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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of them are base.' Process was granted on 29 June 1639 and Morrice entered bond to prosecute on 12 July; but no … 'Your petitioner is a gentleman descended of a generous family and hath beene lately sheriffe of the county of … of Denbigh hath much abused your petitioner and his whole family in publishing and speaking these words following; That …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… restored after the Great Fire, where Richard Morris and Michael Andrews clashed at the Court of Assistants in … [cause 591]. Initial proceedings 20/2k, Libel 1. Morris's family had been gentry for up to 100 years and were from co. … certificate to prove Morris's gentility from the office of arms which Dr Merrick accepted. Then Dr Eden produced as …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… May 1637 - May 1638 Peterborough, where Thomas Billiard and Matthew Robinson quarreled at the Three Tuns Tavern in … Robinson gave him the lie, calling him a son of a whore and challenging him to fight. Robinson claimed that he had … presented proof of Billiard's gentility from the King of Arms. However, no further proceedings survive and, in the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Surgeons held to swear in the new master between September and November 1637. Woodhall maintained that he had been provoked by Morris striking him on the head and insulting him. Morris responded that he struck Woodhall's … Dethick, registrar. 13/1d, Libel Morris was from the family of Morris of Tretower, co. Brecknock, and Woodhall was …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Middlesex, gent December 1639 - June 1640 Holborn and Drury Lane as they appeared in 1570, before the building … the early Stuart period. In October 1639 Thomas Mucklowe and William Skipwith fought with swords in Maypole Alley, … p. 72. The Skipwiths were a large Lincolnshire gentry family with many lines and branches that included several …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Summary of proceedings Dr Duck acted as counsel for Mungre and Dr Eden for Osbaston. In June 1636 Dr Duck gave the … of London. Robert Osboldston was a linen draper with close family connections to the pre-1640 church establishment in … Proceedings Proceedings before Maltravers: College of Arms MS. 'Court of Chivalry' (act book 1636-8) [pressmark …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 'he was a stinking rogue, a rascall, a coxcombly asse and a drunken idle puppie', and 'that he kept better boys in … Petition 'Your petitioner being descended of an ancient family of gentry bearing armes. Notwithstanding one Dominic … required to respond to the libel within a week. Notes The arms of the Muschamps of Middlesex appear in G. J. Armytage …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 689]. Muschamp's witnesses had been examined by May 1636 and Dr Eden began Waterhouse's defence in June. On 29 April 1637 the officers of arms certified Muschamp's gentility and he was awarded damages of £30 and expenses of 20 marks. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… gentleman than Napper, that Napper was no gentleman, and that he knew where Napper came from 'and what his beginning was'. Napper entered bond to prosecute … 'The petitioner being a gentleman of armes and antient family was in August last past much abused by many evill and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… v Guy Moulsworth of St Andrew's, Holborn, co. Middlesex and William Gartfoote of the Inner Temple, London, gents … West, where Robert Napper was insulted by Guy Moulsworth and William Gartfoote is immediately above (From the plan of … 1877), p. 271. Guy Moulsworth may have been related to the family of Moulsworth mentioned in the visitation of 1634. A …