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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… survive. Initial proceedings 17/1g, Libel The plaintiff's family had been gentry for over 300 years, while Reynold was …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… against Collin. Wigg himself had pretensions to gentility, basing his claim on a coat of arms painted on a parchment … his fellow grocer, James Holiwell, belonged to him and his family. On the strength of this he said that he intended to … whom he believed was a gentleman descended of an ancient family, as he was reputed. 4. Around 27 December last he was …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… much? 4. Whether Colville was a gentleman of an ancient family? Did he live in that fashion? Was he a Justice of the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… his ancestors have been, and are, descended of an ancient family of gentry and have lived in the like repute and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… The north side of the chancel originally housed the family chapel of the Constables of Catfoss and the south side … This was a case about which branch of the Constable family in the East Riding of Yorkshire took precedence. When … of Catfosse were accounted a more worthie familie then the family of Mr Christopher Constable.' Christopher Constable's …