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Survey of London
… of buildings to face each other across the Cromwell Road base court. Beyond the western road he placed a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Ashenhurst petitioned that Middlemore had called him a base fellow, and assaulted him with a drawn sword. Process … given on the petitioners part) did call your petitioner base fellow, and in violent manner assaulted him with his …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… gave him the lie several times and said that he was 'a base fellowe, a base cowardly rascall, and no gentleman' in the presence of … credible witnesses, vizt. that your petitioner was a base fellowe, a base cowardly rascall, and no gentleman, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… for him and that he was provoked by Claxton calling him 'base drunken rogue' and striking him in the face. He also claimed Claxton's three main witnesses were 'base idle fellows', one of whom, his servant, Thomas Price, … Hugh grew into a choler, and immediately called William base drunken rogue, and gave William a blow on the face; and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… an attorney, did not deny calling Coffin 'rascal and base fellow', giving him the lie and declaring that 'he would … disgracefull speeches, and that he called him rascall and base fellow, and gave him the lye diverse times before divers … *saying* that he did lye and that he was a rascall and a base fellow, or used other words to that or the like effect. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the precinct of the Tower, Reynold had called him 'a base fellow, a cheating base fellow', which words were provocative of a duel. In … precinct of the Tower, Reynold said to Cogan 'that I was a base fellow, a cheating base fellow, and he would prove it', …