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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Brome of Winchester, co. Hampshire, gent v John Woodman of the same, grocer February - December 1640 Winchester in 1610. Thomas Brome and John Woodman quarreled in one of the city's many alehouses in August 1639 (From John Speed, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611)) Abstract The initial quarrel took place …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Watson of Frindsbury, co. Kent, gent v Peter Filcott of the same, gent October 1638 - February 1639 Abstract Watson … November 1637 in Rochester, Kent, Filcott insulted him in the presence of several gentlemen, saying 'I care for never a … those words crossed out, 'which he refuseth to doe to the great disquiet of the witnesses, and the apparent wrong of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… J.P. for around thirty years and a veteran of the Elizabethan wars, complained that in January 1639 Elliott … a pitchforke in his hand)' that Sir John 'had rather see the pitchforke in Elliott's gutts, then doe him justice.' … cordwainer, lived there for 7 years and before that at Great Hallingbury, co. Essex, had known Elliott for 7 years, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… April - June 1635 Abstract West claimed that he was the great grandson of Thomas West, Lord De La Ware and, in a case … [see cause 156], complained that in May or June 1634, in the City of London, Crutchman had declared him to be an …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Wharton of Exelby, co. York, gent v James Atkinson of the same, yeoman February 1640 Abstract Wharton complained … 'a cheator and a cozenor', wagering that he would prove the same and repeating this several times in the presence of … 1638 or thereabouts, did say, and with proffering of great sumes of money would have wager'd, that Mr George …
6th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… TUESDAY, 6 APRIL 1624 TUESDAY, 6 APRIL 1624 I. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, PA, HC/CL/JO/1/13 [CJ 755; f. 109v] … Abercromby and [Dr.] John Craig. L. 2. An act for sale of the manor of Rampton in the county of Cambridge. Committed … commoners have not used to begin here. SIR EDWARD COKE. A great many precedents that many men have been restored at the …
6th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… SATURDAY, 6 MARCH 1624 SATURDAY, 6 MARCH 1624 I. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, PA, HC/CL/JO/1/12 [CJ 678; f. 26] … 0 Martii , 21 0 Jacobi [ Blank] [f. 26v] L. 3a. An act for the punishment of divers abuses on the Lord's Day, called … committed, for a clause in the end that will concern 4 great counties of England. Makes them to be within the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… his libel on 14 April. Farer presented a petition to the Earl Marshal, endorsed by Thomas Lowther and Christopher Lancaster, esqs, requesting that the matter be referred to J.P.s or other gentlemen of … to contest in law with him, or to undergo the trouble and great charge thereof having charge of wife 5 children and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Stapleton, co. York, gent November 1639 - December 1640 The market place at Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire where Michael Wharton’s mare was … to the Civil War (London, 1969), p. 325; B. English, The Great Landowners of East Yorkshire, 1530-1910 (Hemel …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Sussex, gent No date Abstract Whatman, a bencher of the Inner Temple, complained that Lunsford, later Lieutenant of the Tower and a notorious royalist swordsman, had intended to … the petitioner's sonne may receave his punishment as soe great an offence deserveth, if he have committed the offence; …