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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… said that he was a 'base fellow, base shitten captaine, and when he spake he did barke as a dogg against the moone', … of his behaviour when drunk. Hudson submitted to this and entered a recognisance for £100, but then in the afternoon, in the presence of Sir Thomas Bludder and Edward Saunders, esq, J.P.s, asked why it was necessary. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the last three weeks told Hughes that 'he was a base rogue and villaine', thereby provoking him to duel. Process was granted on 6 February 1640 and Hughes entered bond to prosecute the case on the 12 th; … Middlesex, tailor, on behalf of Hughes. Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of John Watson. Notes Neither …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Norfolk, knt v Robert Reynolds, haberdasher, and William Merriall of the same, yeoman September 1639 - Easter term 1640 Magdalen Gate, Norwich, and inside it, Magdalen Street, where the commissioners met … Abstract Hungate, a gentleman of the privy chamber and deputy lieutenant to Arundel in Norfolk, complained that …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… had been involved in lawsuits against Hungerford's mother and father and had, allegedly, defrauded the local taxpayers of sums … by Broad over an eighteenth month period between mid-1637 and late-1638 in London, Compton-in-the-Hole, Gloucestershire …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Abstract Hungerford complained that between November 1636 and March 1637 Staples had said at Park in Savernake Forest, … a base fellow, a base rascall, a puppie, a jackanapes', and his 'armes did smell more of the base than the Mullett'. … ancient gentry for up to 200 years. 2. Between November and March 1636 Staples said at Park in the forest of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… complained that she had lost the maintenance of herself and her family out of her husband's wages of 40s per month. … Godfrey in the Court Military of 'the wilfull killing and murdering of William Hunter her late husband at Bantam in … Thomas Hanson (of St Peter's, Cornhill, London, grocer), and John Hawkins (of Stepney), sailor. Sealed, subscribed and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… (1611)) Abstract Huntingdon complained that between August and October 1638 in Derby, in Hawkes's house in the presence … was a sott, a man of no esteeme in church or comonwealth, and hath nothing in him but his gutts, and he was good for nothing but to go up and down sayinge …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Combe Martin, Devon, 'that I am noe gentleman, but a base and ignoble person; and that my brother is but a crowd [i.e.fiddle] string maker; and that I was christened Tom unto which if I pleased I might …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… assistance, Sir Richard demanded Counsell lend him £100 and sell some of his lands to Sir Francis Dodington, J.P. and former sheriff of Somerset. Counsell maintained that … if he refused he would testify in support of the libel and help James prosecute Counsell in Star Chamber for damages …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Jennings complained that Heygate called him 'knave and base knave' in the presence of several persons of quality … a captain of a trained band in Middlesex for five years and particularly resented Heygate saying that 'he would call … that Jennings had instructed his witnesses William Finch and George Pye how to depose. Process was granted on 20 …