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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Temple, complained that on various occasions during 1636 and 1637 Prust, an attorney, had said of him in Great Torrington, Devon, that he was 'a base fellow and a scurvy fellow', and that he had 'dealt basely, vilely, scurvily, ignobly' …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in all the courts of England'. Larder lost the case and was ordered to perform his submission at a muster of Porter's trained band company where he was to apologise and acknowledge that he was 'a gentleman of good quality and of ancient descent of gentry.' Initial proceedings R.19, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a minor, that Edward Vaughan had published around London and Westminster since 1627, and in 1628 in a plea in the Court of Wards, that Herbert Vaughan was not the son of Sir Robert Vaughan and his wife, Dame Katherine, but the bastard of Helen …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… alias Knight gave him the lie, called him 'base fellow' and said he 'was as good a gentleman or better then myself, … Prowses were no gentlemen, but the Prowzes were gentlemen' and that 'the Gyrds could display their armes as well as the … marrying a minister's daughter, or being an attorney's son and said that he, Gyrd, was the son of a clothier.' Prowse …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Minster in the East Riding of Yorkshire where Ralph Pudsey and William Johnson quarrelled over their bowls match in July … of several indictments brought before the court by Pudsey and he also acted as attorney or sat as a commissioner on other cases from Yorkshire and Durham [see causes 43, 398, 420]. On this occasion the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 550 Pye v Weaver 550 PYE V WEAVER Walter Pye of Saddlebow and Stapleton, co. Hereford, gent v Richard Weaver former … Abstract Pye complained that Weaver, a former mayor and M.P. for Hereford, gave him the lie and abused him as 'a base fellow, a base lying fellow, a …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the copyholders of land in his manor of River, approached and told him that he 'was an unconscionable knave, and an upstart landlord, bidding him gett him gone into his … added that in 1640 Hardham had called him 'a base knave', and on another occasion, at Rigby's manor court charged him …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in Fareham, Hampshire, Badd had called him 'a base rogue and a rascall, and noe gentleman'. Badd's defence was that Rigges had been … raised Badd's rate by 10s and then persuaded the attorney general to prosecute him in Star Chamber for refusing to pay. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Abstract Rowdon complained that at the inn of James Hunt and Mrs Millicheap at Ludlow, Shropshire in October 1634, and at the inn of Christopher Capper in Bromyard, … in the presence of several gentry, that Edward Rowdon and his father, Richard, were not gentlemen and 'that they …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Iver, Buckinghamshire, Seers said 'that I was a knave and a base gentleman', in the presence of witnesses who included William Hawkins and John Wilder, gents. The quarrel had arisen from an alcohol-fuelled discussion of accounts, and the general consensus among the witnesses was that Samwell had …