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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… late on the evening of 8 January 1636 after gambling at cards at the Jerusalem Inn, Fleet Street, London. According … St Martin-in-the-Fields Topics of the case allegation of cheating allegation of cowardice denial of gentility gambling …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Ladd before them, he had told them that they 'were all cheating fellows and sought to cheat and undo the country if there were no course taken with them'. At the time the five men were acting as commissioners for … and scandalous terms, saying that your petitioners are cheating fellows and go about to cheat the country, with many …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Robert Welch in St Martin's Lane, London, during a game of cards at Welch's house on 9 February 1640. He described how Welch … Depositions were taken from two of the servants present at the incident in June and in October proceedings were still …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that de la Barr abused him in the great courtyard at Whitehall on 24 March 1640, by giving him the lie in the … 'The petitioner about the 24 day of March last being at Whitehall in the great court yard in the company of divers … Suffolk Framlingham Topics of the case allegation of cheating denial of gentility giving the lie insult before …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1637, and called him 'a base knave and a base cozening cheating knave'. Process was granted on 6 December 1637, and … lye, and sayeing he was a base knave and a base cozening cheating knave, without any provocation.' Petitioned that … Signed by Arthur Duck. 13/1x, Citation Jenkin to appear at the suit of Moore for scandalous words provocative of a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Gardiner had called him 'a base fellow or sharke or cheat' at a hearing before Dr English and other gentlemen, thereby … Middlesex Westminster Topics of the case allegation of cheating assault denial of gentility …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that George Rookes had called him a 'cossening or cheating fellow'. Their quarrel, which stretched back to 1637 … claimed cost him £3000-£4000, he had prosecuted Morgan at common law for saying that his wife was a whore who kept a … Middlesex Poplar York Topics of the case allegation of cheating Court of Exchequer denial of gentility military …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… to him, 'You goe upp and downe the country sharking and cheating', which words were provocative of a duel. No further … to him 'you goe upp and downe the country, sharking and cheating', which words were provocative of a duel. Dated 11 … St Dunstan-in-the-West Topics of the case allegation of cheating provocative of a duel …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… His father, he claimed, had been declared a gentleman at the Visitation of 1574; his uncle and cousin had always … gentlemen, and he himself had been declared a gentleman at the Visitation of Hampshire in 1634. Pay claimed that he … West Riding Wheatley Topics of the case allegation of cheating arbitration Court of Requests denial of gentility …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1636. 20/1a, Citation Farr to appear between 8 and 10am at the Palace of Wesminster on 24 May, at the suit of Pendred for scandalous words provocative of a … Middlesex Westminster Topics of the case allegation of cheating arbitration denial of gentility giving the lie King …