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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that Smith had called him 'base fellow, a slave', and 'a rogue' in the presence of several gentlemen, claiming he was a better gentleman than Molineux, and that Molineux was no gentleman. Molineux maintained he was the grandson of Sir John Molineux, knt, and entered bond to prosecute the cause on 5 November 1639. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Salven accused Pearson of having called him 'thou', and having said that he was as good a man as he was, when … 16 years. Salven entered his libel on 23 February 1639 and was required to prove his gentility by a certificate from … witnesses, most of whom were local yeomen from Egton and Lythe, alleged that Pearson had endured a series of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… came to the Custom House 'in a most ryottous manner' and assaulted him, calling him 'base fellowe rascall and slave.' The quarrel had arisen over 40 hogsheads of tobacco which Peasley and others took by force from the Custom House after Stafford …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… bart, Thomas Stepney of Llandebie, co. Carmarthen, esq, and Charles Stepney of Prendergast, co. Pembroke, gent July … Magdalen Stepney, wife of Sir John, Thomas Stepney, esq., and his wife Priscilla, and Charles Stepney, gent., had reported before several …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… apothecary v Sampson Sheffield of Seaton, co. Rutland and gentleman pensioner to His Majesty March - June 1640 … London, Sheffield, a kinsman of the Earl of Mulgrave and gentleman pensioner to the king, had given him the lie and called him (in the words of one of his witnesses) 'a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1639 - May 1640 The fourteenth parish church of St Mary and All Saints at Willingham, Cambridgeshire which hosted the cudgels match between Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely at which William Crispe challenged the … insulted him during a cudgels match between Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, at a feast at Willingham on 23 September …
9th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… to be this day sevennight. Free trade, all to have voice; and Mr. [John] Bankes added. L. 1. An act/ [f. 119] L. 1. An … a pound and take away all property away [ sic] and make us slaves. 3. That imposition is against law. 4. That who advise … the very essence of a subject and makes them villeins or slaves. That those who are the procurers of it are unworthy …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… The common enemy having failed in all their former plots and conspiracies, for the ruin of his Highness 1 and the Government, resolved, (it seems) at last, to bring … sinister an opinion of ourselves (as little generosity as slavery hath left us) as to think so great a virtue can want …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… Acts and accounts 164184 16411642. 1641, Oct. 1.mdash;Arthur … Mattock appointed general receiver of the bishop of Bath and Wells.mdash; p. 86. 1641, Oct. 16.mdash;Thomas Holte, … Dr. Paul Godwyn, Dr. Robert Crichton, the treasurer, and Tristram Towse, notary public, deputy chapter …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… Acts and accounts 168499 16841685. 1684, Oct. 1.Mr. Henry Dutton, canon residentiary, appointed official of the dean and chapter within their peculiar jurisdictions. fo. 42. … 10 s. for redemption of poor men of Chester from slavery; 2 l. to Mr. John Pope for preaching the …