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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… v Henry Heskett No date Abstract Asheton complained that he had suffered 'slanderous defamations' from Heskett, which he had been forced to disprove at the quarter sessions. He claimed that Heskett had been fined £500 by the Duchy of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Sir John Claxton, claimed that Tunstall had written that he 'had degenerated from his gentility' in a replication … at the Lord President's Court at York. Tunstall claimed he was absent in Durham at the time it was drawn up and had he known of it would have had it expunged. In October and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… came to his residence on Sunday 1 September 1639, where he twice challenged him to fight him, vilifying him 'with … bravinge and challenging your petitioner to meet him if he durst; and this hee did two severall times the same day, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Cobb petitioned that in August 1639 Barber had said that he was a cozener and that 'he learned nothing by hearing of sermons but to come home and … persons, say that your petitioner was a cozener and that he is joined with his man to cosen him Barber; and that he …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… (eds.), Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London, 1611-1828 (Publications of the Harleian …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Coffin was 'accounted and reputed to be a souldier' since he had served as a lieutenant on the Cadiz and Isle de Rhé … and base fellow', giving him the lie and declaring that 'he would procure more friends in the Court of Chivalry than … been attempting to provoke him into striking him so that he could bring an action for battery at common law. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 'that I was a base fellow, a cheating base fellow, and he would prove it', which words were provocative of a duel. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the choice of 'a quest man' or other parochial official. He also claimed that Collin had called him 'drunken fellowe, … forsworne fellowe, and idle base quarrelsome fellow' after he appeared as a witness for a Mr Deaves in a suit against … his claim on a coat of arms painted on a parchment which he told his fellow grocer, James Holiwell, belonged to him …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Wisbech between August and October 1637, together with the Bishop of Ely, he wrote letters to Landen. He maintained that Landen read one of the letters aloud and, …