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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… sayinge hum, hum, hum; and that himself was a properer gentleman than the earl of Huntingdon.' He also complained … and by dint of this office had pretensions to being a gentleman, claiming a coat of arms which came to him as a … sayinge hum, hum, hum; and that himself was a properer gentleman than the earl of Huntingdon.' 3. Between November …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… he had been provoked by Hutchins calling him 'base gentleman, base unworthy fellowe' and by Hutchins … Alexander Lavingston this day before in calling... base gentleman, and base unworthy fellowe with other disgracefull …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… denied speaking these words, maintaining that he was a gentleman and that Ingepen's cause was void because his real … is only written Richard Inckpen without the addition of gentleman to his name.' Dr Duck was called to respond to the … they were his familiar friends. 2. 'George Penny is a gentleman discended of an ancient family, the naturall and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… several alehouses in Combe Martin, Devon, 'that I am noe gentleman, but a base and ignoble person; and that my brother … in Shirwell, Devon at Whitsun 1637, saying that he was no gentleman: 'for the office of the hearalls was sought and … parish, co. Devon, Harding had said of him: 'that I am noe gentleman, but a base and ignoble person; and that my brother …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1. Mr Jennings 'liveth in the fashion and ranke of a gentleman and is captaine of a trained band of soldiers' in … of Hayes. Finch, Thomas Heygate, Mr Page and another gentleman were stood talking together. Mr Page and Mr Heygate … coachman was a further witness, and the anonymous gentleman was a stranger to the witness. 4. Heygate's words …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… your peticoner greatly suffers in his reputacon being a gentleman discended of an antient familie bearing armes.' …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… which time Jones 'had lived in the rank and fashion of a gentleman and is soe reputed'. 2. In the field in Forden … during which time Jones 'had lived in the fashion of a gentleman and is soe reputed'. 2. He was ploughing a field in …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… fight him. Brian also, allegedly, said that 'I was not a gentleman and had noe spiritt in me'. Process was granted on … had cudgelled or bastinadoed me', and that 'I was not a gentleman and had noe spiritt in me'. No date. No signatures. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… art a base rogue and a base fellow, and I am a better gentleman then thou art; and I can better maintain my charge … had insulted Kelliawe: 'he said to me I was a rogue a base gentleman, and a base fellow, and stroke me over the head … a husbandman. And that he said Kelliaw was a rogue, a base gentleman and a base fellow, and struck him over the head …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Robins had given him the lie publicly, called him a base gentleman and said that he was a better man than Kenn. A … many persons, gave Kenne the lye, and said he was a base gentleman, and that he was as good a man as he. Thereby to … were plebeians. Henry Robbins had said: 'that I was a base gentleman and gave me the lye; and that he would make me …