r–209v (Printed date on dorse 1769. One manuscript note and one underlining.)

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

 
TNA Document Committee report (Pusey v Clark) – 14 March 1769 (PC 1/54/64) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [812] p.470.

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