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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… as in November 1638 Gray was ordered to pay damages and Carr awarded expenses. [For the counter suit, see cause … Summary of proceedings Dr Duck acted as counsel for Gray and Dr Eden for Carr. On 6 November 1638 Carr was warned to appear and Dr Duck was to give the libel at the next sitting. On 20 …
25th February 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Francis Popham into the House. MR. [JOHN] PYM against it, and propounds the question about his election. MR. [WILLIAM] … MALLORY. This more proper for the committee of privileges, and to have him admitted into the House in the meantime. [f. … , vera , et ponderosa. Here 2 returns: of the bailiff and sheriff. Until a complaint of the inhabitants, no reason …
25th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Ward's bill, former place. Northampton, Stafford, knights and burgesses added to the committee. Knights, burgesses, Northampton added to [Thomas] Cope's bill. And the Bishop [of] Coventry to have notice of it. Monday … place. L . 2. An act for the preservation of salmon, trout and peals. Committed to: Chancellor Duchy Serjeant [Sir …
26th February 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… sold by Sir Edward Herne unto Bevil Molesworth, esqr., and enabling the said Sir Edward Herne to make sale of other lands for payment of his debts and settling of certain manors, salt marshes and other lands, upon Robert Herne and Edward Herne, sons of …
27th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… Martis , 27 0 Aprilis , 22 0 Jacobi Sir William Bulstrode and Sir Guy Palmes added to the committee of Sir Edward … L. 2a. An act for the naturalization of Mrs. [Jane] Murray and William Murray, esq. Upon question, not to be committed … the altering, etc./ Committed to: Mr. Solicitor Knights and burgesses of Kent, Surrey and Sussex Sir H[enry] Poole …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… behind. Upon question, the Clerk to have 30, his son, 10, and the Serjeant, 20. Upon question, all those which pay not … The order for the/ [f. 64v] Sir Robert Mansell's and Sir Henry Vane's patents to be delivered in to them. The … of. So the bill of Brewers. So Earl of Oxford's bill and the Apothecaries' bill to rest. MR. SOLICITOR reports …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 'Thou bearest thyself soe high on thy Mr John Pierpoint, and thy M[aste]r soe highe on the earle of Kingston that men … been spoken, in the earl's absence, before local farmers and their wives out in the barley fields of Wadworth at … anxious for Copley's appearance in the court as Copley and his father entered a bond for £1,000 in June 1637. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… May 1637 - May 1638 Peterborough, where Thomas Billiard and Matthew Robinson quarreled at the Three Tuns Tavern in … Robinson gave him the lie, calling him a son of a whore and challenging him to fight. Robinson claimed that he had … telling him that he was 'no gentleman nor honest man' and Billiard, in turn, insisted that he responded to Robinson …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… London, gent December 1639 - October 1640 London Bridge and Southwark in the early seventeenth century, showing St … known as St Mary Overy) in the foreground. Philip Powell and Edmund Jones quarrelled in the street here in late 1639. … prison, Jones had called him 'a base rascally fellow, and a beggar', saying that he 'had begged of him on the high …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… had boasted that he 'would lay George Rookes on the backe and would not leave him worth a groat, nor a fleece of wool'. … a conflict over holding the office of searcher at Sandwich and Dover. Morgan responded to Rookes's libel in April 1639 and in February 1640 the testimony of Rookes's witnesses was …