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Short title: Everard v Hill. Plaintiffs: Susannah Everard widow, of Stepney, Middlesex. Defendants: Richard Hill....

C 6/407/59 | Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Collins. | Short title: Everard v Hill. Plaintiffs: Susannah Everard widow, of Stepney, Middlesex. Defendants: Richard Hill. Subject: Discovery of the personal estate and accounts of Thomas Everard mariner , of Stepney, Middlesex , deceased, who had been commander and part owner of the ship Hope of London. The plaintiff maintained that her late husband had owned several negroes [enslaved people], whom he had personally purchased on his last slave-trading voyage. The ship also had elephant teeth (ivory) on board: Jamaica,…