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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Easthampstead, co. Berkshire, gent v William Trumbull of the same, gent June - October 1640 Abstract Thorold … 'I would have you know I am a better gentleman in all respects and degrees then you, and I have a place of … the 1620s, 'had done better service for the king, then all the generations of the Thorolds.' Thorold claimed to be …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Turney of Darenth, co. Kent, gent v Henry Woodden of the same, husbandman April 1634 - April 1635 Abstract In one … behaviour both towards Mr Robert Turney and alsoe towards all other the gentrie of the kingdome'. Initial proceedings … to contention, tolde this witness that he would whipp him, all which this witness tooke patiently and went away.' …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… esq October - November 1639 Abstract Vaux, a justice of the peace for Bedfordshire, complained that Cheney said … number of people, that he 'was a base fellow, and that all the Vauxes (meaninge the petitioner and his brothers) … petitioner that the petitioner was a base fellow, and that all the Vauxes (meaninge the petitioner and his brothers) …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Liskeard, co. Cornwall, mercer February - July 1640 The funeral monument for William Coryton (d.1651), in the … to Nicholas Wadham that I speake noe scandalous words at all of the plaintiff, but tould him, I knowe you are a … other persons presente from the beginning' who observed all that happened and do know it to be true.' 5. 'I, Thomas …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Walcott of Algarkirk, co. Lincoln, gent v Thomas Knott of the same, notary public February - October 1639 Abstract … men's charges and cheated the town'. He was 'present for all the time of speaking the premises, knoweth that Mr … unjust and vexatious dealinge of Mr Walcott, who hath used all meanes to impoverish mee both in deteyninge my rents and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… esq June 1639 Abstract Lieutenant Waldegrave, a veteran of the Elizabethan wars, complained that at musters to select men for the Scottish campaign on Bedfield Green, Suffolk, on 26 March … Waldgrave and his ancestors were gentlemen, but denied all the other allegations in this article. 2-4. On 10 March …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… base, tapsterly, lick spiggit rascall'. Dr Ryves presented the libel on behalf of Walley on 6 November 1638. In January 1639, Dr Exton, acting for Whittrow, claimed that the case had been settled; however, on 21 February 1639 the … examined on behalf of Walley, did not hear in person all that was said between Whittrow and Walley. 3. 'Walley did …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1640 Elizabethan Westminster, showing Westminster Hall, the venue for the central law courts, where Robert Walsh … not Mr Colt offer to lend his sword to Mr Gibbs? 2. Was all this 'not so done and spoken at the same time that those … deposed to the second article of the libel; and were not all or most of them, and especially those words (that is …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 678 WALTER V STEPNEY William Walter of St Martin-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex, gent v Sir John Stepney of … are highly wounded in their reputacon.' Petitioned that all the above parties be brought to answer. Maltravers … of Westminster'. Signed by John Stepney on behalf of all three male defendants. Sealed, subscribed and delivered …
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, … Brome'. Francis Verney, Thomas Musprot, Susan Pescod were all present, but whether Musprot was there throughout he did …