| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. STC_1725_00 |
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St. Christopher |
| Case Name Long |
Sarah Meynell v William Byam |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [76] p.111 (18 Jan. 1725 – 29 Jan. 1726) |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (Sept. 1724 – May 1727) p.30, 33, 134–135, 166: PC 2/89/30, 33, 134–135, 166 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 18 Jan. 1724 |
Participants |
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Byam, William, respondent |
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Meynell, Richard, merchant, of Antigua, deceased (husband of Sarah) |
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Meynell, Sarah, appellant (widow and executrix of Richard) |
Description |
Payment of bonds. |
Disposition |
Reversed with direction for further proceedings in Chancery. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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Other Documents |
| Other Documents | For a discussion of Sarah Fletcher Crabb Meynell’s legal affairs relating to estates in Antigua and Barbados inherited from her father, George Fletcher, during her marriage to Lawrence Crabb, see Meynell v Moore, 4 Bro. P.C. 103, 2 Eng. Rep. 70 (H.L. 1727). | ||
| Library | Ames Foundation: (5 pages) (Source: English Reports – CommonLII.org) |
| Other Documents | See also Moore v Meynell, Dick. 30, 21 Eng. Rep. 178 (Ch. 1716). | ||
| Library | Ames Foundation: (1 page) (Source: English Reports – CommonLIIorg The woman involved here is called Ann not Sarah, but it seems unlikely that there were two widows from Antigua who were trying to settle the estates of their deceased husbands in England at this time and were remarried to a man named Meynell The nominate reporters seem to regard the cases as related) |