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11th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Fisher, esq., and his heirs. L. 1a. [George] Morgan['s bill]. [ Blank] SIR EDWARD COKE reports the Prince's bill with amendments, which twice read. Upon question, to … of the voyage against the pirates, ships for the Prince's journey, money taken up by the Prince in/ £80,000 due to …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Whitsun week, Star Chamber. The Lady [Grace] Darcy's bill, 2 [o']clock this afternoon. MR. [ROBERT] SNELLING … Solicitor in chair. 20 E. 4 a foreign nobleman but a gentleman here. Every nobleman here sits in the Upper House. … morning that we may better consider of it and the learned gentleman to pursue the precedent and inform the House. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… and a few weeks later had declared that John was a 'gentleman but of the second or third head, or two or three … gent, entered bond to prosecute the cause on Constable's behalf and in Michaelmas term a commission for examining … vilify your petitioner, said that your petitioner was a gentleman, but of the second or third head, or two or three …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… to make a judgement; but this did not prevent local gentleman and yeomen reporting that, by local repute, John … family of Mr Christopher Constable.' Christopher Constable's petition claimed that for the past three years John had … of the encounter was that, in the presence of several gentleman at the weighing stoop, Christopher had told him …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Libel The defendant was described as a miller. 1. Cooke's family had been gentry for up to 300 years and Cooke was a … July 1639, Bagge said: 'That I was a base knave and a base gentleman, and being questioned by some there present for …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Maltravers granted process on 15 May 1640. 5/40, Plaintiff's bond 18 May 1640 Bound to 'appear in the court in the … delivered in the presence of John Watson. 5/97, Defendant's bond 20 June 1640 Bound to 'appear in the court in the … Summary of libel 'Cooke being an honest man and esteemed a gentleman, descended of a family of gentry, and c. Crosse …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… January 1640 Abstract Cooper, a lieutenant in Lord Strange's regiment in the royal army during the First Bishops' War, … Cooper, 'or any of his kindred', and that he was a better gentleman than Cooper and that 'he could buy a coate of armes for 40 s or five markes', adding that Robert Billops had called him …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of the same, esq June 1638 - February 1639 Abstract Copley's libel was based on a series of incidents in which Mountney … order from ecclesiasticall authority (as he said), that a gentleman of his naming should be schoole maister there and … much was his worth with his debts paid? 3. Was Copley a gentleman descended of an ancient family and did he live in …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that Bailey had called him 'a base fellow, a base gentleman, a base rascall, a base knave, a base slave, and a … and order was given to publish the depositions of Bailey's witnesses in December; but no further proceedings survive. … that Bayly said that Coppleston was a base fellow, a base gentleman, a base rascall, a base knave, a base slave, and a …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward I
… for the death of Peter Aylewyn of Smythecote. By p.s. April 5. Westminster. The like, in Ireland, to John de … of Kent, for the abbot and convent of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to enclose a way leading from Recolvre to … Bayonne in time of peace with their merchandise, the noble gentleman, Eusemeus Duree and his accomplices, plundered and …