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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of West Aston, co. Chester, gent v Thomas Robinson of the same, husbandman November - December 1640 Abstract Piggot … his face and dared Piggot to strike him several times in the presence of several people. Process was granted on 20 … appear). Now forasmuch as these provocations have been a great disparidgment to your petitioner in his countrye, hee …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… May 1639 - July 1640 Abstract Pincombe, a barrister of the Middle Temple, complained that on various occasions … 1636 and 1637 Prust, an attorney, had said of him in Great Torrington, Devon, that he was 'a base fellow and a … to my shame and sound a trumpet of my discredit'. During the same period, at the office of Mr Page, a Master of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a scuffle in Tomlinson's house in January 1638, for which the Earl Marshal had him committed to the King's Bench prison. Tomlinson acknowledged his fault and … had voluntarily offered him satisfaction and for a great affront and publique disgrace putt upon a Spanish …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1639 - October 1640 London Bridge and Southwark in the early seventeenth century, showing St Saviour's church (also known as St Mary Overy) in the foreground. Philip Powell and Edmund Jones quarrelled in … 'take good bail' from Probart 'for that his debt was great'. Probart did not give good bail, so the witness …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… esq v Owen Griffith, esq, His Majesty's Attorney in the three shires of North Wales May 1636 - January 1638 The early Stuart court house in Beaumaris, Anglesey, where … day of June attend his Majesty's service in the Court of great sessions held for the Court of Anglisey before me at …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Long Ashton, co. Somerset, attorney May - June 1639 The parish church and village of Long Ashton, Somerset where … to have insulted Lady Griselle Poyntz in January 1636 The monument to Sir Edward Rodney (d.1657), one of the local … and spake the words before by him deposed of, to the great disgrace, and in malitious and vilifying way, of Lady …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1634 - January 1635 Ludlow castle, Shropshire, seat of the Council of the Marches where the quarrel between Thomas Price and … in regard of your petner's many occasions at home, and great charge here, being the father of many children, and 150 …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Cullompton, co. Devon, gent v Henry Gyrd, alias Knight, of the same, yeoman April 1638 - May 1639 Cullompton, Devon, showing St Andrew's church. At the Red Lion Inn in January 1638 Henry Gyrd allegedly gave … discourse Gird told Prowse that he spoke falsely, and 'in great heat and coller', that the Girds were as good gentlemen …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… John Pincombe was required to make his submission before the assize judges at Exeter castle, shown at the top of the drawing, in September 1640 (From John Speed, The Theatre of Great Britain (1611)) Abstract Prust, an attorney, complained …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… made divers offensive and disgracefull comparisons with the ancient gent of the country there about, in termes of great provocation'. Prust had been advised by the Heralds' …