Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 11_1698_00

Peirce v Willie

Rhode Island 

 

Case Name Short

Peirce v Willie

 
Case Name Long

Daniel Peirce et al v Edmund and Margaret Willie and Richard and Judith Hancock

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.2 [712] p.324 – 16 July 1698 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.205: PC 2/77/205

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APC Citation 

v.2 [712] p.324 – 2 September 1698 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.223: PC 2/77/223

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Colonial Courts

Unnamed – Newport

Participants

Brown, Benjamin, esquire, in New England

Brown, William, esquire, in New England

Hancock, Judith (wife of Richard Hancock)

Hancock, Richard (husband of Judith Hancock)

Peirce, Daniel (tenant of William Brown and Benjamin Brown)

Willie, Edmund (husband of Margaret Willie)

Willie, Margaret (wife of Edmund Willie)

Description

Land dispute related to Prudence Island in New England

Disposition

Not stated in Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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

Table of Cases (Peirce v Willie)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

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