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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… gent February 1638 Ledbury, Herefordshire where Ambrose and William Elton quarrelled at an inn in January 1638. … Ambrose Elton had been high sheriff of Herefordshire and was at the time serving as a justice of the peace. Process was granted on 7 February and bond was entered for the plaintiff two days later; but no …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, between January and February 1637, he was insulted as he attempted to break up a swordfight between Hubbins and his servant, William Reade. When Essex intervened, Hubbins 'said he was as good a man as I, and thrust mee on the breast with his hand.' Essex retorted, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of the water mill at Minster Lovell where Francis Eure and Robert Harris argued over their fishing in July 1639 … in July 1639, Harris said he was a 'base lyeing fellowe and noe gentleman, and that he would prove him soe'. Harris had raised the …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… abused him in September 1639, calling him 'a base knave', and saying he was a better man than Eyre, thereby provoking him to duel. Process was granted on 26 June 1640 and John Fitzrandolph of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, gent, … is a gent descended of an ancient family of gentry; and that Anthony Fox of Hathersage, yeoman did verie much …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… quarrelling over a Star Chamber case in which John Reresby and Samuel Ballard esqs had brought an action against Keresforth, George Sitwell gent and others. Keresforth's contention was that Reresby and Ballard had abandoned the action, but that it had been …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… C. Metcalfe (ed.), The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634 (Publications of the Harleian Society, 22, 1886); J. Jackson Howard and J. L. Chester (eds.), The Visitation of London, 1633, 1634 and, 1635, vol. I (Publications of the Harleian Society, 15, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Abstract Badcock claimed that Comyns had given him the lie and insulted him with 'contumelious' words. Comyns was … by keeping his hat on, denying Badcock the honorific 'Mr', and altering the words, all of which was done in a 'jeering and fleering manner'. At evening prayer on the same day he …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… fight in the presence of several people, drawing a knife, and then borrowing a sword, boasting that Fanning 'should … Harper approached 'bearing as it seemeth some grudge and quarrel to Mr Fanning, in a violent and challenging manner told Mr Fanning...' [same details then …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Fanshawe complained that Glanville had called him 'a knave and a rascall, and to have bidd one Richard Baker then present to tell him … he had engaged in years of lawsuits. Fanshawe won the case and Glanville was ordered pay a fine of £50 damages, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of Tonbridge, co. Kent April - May 1636 Abstract The cause and result of Faunt's complaint against Jeffery remain … stipulated by the court. This was reiterated on 7 May, and a penalty was reserved for Jeffery for his … Henry, baron Maltravers Howard, Thomas, earl of Arundel and Surrey Jeffery, Edward Marten, Henry, knight Places …