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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1639 - May 1640 The libellous letter of March 1637 in which Henry Babington told Sir Ralph Done that his action … that 'savours more of a dunghill then a gentleman'. Done's son was apprenticed to Babington, a respectable London … firstly Jane, daughter of Sir Valentine Browne of co. Lincoln, secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Savage, and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 4th earl of Dorset who was libelled by Robert Rigges in 1640 (Miniature by John Hoskins c.1635, copyright Victoria … while Rigges and Thomas Badd were arguing at the Red Lion Inn, Fareham, Hampshire, on 27 January 1640, Rigges had said … long history of quarrelling between the two men. Dorset's witnesses included Thomas Badd, esq, John Barton, esq, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 169 DOWMAN V FAULCON William Dowman of Uffington, co. Lincoln, gent v Simon Faulcon of the same, yeoman June 1639 - May 1640 Stamford, Lincolnshire, in the seventeenth century. The site of the fair, where Simon … doe confesse that we are fully agreed, and with your honor's good liking, I intend not to proceed any further against …
16th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… [CJ 687; f. 45] Martis , 16 0 Martii , 21 0 Jacobi Bill of s upersedeas in the afternoon, Court of Wards. Sir William Cope Sir John … Fermor, to sell and dispose a messuage and certain lands in Ibstock within the county of Leicester, for and towards …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… v Doubleday 172 DUCK V DOUBLEDAY Arthur Duck, LL.D., King's Advocate v Thomas Doubleday, Robert Walsh, Cassy Borrough, … true, he durst not offend the kinge and breake the lawes, in soe high a nature; but that he durst and would meete him in any place, out of the king's dominions'. Doubleday claimed …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… v St George 179 DUCK V ST GEORGE Arthur Duck, LL.D., King's Advocate v Sir Henry St George, knt, Norroy King of Arms … who was not a gentleman. The arms were Argent three Fusils in fess/pale/bend Gules/Sable/Azure/Vert [?each] charged with … without a warrant from the Earl Marshal. The arms were 'In a field argent three fusills in... [hole in MS three or …
17th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… for enabling of Sir John Ryves of Damerne near Blandford in the county of Dorset to take his remedy at the common law. … Tuesday, 2 [o']clock. Salmons. Monday. Sir Francis Clerke's bill. Monday, Star Chamber, burgesses of Kent, Surrey and … It was desired that whereas by a private act concerning Lincoln that town was made a staple town and liberty given to …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Cambridge. John Backus and Simon Mountford quarrelled in the Harts Horn Inn in spring 1636 (From, John Speed, Theatre of the Empire … Backus alleged that around the spring of 1636 at the Hart's Horn in Cambridge Mountford had said of him that he was 'a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… forcibly took possession of a water mill from Lord Dudley's tenants and, as they did so, 'fell into high wordes against … drew his sword and exclaimed that if Lord Dudley was in the mill he 'would pull him out by head and shoulders'. … witness 1. 14. He believed Mr Ling, an attorney in Staple Inn, drew the affidavit, and further responded negative. 15. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Warwick, gent May 1637 William Dugdale portrayed in the frontispiece of his The Antiquities of Warwickshire … survive. Initial proceedings EM52, Libel Dugdale's family had been gentry for up to 200 years, while … co. Warwick, esq. This Thomas Kittermaster, while at Lincoln's Inn, was granted a patent of arms by Sir William …