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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Buckingham, gent November 1637 Abstract The origin and result of this cause remains uncertain, as only a badly … [See cause 584]. Initial proceedings 12/1ff, Libel [faded and damaged] Dated 18 November 1637. Signed by Clere Talbot. … Scott of Marlow was the son of Thomas Scott of London and Mary, daughter of Mr Sutton. He married Alice, daughter …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Stephens complained that Nicholls had come to his house and called him 'knave and base gentleman', saying he 'was a vile unworthy fellowe, and delt dishonestly with him.' Process was granted on 8 …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Worcester. Daniel Dobbins was required 'to confess himself and all his family to be plebeians... in the face of the … city's quarter sessions in 1638. Arundel took pity on him and allowed further time to prove his gentility (From, John … he boasted was 'the proper coate of armes belonging to him and his family', and also styled himself an esquire when he …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1639 Clarke, without provocation, called him 'Base Rogue', and had since called him 'scurvy rascall, Jack and base fellowe'. The quarrel had arisen over the settling of a debt in the presence of Thomas Warren and Tobias Wingfield, drapers. Process was granted on 6 …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… October 1639 - February 1640 Smithfield, London, and the surrounding area in the mid seventeenth century. … was granted on 22 October 1639. Both parties entered bonds and on 27 February 1640 the witness John Usher testified for … thou art a poore base fellowe; thou hast bought a horse and I thinke thou hast noe money to pay for him', adding, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… were sitting in Westminster Hall, Gibbs said 'that he lyed and that he was a base rascall, and a t[urd] in his teeth.' Gibbs, the son of the … portions.' When Gibbs denied this Walsh gave him the lie and challenged him to fight, saying, 'Come and goe with me …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… February - December 1640 Winchester in 1610. Thomas Brome and John Woodman quarreled in one of the city's many … August 1639 when Brome came into the lower room of Edward and Susan Pescod's alehouse in Winchester and took a slice of meat from Woodman's plate. Woodman chided …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in July 1639 Winston had said that he 'had dealt knavishly and basely with him', and that when he challenged him, Winston repeated the words, … provoking him to duel. Process was granted on 20 July 1639 and Warren entered his bond on 24 July; but no further …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… market place, Yorkshire, 'Thou lyest, thou art a sharke, and livest by sharkeinge, and I am a better man, or as good a man as thou'. Green … a sharke' after West struck him on the face with his fist and called him 'a rogue and a villaine'. The quarrel had …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in the King's Head Tavern, near the Old Exchange, London, and detained him there by force. Humberstone denied the charges and declared that it was not he, but Mr Nevill, an upholsterer, who had caused Mr Weston to be arrested, and that it had happened in the Rose Tavern in the Poultry …