Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 05_1692_00

Brenton v Lawson (In re The Two Brothers)

Brenton v Wilkinson (In re The Three Brothers)

Appeal of Brenton (In re The Mary)

Massachusetts 

 

Case Name Short

Brenton v Lawson

In re The Two Brothers

Brenton v Wilkinson

In re The Three Brothers

Brenton, appeal of

In re The Mary

 
Case Name Long

Jahleel Brenton v George Lawson (In re The Two Brothers)

Jahleel Brenton v Thomas Wilkinson (In re The Three Brothers)

Jahleel Brenton, appeal of (In re The Mary)

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.237–239 – 22 December 1692 – entry 1

 
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William III v.3 (1 October 1692 – 29 November 1694) p.59: PC 2/75/59

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.239 – 23 April 1696 – entry 2

 
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William III v.4 (2 December 1694 – 23 April 1697) p.402: PC 2/76/402

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.239 – 23 February 1697 – entry 3

 
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William III v.4 (2 December 1694 – 23 April 1697) p.585: PC 2/76/585

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v.2 [480] p.239 – 27 May 1697 – entry 4

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.19: PC 2/77/19

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.239–240 – 27 May 1697 – entry 5

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.1, 22–23: PC 2/77/1, 22–23

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.240 – 3 June 1697 – entry 6

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.26: PC 2/77/26

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v.2 [480] p.240 – 17 June 1697 – entry 7

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.30: PC 2/77/30

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v.2 [480] p.240 – 1 July 1697 – entry 8

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.34: PC 2/77/34

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v.2 [480] p.240 – 8 July 1697 – entry 9

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.38: PC 2/77/38

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v.2 [480] p.240 – 15 July 1697 – entry 10

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.40: PC 2/77/40

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.240–241 – 22 July 1697 – entry 11

 
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William III v.5 (5 May 1697 – 30 March 1700) p.55: PC 2/77/55

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APC Citation 

v.2 [480] p.241 – 29 July 1697 – entry 12

 
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v.2 [480] p.241 – 3 May 1700 – entry 13

 
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William III v.6 (4 April 1700 – 19 February 1702) p.21: PC 2/78/21

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v.2 [480] p.241 – 9 May 1700 – entry 14

 
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William III v.6 (4 April 1700 – 19 February 1702) p.21: PC 2/78/21

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Colonial Courts

A county court in Boston – 25 August 1691 – In re The Two Brothers

Court of Assistants – Boston – 1 September 1691 – In re The Two Brothers

Court of Assistants – Boston – In re The Three Brothers

County Court – 17 February 1692 – In re The Mary

Court of Assistants – Boston – 1 March 1692 – In re The Mary

Participants

Brenton, Jahleel, gentleman, Collector, Surveyor and Searcher of the Customes in New England

Dew, George, privateer commander (In re The Three Brothers)

Griffin, Thomas, privateer commander (In re The Three Brothers)

Lawson, George, commander of the Two Brothers

Mason, Stephen, merchant, of London

Merry, Anthony (‘concerned in’ the Two Brothers)

Phips, Sir William, Governor of Massachusetts

Upton, Ambrose (owner of the Three Brothers)

Wilkinson, Thomas, commander of the Three Brothers

Vessels

Two Brothers (pink)

Three Brothers (pink)

Mary (brigantine)

Description

Seizures under the Navigation Acts

Disposition

The vessel the Two Brothers was forfeited; no defendants answered the summons.
The vessel the Three Brothers was forfeited for breach of the Acts of Trade.
The appeal of Brenton regarding the Mary was dismissed.

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

    Brenton v Shrimpton – Report No. 05_1698_00 (APC, v.2 [716] p.324)

Brenton v Shrimpton arises out of a seizure of a parcel of iron and is reported separately in APC.

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

Table of Cases (Brenton v Lawson; Brenton v Wilkinson; In re The Three Brothers)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

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