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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Devon, esq October 1635 - February 1636 Abstract The cause and result of Vosper's case against Arscott, a Devon J.P., remains unknown as only the plaintiff's bill of costs survives. Sentence / … Notes Several Vospers, but no Abdel are referred to in the Visitation of Cornwall in 1620. Edmund was the son of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Liskeard, co. Cornwall, mercer February - July 1640 The funeral monument for William Coryton (d.1651), in the … challenge your petitioner to go into the field to fight with him, and that he was as good a man as your petitioner. … oftentimes challenge him to go into the field and fight with him, and said he was a better gentleman than he. Thereby …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… esq June 1639 Abstract Lieutenant Waldegrave, a veteran of the Elizabethan wars, complained that at musters to select … Waldegrave's company, struck him 'on the head divers times with a cudgel'. Warner, who had been Colonel of the trained … on 2 April; but on the day he had refused to go through with it, whereupon Warner admitted that he had struck him …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1640 Elizabethan Westminster, showing Westminster Hall, the venue for the central law courts, where Robert Walsh … the lie and challenged him to fight, saying, 'Come and goe with me out of the hall if thou dare'. This Gibbs refused to … the whole affair, claiming that 'Mr Gibbs durst not go out with Walsh, but had either acquainted some of the judges with …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… saying that 'he cared not a turd for your petitioner.' The quarrel had begun, according to Walsh, when Wray refused … Evett as his apprentice over which Walsh threatened him with litigation. At one point Wray attempted to draw Walsh's … EM336, Petition 'Your petitioner entered into agreement with one John Wray, a scrivener dwelling in Fleetestreete, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Brome of Winchester, co. Hampshire, gent v John Woodman of the same, grocer February - December 1640 Winchester in 1610. … and had heard that his ancestors were gentlemen. 2. He was with Brome and Woodman last September at an alehouse in … and hastie manner' in this witness's presence, along with 'a young man called Nicholas and one Susan Pescod, the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Ward, gent v Mr Aylett of co. Essex, gent No date Abstract The cause of Ward's complaint against Aylett remains unknown but the quarrel was settled by arbitration. Sentence / … that he was employed about 6 months ago to go to Essex with a warrant against Mr Aylett to bring him before the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… WARD V PHILLIPPES Arthur Ward of Pontesbury, co. Salop, the elder, gent v Fabian Phillippes of the same, esq December 1640 Abstract Ward complained that in … December 1640 and Ward entered bond; but the case was lost with the suspension of the court's proceedings. Initial …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Warner of Rowington, co. Warwick, gent v Robert Cadyman of the same, clerk November 1639 Rowington church, Warwickshire, … Abstract Warner complained that in February 1639, Cadyman, the vicar of Rowington, Warwickshire, called him 'a base … that Warner was an honest gentleman, Cadyman repeated the words. Warner also complained that in April 1639 Cadyman …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… gent v James Ellis of London, cook February 1639 Abstract The cause and result of Warner's complaint against Ellis … Summary of proceedings Dr Duck was counsel for Warner with Dr Parry for Ellis. On 23 February 1639 Ellis appeared … to have the incumbent of St Stephen Walbrook replaced with a Godly minister for which he was suspended from the …