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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… to Arundel 'Your petitioner is discended of ancient family in the county of Warr. and Glouc., and soe have been … Terrick. Cur Mil II, fo. 37, Libel 1. Somerville's family had been reputed ancient gentry for up to 200 years. … of the late Sir William Somerville, knight, and that the family had always been 'accounted and reputed to be gentlemen …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a coward upon record'. 'Mr Bourne offers the coate of his family that ancient coat of Bourne if the officers will avow. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1. Sir Popham Southcott was descended from an ancient family that had been reputed gentry for up to 300 years. 2. … who was commonly reputed to be a gentleman of an ancient family, a knight and a J.P. for Devon. 2-3. As witness 2. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a yeoman. 1. Southcott was a justice of the peace, and his family had been ancient gentry for up to 300 years. 2. In …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… but insisted that as the younger son of 'an ancient family' from Cople, Bedfordshire, where his father and elder … John Watson. 10/11a, Libel 1. The Spencers were an ancient family that had been gentry for up to 100 years. 2. Jackson … believe that Edward Spencer is a gentleman of an ancient family and soe is accompted, reputed and taken: and doth …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… presence of Humphrey Terrick. 20/2a, Libel 1. Sprignall's family had been gentry for up to 200 years, and Sprignall …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… proceedings Acta (5), fo. 45, Libel [damaged] Brabant's family had been gentry for up to 200 years. Vincent gave him …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… claimed to be 'a gentleman descended from an ancient family'. On 26 December 1637 Butt came to Thomas Stapley's …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… He and his ancestors were sprung from an ancient gentry family. Nicholas Bestney in 1633 or 34, in the parish of St … sentence declaring that Thomas Starkey was of a gentry family, that he was the natural and legitimate son of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Dobbins was required 'to confess himself and all his family to be plebeians... in the face of the whole countrey' … was 'the proper coate of armes belonging to him and his family', and also styled himself an esquire when he was … mere spleen', and wrongly claimed that Dobbins and his family were plebeians. Dobbins was lord of part of the manor …