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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… company. The quarrel took place at Robert Smyth's inn in Great Torrington, Devon, around Christmas 1636, when … the lie and declaring that 'he would procure more friends in the Court of Chivalry than James Coffyn could.' His … him so that he could bring an action for battery at common law. Proceedings began in November 1637 and letters …
11th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… if computations could have been made what would be lost in the customs if a war, which the customers cannot as yet … very seasonable to take consideration of that which in the paper last day presented from the Lords. No war just, but … justice of the war must be maintained by canon law, the common law will not judge that. Some say they have not denied …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… per annum. The committee for grievances to sit for this in [ sic] Thursday in the afternoon; and the committee for trade to sit then in … the charge against the Lord Treasurer that they might be recorded and remain in the House for posterity. A motion from …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… V CARLYLE John Constable of Catfoss, Sigglesthorne in Holderness, co. York, esq v Francis Carlyle of … yeoman December 1637 Abstract Constable petitioned that in the last twelve months Carlyle, a yeoman, had challenged … in the County of York, being both in birth breeding and common repute but of the ordinary sorte of the yeomanry, hath …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… CONSTABLE V CONSTABLE Christopher Constable of Hatfield in Holderness, co. York, esq v John Constable of Catfoss, … in Catfoss had burnt down, destroying many of his family evidences, including one which it was reputed gave him the … Smith, Stephen Thompson and John Scott. Records, deeds, evidences, and ancient monuments in churches in Holderness …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III
… against the church of Rome and Italian clerks and others in England, found on enquiry that the said trespasses were … him to the constable of the Tower. The king, being in doubt whether he came out of his own will or by … he is married, Or until he should be liberated by the common counsel of the king and of all the barons, his …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III
… barons, knights and freemen and all others of Ireland, in pursuance of the statute of King John made with the common consent of all persons of Ireland, that [no] pleas should be held in the Court Christian touching advowsons of churches and …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III
… and all things pertaining to it clearly drawn up in writing. Afterwards S. de Sedgrave, the justiciary, was … of Alnestowa have letters of licence to elect an abbess in the room of Mabel, deceased; and there came to the king … late when the king was at Oxford, it was provided, by the common council of the earls and barons and of certain bishops …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III
… Grant to the abbot of Messenden of 50 s. a year in perpetuity out of the farm of the county of Buckingham, by the hands of the sheriff, for the maintenance in that abbey of one chaplain to celebrate divine service for … shall be maintained, one, elected by the brethren in common and presented to the king, to be over the others to …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III
… the men holding those lands to the value of 100 s. a year in Cherleton and Chyreton, which William de Brausa, her father, gave to her in marriage, and which the king afterwards granted to her for … Marshal against the king in the battle of Kildare, by the common council of the barons assisting the king, on the …