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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Leicester, yeoman May 1639 - November 1640 The notary's mark of Peter Whitehead, a hand drawn self portrait at the … was a yeoman and alehouse keeper. The basis of Rugely's charge was that around Whitsun 1637, Smith, in his own … a felony since he had been found to have Barnabas Jackson's key in his possession. Smith was eventually indicted for …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… said that he was as good a man as he was, when Pearson's family had been tenants to the Salvens of Newbiggin. … at Whitby during Lent, 1639. On 2 September 1639, Pearson's witnesses were examined at a commission headed by James … butt a foole.' They further alleged that at the St Peter's Day feast in June 1638, at Francis Day's alehouse at Egton …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Endorsed 18 April 1635. Signed by Arthur Duck. Plaintiff's case 7/80, Complaint and interrogatories On Monday 16 March … been acknowledged as gentlemen for 300 years: see Bowen's libel in case 48, College of Arms, Curia Militaris, 9/4/63. … proceedings Articles: 9/4/24 (18 Apr 1635) Plaintiff's case Complaint and interrogatories: 7/80 (no date) …
5th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… [CJ 755; f. 107] Lunae , 5 Aprilis 1624 L. 1. Lady Jermy's bill. L. 1. Sir Anthony Aucher's bill. L. 2. Viscount Montagu's bill. Committed to: Sir Edward Coke Sir Anthony Forest Sir …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Middle Temple, London, gent v Humphrey Nichols of Lincoln's Inn, co. Middlesex, gent April 1635 - November 1638 … Hooke of Grubstreet, London, and Samuel Selwood of Lincoln's Inn, gent, and was released from confinement in the … a duel. Endorsed 18 April 1635. Submission 7/66, Defendant's petition to Arundel December 1635 Nichols was now a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… - October 1634 The late fifteenth century hall at Lincoln's Inn, where Abraham Bowne was a student (Photograph: Richard … In a landmark case which initiated the Court of Chivalry's establishment on a regular basis, Bowne, a student at Lincoln's Inn, accused Throgmorton of challenging him to a duel on 12 …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… close to the bridge and the site of Robert Johnson's shop where Edward Spencer and John Jackson quarreled. At … the row of buildings is the Cross Keys Inn where Spencer's witnesses were examined in April 1640. (Photograph : … Cust) Abstract Spencer complained that in Robert Johnson's shop in St Neots, Huntingdonshire and in the street outside …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Pembroke, bart, high sheriff v William Williams of Walwyn's Castle, co. Pembroke, clerk July 1637 - November 1638 … his fingers' said 'a turd in your teeth'. On Williams's account he was already in the room talking to Wogan when … you shalbe forthcoming, but not coming forth.' On Stepney's account the quarrel began when Williams complained that he …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… and thereby was the fitter for Sir Richard Strode's service'. Strode maintained that he had been a knight for … Allen petitioned the Earl Marshal to dismiss Sir Richard's charge against him as unworthy 'of so high a court', … Dawe and Treneyles, at my lords grace of Canterbury's last visitation at Bridport in the county of Dorset, did in …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Crown Inn where commissioners met to hear Bray Ayleworth's witnesses in December 1634 (Photograph: Richard Cust) … and descended from a family of local justices. Ayleworth's claim to the title of esquire appears to have been open to … Magna, and Thomas Freeman of Naunton, clerk. Ayleworth's eight witnesses were examined before Anthony Hodge and …