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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… added that Harte 'intended to play the knave with him', and that he 'was a hypocrite', thereby provoking him to duel. … of a sneaking spirit, that he knew not way of nobleness, and that the petitioner intended to play the knave with him, and that the petitioner was a hypocrite, thereby provoaking …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a ten shilling piece from Kettle, he gave him the lie and called him 'a base shufflinge fellowe', between October and December 1635 at the White Hart Inn in St Botolph's, … that some of Haslewood's witnesses were indebted to Kettle and that they were attempting to use this case to threaten …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that Fletcher had called him 'base fellow, base rascall, and druncken fellowe', telling him that he was 'better bread and borne then ever your petitioner or any of his ancestors were'. Process was granted and bond entered on 16 July 1640, but no further proceedings …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Westminster'. Signed by W. Hastings. Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of John Watson. Notes Walter Hastings was a royalist officer in the civil wars, and governor of Portland castle in February 1645. P. R. Newman, Royalist officers in England and Wales, 1642-1660: A biographical dictionary (London, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Hawley v Futter 287 HAWLEY V FUTTER Henry Hawley, Captain and Governor of Barbados, gent v James Futter of St Margaret, … Mary Woolnoth, London, that 'I was a base cheating knave, and that I had none to wayte on me, but a hangman'. Futter … not he but John Holland that spoke the words in the libel, and that Holland had struck him, and abused him. Futter also …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Garboldisham parish, Norfolk, by calling him Goodman Head and saying 'I care not a turd for Head. What is Head? He is but Head and no gentleman, by God; and by God I will maintain it and will spend ten pounds with …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Abstract Bannester claimed that between June and August 1638 in the parish of Water Stratford, … Buckinghamshire, Nicholls had called him 'a base fellow' and addressed him by the insulting nickname of 'trunckes' … claimed ancient gentility of three hundred years standing and had been a J.P. himself for thirty years. A former …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… V MICHELL Thomas Heber of Marton, co. York, esq v William and Henry Michell of the same, yeomen July - October 1640 … William Michell had said that he was as good a man as him, and challenged him to fight in the street outside Heber's … in Marton, saying 'Tom Heber come forth if thou darest, and I will beat thee back and side that all others may take …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… family, Bennett replied that Heighmore 'was a base fellow and a scurvy fellow', and one that 'changed points out of one paire of breeches … drinking when Mr Thomas Delacourt called Bennett over and asked him to determine a controversy over whether 'a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… V CHAMBERLAINE Henry Henn of Holdenby, co. Northampton, and St Martin-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex, esq v Abraham … had called him 'a base fellow, a lyinge fellowe,' and said that 'he was forsworne, and that he could not beleave a word that hee said'. …