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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… duel in court before the Earl of Arundel, Lord Maltravers and Sir Henry Marten. Notes Arthur Clarke was the son of Robert Clarke and Elizabeth Walshe, daughter of William Walshe and his … Proceedings Proceedings before Arundel: College of Arms MS. 'Court of Chivalry' (act book, 1636-8) [pressmark …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Priors, Warwickshire, to commemorate his wife, Margaret and two sons (Photograph: Richard Cust) Abstract Clarke … scandalous words. The case came before the court in June and November 1636; but no indication of sentence survives. … Proceedings Proceedings before Marten: College of Arms MS. 'Court of Chivalry' (act book, 1636-8) [pressmark …
10th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Jacobi L. 2a. An act to enable William, Earl of Hertford, and Sir Francis Seymour, kt., his brother, to sell certain manors and lands for payment of debts and to establish others of … that further order may be taken. Ordered, the Serjeant-at-Arms shall further, by the warrant of this House, search for …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… he was absent in Durham at the time it was drawn up and had he known of it would have had it expunged. In October and November 1638 the court was due to hear the testimony of … kt deceased (and is a gent of auncient and generous family', that Thomas Tunstall... in a pretended suite for a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the top of the walled town. Abstract Coffin was 'accounted and reputed to be a souldier' since he had served as a … 10. Was Coffin accounted a gentleman of an ancient family, and a soldier who had served as a lieutenant at Cadiz … 1. 10. Coffin was a gentleman descended of an ancient family, a soldier 'and of a civill and orderly behaviour'. To …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the Tower, London February - May 1636 The Tower of London and its precincts in the mid seventeenth century. Henry … Tower Mint, alleged in his libel that between September and November 1635, within the precinct of the Tower, Reynold … survive. Initial proceedings 17/1g, Libel The plaintiff's family had been gentry for over 300 years, while Reynold was …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Sherehog, London, grocer, Philip Bisse, William Hodson and Henry Dudley, all of London, vintners February - December … pretensions to gentility, basing his claim on a coat of arms painted on a parchment which he told his fellow grocer, James Holiwell, belonged to him and his family. On the strength of this he said that he intended to …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… - November 1638 Abstract Colvile, a justice of the peace and former high sheriff, petitioned that at a public meeting at Wisbech between August and October 1637, together with the Bishop of Ely, he wrote … much? 4. Whether Colville was a gentleman of an ancient family? Did he live in that fashion? Was he a Justice of the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… gent v Philip Borne April 1636 Abstract The cause and result of Astfield's complaint against Borne are unknown … Documents Proceedings Undated proceedings: College of Arms MS 'Court of Chivalry' (act book, 1636-8) [pressmark …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… months Carlyle, a yeoman, had challenged him to a duel, and had given him and his wife Mary Constable 'disgracefull and contumelious speeches' in public. Process was granted on …