Court cases

The following page is a list of old court cases which the family has been party to.

Court of Star Chamber

The Star Chamber was an English court that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster, from the late 15th century to the mid-17th century, and was composed of Privy Counsellors and common-law judges, to supplement the judicial activities of the common-law and equity courts in civil and criminal matters.

Year	County	Roll	Plantiff	Defendant	Notes
1602	Cumberland	STAC 5/C81/40	Thomas Cleaborne	Richard Lowther et al	Almost certainly "Thomas of Hay Cloae"
1602	Cumberland	STAC 5/C75/17	Thomas Cleyborne	Richard Lowther, Thomas Carleton	Almost certainly "Thomas of Hay Close"

Chancery Court

The Chancery court existed from the mid 14th Century until 1873. The Chancery had jurisdiction over all matters of equity, including trusts, land law, the estates of lunatics, and the guardianship of infants. It also had the ability to overturn rulings from the Court of Common Pleas for much of its existence.

Year	County	Court	Roll	Plantiff	Defendant	Notes

Court of Common Pleas

The Court of Common Pleas was the most prolific and active of all of the English courts. It was active from 1178 until 1873. This court heard civil cases between private parties from which the Crown was not a party.

Year	County	Court	Roll	Plantiff	Defendant	Notes