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15th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… July no dispatch. Then the bribe of £500 presently drew it on. Then the Parliament coming on, his conscience smote him. He told Jacob the £500 set on … by the Lord Treasurer that he in probability was the main mover of that breach, and that the great contribution …
16th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… any means of the last dissolution of Parliament that, on his knees, he was a suitor for continuance of it, and that … Sir Henry Yelverton and Sir Thomas Coventry. Set on foot in Queen Elizabeth's time. Knows no particulars of … to the full 40s., for which he gave these reasons: 1. The main grounds in the project suggested in the patent that …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… when Doubleday tried to extricate himself from a £100 bet on a horserace arranged at Hyde Park, and when Walsh refused … set the time and place as Calais sands in nine days' time. On 1 May 1638 the Earl Marshal sent his messenger, John Coxe, … were provocative of a duel, and arranged to meet to duel on a field in France. 2. Doubleday and Walsh were arrested …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… headed by Sir Richard Buller and Sir William Wray on 3 January 1639 at Richard Rowe's inn, at Millbrook, co. … before the local courts and the Cornwall assizes, and also on a board in the gallery of Maker parish church where he had … that he had no part in describing himself as gentleman on the board in Maker church. Edgecumbe presented his libel …
19th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… their great [ac]count books. Ordered also. To be brought on Tuesday next. L. 1. An act to make the river of Thames … [EDWARD] ALFORD. This the greatest matter he ever spoke on in Parliament. So to advise, that we do not blemish what … subordinate question, which they would not oppose in the main. SIR ROBERT MANSELL. The design must direct the …
1st March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… bring from the Lords a message intimating, that where, on Friday last, they had cleared Buckingham from any blame in … and disciplined and put in a readiness. Fortifications on the seacoasts, where need, as done by Sir John Norris in … Almighty, and we have lost our reputation, which is the main pillar of all states. Rome and Spain are twins, they …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… to the passage of the bill. The glass patent to be heard on Monday, whether it be a grievance or not. [f. 24v] MR. … SANDYS, from the committee for trade, about the imposition on hops. Committee thought fit to have it sent up to the … and collegiate churches in England, but in respect of a main maxim of the common law that a statute should be …
20th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… committees or commissioners as shall hereafter be agreed on in this present session of Parliament. [ Blank] Resolved, … committee to set it down. Sir John Savile would have us go on by degrees, first a defensive, then an offensive war. That … Speaker out of the chair, who sitting by, they fell to the main business where they left the day before. And first SIR …
23rd April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… need of any new merchants. They presented some grievances on their trade. [f. 160] First, the licence money laid by the Archduchess, 24s. on every cloth, which they say to be against the ancient … SIR EDWIN SANDYS'S report from the committee of trade. A main difference between the Merchants [ sic] Adventurers and …
23rd February 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… this House. L. 1a. An act for punishment of divers abuses on the Lord's Day, called Sunday. SIR JAMES PERROT. A Jove … Counsel to be admitted at the committee. Agreed. To begin on Thursday in the afternoon at two of the clock, and so … to be. Counsel to be admitted at the committee to begin on Thursday next in the afternoon, 2 o'clock and so every …