Search
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Tyrwhit complained that Wilson had called him 'a foole and an asse' at the Lincoln assizes held at Caistor in 1640 … Castleton. He was sequestrated for his royalism during the civil wars and fined £3,488. G. E. Cokayne (ed.), The … Arundel House Strand Temple Bar Topics of the case assizes civil war other court provocative of a duel royalist …
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
… 1640 Abstract Utber complained that between August and October 1638 at the Mitre Tavern, in Fenchurch Street, … 'You lie. Kisse my a[rse]. Thou art a baldpated knave and a cheating rogue'. Baldery maintained that he had been … provoked by Utber refusing to return him a pair of gloves and calling him 'base, tapsterly knave'. Utber presented his …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a large number of people, that he 'was a base fellow, and that all the Vauxes (meaninge the petitioner and his brothers) were the sonns of a whore'. Moreover, … the said wordes.' Process was granted on 25 October 1639 and Vaux entered bond on 15 November; but nothing further …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1. The witnesses were warned of the penalty for perjury and bearing false witness. What was the witness's age, … Lichfield Cathedral Close in 1646. P. R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales, 1642-1660: A biographical … Surrey Reigate Topics of the case allegation of cheating civil war denial of gentility justice of the peace military …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Devon, esq October 1635 - February 1636 Abstract The cause and result of Vosper's case against Arscott, a Devon J.P., … of the peace during the royalist control of Devon in the civil wars but there was no evidence for him acting as a … Devon Bradford Tetcott Thurlestone Topics of the case civil war justice of the peace royalist …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… in the parish church, Knott had 'said I was a sherke and a cheater, and a bugg beare, and had as little reason in … had attempted to settle the quarrel by the arbitration of local gentry, but apparently with little success since on 12 … 1. Walcott's witnesses were his relatives and household servants, capital enemies to Knott, who could be brought to …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Scottish campaign on Bedfield Green, Suffolk, on 26 March and 2 April 1639, Colonel Warner had said that he was 'a base unworthy fellow' and accused him of being drunk, and then, before Waldegrave's company, struck him 'on the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Summary of proceedings Dr Duck acted as counsel for Walker and was to deliver his petition concerning scandalous words … in March 1643. He became a committed royalist during the civil wars and joined the King at Oxford in 1644. He … M. Stoyle, From Deliverance to Destruction: Rebellion and Civil War in an English City (Exeter, 1994), pp. 44-6, 48, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… scrivener June 1640 Abstract Waller, a former mayor and now an alderman of Bedford, complained that on 7 March … Watmole, in company with his son Thomas Waller the younger and other witnesses, said that the elder Waller was 'a promoting knave.' Process was granted on 13 June 1640 and both parties entered bonds; but no further proceedings …