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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Abstract Rowdon complained that at the inn of James Hunt and Mrs Millicheap at Ludlow, Shropshire in October 1634, and at the inn of Christopher Capper in Bromyard, … arms comparison Council of the Marches denial of gentility drunkenness Herald insult before gentlemen office-holding …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… to him in Lumley's tavern in Chelmsford, 'Thou art a rogue and a jackaknapes', adding 'that he was a better man than I, and if he had me out of doore he would whipp me'. Process was … Topics of the case calling sirrah coat of arms comparison drunkenness insult before subordinates nicknaming …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Iver, Buckinghamshire, Seers said 'that I was a knave and a base gentleman', in the presence of witnesses who included William Hawkins and John Wilder, gents. The quarrel had arisen from an … Topics of the case comparison denial of gentility drunkenness taxation …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… V PENNINGTON Thomas Sheppard of co. Middlesex, esq and Nathaniel Snape of Gray's Inn, co. Middlesex, esq v … to fight in the Bishops' Wars in 1639. Abstract Sheppard and Snape were Middlesex J.P.s charged with enforcing the … up opposition. Witnesses testified that between Christmas and February 1638 he had been going around local taverns …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Eastry, co. Kent, esq v William Crayford of London and Mongeham, co. Kent, gent March 1638 - February 1639 The … insulted him by taking the place above him at the table and then declaring that 'I was a base fellow and no … of the case assault challenge to duel denial of gentility drunkenness nicknaming office-holding reconciliation royal …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… summer 1636, in Good's house, that he 'was a base knight and as base a conditioned knight as any was in England, and that he did mainteyne one Clarke to defraud and deceave … constable Court of Common Pleas denial of gentility drunkenness justice of the peace military officer …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Thomas ap Rice, John Phillips, John Wogan, Owen Edwards and John Laugharne, for rating ship money in the upper room … 'base rascal', said that he was a better man than Stepney, and 'phlipping his fingers' said 'a turd in your teeth'. On … custos rotulorum denial of gentility deputy lieutenant drunkenness giving the lie heraldry high sheriff insult …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a mercer, had several times called him 'a base rogue and a base gentleman' in the presence of many gentlemen. … had also declared that he was as good a man as Wadham, and challenged him to the field to fight. In October-November … assault comparison challenge to a duel denial of gentility drunkenness insult before gentlemen other courts provocative …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Scottish campaign on Bedfield Green, Suffolk, on 26 March and 2 April 1639, Colonel Warner had said that he was 'a base unworthy fellow' and accused him of being drunk, and then, before Waldegrave's … Bishops' Wars denial of gentility deputy lieutenant drunkenness military officer provocative of a duel trained …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… February - December 1640 Winchester in 1610. Thomas Brome and John Woodman quarreled in one of the city's many … August 1639 when Brome came into the lower room of Edward and Susan Pescod's alehouse in Winchester and took a slice of … churchwarden comparison constable denial of gentility drunkenness giving the lie office-holding Roman Catholic …