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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… and being borne and descended of a worthy and noble family of gentry parentage, one John Atkyns, a t[a]ylor by … and manifest disgrace of your petitioner's birth and family, with many more scandalous words, tending to the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Petition to Arundel Doyley, 'a gentleman of an auntient family, was much abused by one Francis Jefferies of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Northampton, and his father before him, and that the family were plebeians, despite Hanslopp having been an …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… that William Hurt was descended from an ancient Ashbourne family. Abstract This was one of a trio of causes of office … mayor of Bristol, and that William was descended from a family of armigerous gentry in Ashbourne, to which he himself … ancestors of Raph Hurt of Bristoll were descended from the family of the Hurts of Ashbourne, and for testimony of the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Cur Mil I, fo. 139, Libel 1. Backus was descended from a family that had been ancient gentry for up to 200 years. 2. … out of one cup twice or thrice after that.' 6. The Backus family lived at Trumpington. 7. As witness 1. 28 March 1638 …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… to be allowed him, has failed in supplying proof of his family and has never before exhibited the escutcheon. 8. The … andc, has thereby asserted and alleged that he and his family were gentlemen, and that he bore the armes of his family approved of by the subscription of Robert Cooke …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… survive. Initial proceedings EM52, Libel Dugdale's family had been gentry for up to 200 years, while …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… who is farre from his countrey, where his occasions and family aswell as his wife and six children are neglected and …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… century house at Cothele, Cornwall, home of the Edgecumbe family, although not the principal residence of Sir Richard … complained that Stephens was a brewer from a plebeian family who had falsely assumed the title of gentleman. … Thomas Stephens was a plebeian brewer from a non-gentry family who had wrongly assumed the title of gentleman. 20 …