Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 13_1743_00

Meade v Godwin (Meade v Thrustout)

Virginia 

 

Case Name Short

Meade v Godwin

Meade v Thrustout

 
Case Name Long

David Meade v William Thrustout on the demise of Martha Godwin, Samuel and Elizabeth Whitfield, William and Leah Godwin, Julian Norsworthy, Martha Norsworthy, Mary Norsworthy, and Ann Norsworthy

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.3 [568] p.748–749 – 23 March 1743 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.353: PC 2/97/353

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APC Citation 

v.3 [568] p.749 – 3 November 1743 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.386: PC 2/97/386

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PC Register Citation 

George II v.9 (1 October 1743 – 27 February 1745) p.27–30, 34: PC 2/98/27–30, 34

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Colonial Courts

General Court – 15 April 1742

Participants

Godwin, Leah (wife of William Godwin)

Godwin, Martha

Godwin, William (husband of Leah Godwin)

Lear, Col. John (deceased father of Thomas Lear)

Lear, Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Lear)

Lear, John (deceased son of Thomas Lear)

Lear, Martha (daughter of Thomas Lear)

Lear, Thomas (deceased son of Col. John Lear and father of John, Elizabeth, and Martha Lear)

Meade, David, merchant

Norsworthy, Ann

Norsworthy, Julian

Norsworthy, Martha

Norsworthy, Mary

Thrustout, William (lessee under Martha Godwin; Samuel and Elizabeth Whitfield; William and Leah Godwin; Julian Norsworthy, Martha Norsworthy, Mary Norsworthy, and Ann Norsworthy)

Whitfield, Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Whitfield)

Whitfield, Samuel (husband of Elizabeth Whitfield)

Description

Land (ejectment) in the parish of Newport and county of Isle of Wight

Disposition

Judgment for appellant

Notes

There can be little doubt that William Thrustout and the lease to him are fictional. On this and on the action of ejectment involved here, see Additional Research.

The will of Col. John Lear is printed in Crow, Johnston Stapp and Allied Families, p.98–100.

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

Table of Cases (Meade v Thrustout)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

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