Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BAR_1705_05

Holt v Burke

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Richard and Martha Holt, and Mary Croft v Edward and Mary Burke

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [984] p.496–497 (20 Dec. 1705 – 18 Jan. 1706)

 
  PC Register Citation

Anne v.3 (11 Oct. 1705 – 29 Feb. 1708) p.58, 73, 83–84: PC 2/81/58, 73, 83–84

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery

 

Participants

Burke, Edward, esquire, respondent (husband of Mary)

 

Burke, Mary, respondent (wife of Edward)

 

Croft, Mary, widow, of Bampton, Oxford County, appellant

 

Gascoigne, Stephen, deceased

 

Holt, Martha, appellant (wife of Richard)

 

Holt, Richard, merchant, of Islington, Middlesex County, appellant (husband of Martha)

 

Description

Recovery of part of an estate.

Disposition

Sentence reversed.

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

Table of Cases (Holt v Burke)


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 DocumentsThe will of the Honourable Stephen Gascoigne of Island of Barbados, West Indies, can be found at The National Archives, PROB 11/390/421, last visited 3/1/2017.