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Trial of Stephen Sayre Against Lord Rochford in 1776
Detailed account of the Westminster Court of Common Pleas hearing in which Stephen Sayre sues Lord Rochford for damages over an October arrest and papers seizure. The Recorder and Attorney General clash on legality of the warrant, bail denial, and close custody, with witness testimony from Wood, Man, Reynolds, and Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Sayre
Earl of Rocurora
Is Majesty
Sayre
William de Grey
Mon Pleas
Westminster
Lee
Recorder of London
Recorder
Richardson
Lord Rochford
Gnutt
King’s Bench
Wood
Man
Oxford-treet
Warrane
Lord Qodford
Stanyard Posten
Aid
Dréfy
Terry
Everal
Mr. Reynolds
Sir John Fielding
John Fielding
Sir John
Reynolds
Jon Keiding
giAnsos
Major Rainsford
House of Lords
Secretaries of State
Secretary of State
Eilis
Lord’Effingham
Edmund Burl
Lord Roghford
Coke
Adjutant Richardson
Pennsylvania
Mansfeld
Lord North
Ente
Hheme
Por Fent
Mt. Reynolds’s
Salisoury Court
Innes
Lord Redford
Mrr. Sayre
Serjeant
Adair
Richardon
Laintiff
Rochford
Nugent
Craig
Brittow
Mr. Sayre
Arthur Beardmore
Wilkes
Crown
Foster
Wiliam