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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 …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… and c.' 1635 No signature. Acta (5), fo. 55, Libel Browne's family had been gentry for up to 100 years. Atkinson had … to a duel. 21 April 1635. Signed by Arthur Duck. Plaintiff's case Acta (5), fo. 56, Letters commissory for the plaintiff … clerk Button, William, knight Browne, Richard, gent (also Brown) Daniel, William, gent Dethick, Gilbert, registrar …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Maltravers granted process on 20 May 1639 6/161, Plaintiff's bond 21 May 1639 Bound to appear 'in the Court in the … Notes George Browne of Shredicote was the son of Thomas Brown of Shredicote, a proctor in the Court of Arches, and … People mentioned in the case Browne, George, gent (also Brown) Duck, Arthur, lawyer Horton, William, yeoman Howard, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… parishes of St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, and St Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex, in the presence of John Page, Master … John, gent (also Bartlett) Browne, John, esq (also Brown) Browne, John, knight (also Brown) Dethick, Gilbert, registrar Duck, Arthur, lawyer Eden, …