This records the outcome of a case
between Joseph Wilcocks, now Bishop of
Rochester, complainant, and Coghill
Knapp and others (named), defendants.
Following 6D/24-25 above, Knapp owed the
Bishop £1700 in 1730, but did not pay up
in time. The Bishop expected therefore
to take over the property, but Knapp
first claimed that there were
encumbrances on it, and then that he had
not borrowed any money at all from the
Bishop.
In the ensuing court case, the Bishop
won, and received the messuage called
Johnsons and other lands in
Bletchington, and Knapp was debarred
from all title to the property.