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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 703 WHEELER V SHEFFIELD John Wheeler of St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, apothecary v Sampson Sheffield of Seaton, … at night on 19 April 1639 in his house on Fleet Street in the parish of St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, Sheffield, a … had delayed his journey north to join the king, 'to the great disgrace and disparagement of his reputation.' …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of North Crawley, co. Buckingham, gent v John Seabrooke of the same, yeoman June 1639 - May 1640 Abstract White … in North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, Seabrooke gave him the lie and 'bid him also to kisse his arse'. White also … are of kin to the plaintiff and his familiar friends, and great enemyes to Seabrooke, and says that the day before the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Brooke of Glastonbury, co. Somerset, gent v Clement Gutch the younger of the same, mercer May - July 1640 The town centre at … scandalous speeches and that I did Captain Thomas Brooke great wronge by uttering of the same and that the sentence of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Colchester. Witnesses were appointed to meet at the King's Head, just off the High Street (marked with an O) in January 1636 (From John Speed, The Theatre of Great Britain (1611)) Abstract Cowland was attached to appear …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Willmer of Dudley, co. Worcester, gent v John Juckes of the same, nailer June 1637 - April 1638 Abstract Willmer complained that about the beginning of February 1637, in Juckes's house in Dudley, … into a miscarriage, whereupon Juckes admitted saying, 'in great anguish,' that Willmer had acted as 'a base fellowe and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of North Cheriton, co. Somerset, gent v Mathew Clerke of the same May 1639 Abstract Willoughby complained that Clerke gave him the lie and publicly called him a 'scurvey gent, a base gent, … words uttered against [him], publiquely and to his great disgrace, by one Mathew Clerke of North-Cheriton, who …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that in April 1638 Bacon set a mastiff dog on him in the highway outside Bacon's house at Bosbury, Herefordshire, in the presence of George Adney, gent., and others, then ran … locally that he was 'a gentleman descended out of a great familie'; moreover, he had always 'demeaned himself …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Fawcett of London, tailor No date Abstract Wortham, one of the king's gentleman pensioners, complained that when he arrested Fawcett for the £20 debt he owed him, Fawcett abused him in the streets, … disgrace before 100 people in the open streets to the great blemish of his reputation.' Petitioned that Fawcett be …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… William Leyfield, prompting Leyfield to strike him in the face (From John Speed, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611)) Abstract The quarrel began at an …
7th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… 7 APRIL 1624 WEDNESDAY, 7 APRIL 1624 I. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, PA, HC/CL/JO/1/13 [CJ 757; f. 113v] … [f. 114] MR. RECORDER reports Sir Thomas Cheke's bill. The amendments twice read. Ordered, to be engrossed. L. 2. An … apiece. The farmers of the petty farm having sustained great loss by reason of a new impost of £3 upon a tun of wine …