In the Chiefest of his Royalty
In the Chiefest of his Royalty
This chapter presents the deponents in the lawsuit against Oxford. Oxford participated in Accession Day tilts from 1578 to 1580. Indications of his expenditures on the tilts come from a formal complaint made on 21 May 1598 by Judith Ruswell, widow of William Ruswell (or Russell), tailor, seeking to recover monies never repaid by Oxford. Denying the claim, Oxford conceded that about 1580 he provided Ruswell with a stock of cloth worth £700 or £800. The lawsuit reveals the identities of thirteen deponents who confessed to having known Judith and William Ruswell, and Oxford, the defendant.
Keywords: Accession Day, tilts, Judith Ruswell, William Ruswell, lawsuit, complaint
Liverpool Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
