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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… had said that he was 'a better gent' than Gardiner, and that Gardiner 'might have runne his country if he had not … Signed by Thomas Gardiner. Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of John Watson. 2/75, Petition … Gardiner was 'towne clarke of the citty of New Sarum, and a gentleman descended of an auncient family. One John …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… had said to him 'thou art a base cheatinge Rascall', and then repeated the words. Williams entered bond to appear … Westminster'. Signed by Roger Williams. Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of Humphrey Terrick. Summary of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in December 1637, saying 'I am as good a man as Mr Gwin, and a better; I will find noe suretyes for the peace; commit … alehouse in Llanina, in the presence of local yeomen and gentlemen. Gwynn maintained that he had 'a seat from his … Lloyd's defence, 'tooke him by the breast of his doublet and shook him', calling him 'base rascall and scurvie fellow' …
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
… scandalous words against Amcotts, a Lincolnshire J.P. and the son of Sir Richard Amcotts, Knight of the Bath. … June 1638, Shuttleworth said that he was 'as good a man, and as good a gentleman, and a better man and a better gentleman than Mr Amcotts of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the early Stuart period. In June 1640 Sir Robert Hudleston and Robert Hope quarrelled at the Horseshoe Tavern in Drury … base fellow'. When Hudleston answered that he was a knight and the king's servant, and threatened to complain to the Earl Marshal, Hope gave him …
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
… 1640 Abstract Keresforth complained that between March and August 1639, in Gray's Inn Lane, in St Andrew's parish, … Holborn, London, Scamaden said that he was 'a base fellow and no gentleman' that his name was not Keresforth but … 'he knew all that were of the right house of Keresforth, and that I was not of that familie; and said that the coate …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… on Easter Monday 1635, in the presence of fellow gentry and neighbours, Sampsonhad said that'I was no gentleman and that I was a threehalfepenny, or twopenny gentleman, and that men called me Master Mantell in mockery, but Goodman …