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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… May - June 1634 St Oswald’s church, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The vicar and churchwardens certified that William Hurt was … from an ancient Ashbourne family. Abstract This was one of a trio of causes of office commenced by Dr Duck in May 1634 … the heralds to question this gentleman, William Hurt, for his decent, I can thus much afferme that his father Mr …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of London, gents June - July 1639 Christ's Hospital in the seventeenth century which provided 120 boys to mourn at … Mirabella Bennett, in May 1639 Abstract This was a cause of office in which Dr Duck prosecuted Myles and Holland for falsely displaying arms at Grocers' Hall and the church …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Pembroke and Montgomery, the Lord Chamberlain, copy of a portrait by Anthony Van Dyck c.1637. Abstract This was a … doe your servis, and for the advise which I did give you upon you[r] request being falsely reported unto the king, did … men in soe violent a fashion that not withstanding I had agreed with Sir Newton, the prince's tutor, for a place, both …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Surrey, esq October 1639 - February 1640 Abstract This was a cause of office in which Dr Duck prosecuted Raleigh for attempting to fight a duel with Sir William St Ravie, also involving Henry Percy and John Carey esqs. The testimony of Duck's prosecution witnesses was published …
17th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… burgesses of Kent, Surrey and Sussex. SIR NATHANIEL RICH. A member of this House sued at the Common Pleas. SIR THOMAS … of the breach of the treaties, in the Painted Chamber. Agreed, our committee of 48 shall go presently up to the Lords. Answer: …
17th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… to the feoffees in trust. L. 2a. An act for reversing a decree indirectly and by corruption. [ Blank] SIR GEORGE … in the Court of Wards. SIR EDWARD COKE reports from the committee for grievances. Have condemned 1, viz., Sir … receive every morning, Court of Wards, petitions, and to select those they thought fit for the consideration of the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Horn in Cambridge Mountford had said of him that he was 'a base fellow and no gentleman.' Mountford claimed that … was descended from a family that had been ancient gentry for up to 200 years. 2. Between December 1635 and April 1636 … Horn in Cambridge where he heard Mountford say to Backus upon some quarrel over paying of an old debt at Mountford's …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the fees of the registrar and officials of the court for the dismissal of the case, 40s, and for scrutiny of the … arms of Underwood of Norfolk, and bearing these arms in a seal ring, despite having been recently disclaimed from … refrain from using the title and arms, and to be dismissed upon payment of taxes and charges. It was also ordered that …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… with Duck accusing Winchell, on 3 May 1634, of falsifying the genealogy of Peter Farnden in an ancient shield of arms, … giving him the arms and genealogy of Sir Thomas Farnefold, a Sussex knight [see cause 204]. He called for Winchell to be suspended from his position as licensed …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… barber-surgeon March 1638 - June 1640 Abstract This was a cause of office promoted by Dr Duck against Woodall for laying claim to a forged coat of arms in the libel of his … or otherwise; or that there hath been any new armes put upon the table; or the name of Robert Cooke newly thereupon …