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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… him at the Holy Lamb tavern on Snowhill in St Sepulchre's parish, London. Burley maintained that he had been provoked … in the Court of Common Pleas and also questioned Rivers's gentility, maintaining he was a tobacco seller who 'doth … an additional cause of office against Burley. Burley's defence challenged the integrity of Rivers' principal …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… him in the name of Rowdon' and he felt sorry for Rowdon's tenants because 'their leases were of no effect.' He also attacked Rowdon's witnesses as untrustworthy, maintaining that Thomas Cooper, … relating to his position. The witnesses for Mace's defence were examined by a commission headed by John …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… place late at night on Friday 19 April 1639 in Wheeler's house in Fleet Street, the quarrel arising over Sheffield's refusal to pay a bill he owed Wheeler for accommodation. … set out in the depositions made in response to Wheeler's counter suit [see cause 703]. Sheffield petitioned against …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… granted process on 14 December 1639. 2/63, Plaintiff's bond 14 December 1639 Bound to appear 'in the Court in the … delivered in the presence of John Watson. 2/52, Defendant's bond 8 February 1639/40 Bound to appear 'in the Court'. … Petition to Arundel: 2/66 (14 Dec 1639) Plaintiff's bond: 2/63 (14 Dec 1639) Defendant's bond: 2/52 (8 Feb …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Sydenham, 'was a base scurvey fellowe', that all Sydenham's brethren 'were base scurvy fellows', and that John … of them all.' The quarrel had arisen over Hugh Sydenham's efforts to arrest Cruse for an £8 debt. Process was granted … libel. Dr Eden, acting for Cruse, also questioned Sydenham's gentility. On 22 June 1639 Sydenham was granted £40 damages …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Hargrave claimed that he had been provoked by Trenchard's dishonesty over drawing up a contract for the purchase of a … 1637 his payments were still outstanding. Defendant's case 17/1f, Defence [damaged] Hargrave claimed he was … of White Lackington, co. Somerset. He attended St Alban's Hall, Oxford and the Middle Temple. He married Jane, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… deposed that on 24 May, at an alehouse in Darenth, Woodden's wife called Turney 'the pudding maker of Kent', while … Rushworth's observations of another cause in which one Brown complained in his libel that another had said of him that he was no gentleman 'but descended from Brown the great Pudding-eater in Kent'. John Rushworth, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… survives. Initial proceedings 18/3d, Libel 1. Utber's family had been reputed gentry for up to 200 years. 2. … Dated 6 November 1638. Signed by Arthur Duck. Plaintiff's case 14/2j, Defence interrogatories 1. The witnesses were … 26 November 1638 Signed by Thomas Exton. Defendant's case 13/3a, Defence 'Mr Baldrie being at the Mitre Taverne …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in the East Riding of Yorkshire where Michael Wharton’s mare was paraded up and down ‘on purpose to disgrace me’ … complained that in October 1637 Pudsey took Wharton's mare from the stable of widow Anne Fox of Beverley, … Beverley market as if it was for sale at the St John's Fair, 'on purpose to disgrace me.' Pudsey then boasted …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… against the Scots, and the quarrel arose over Sheffield's refusal to pay the full sum of £11 that Wheeler requested … of a number of witnesses, he uttered the words in Wheeler's libel to which Wheeler retorted 'that he was as good a … as himself', and that Sheffield 'was but a parson's sonne, and that Wheeler was the sonne of an esq.' The …