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The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… of the same May - June 1640 Abstract Rigby complained that on 18 June 1639, whilst he was watering his horse at a pond … had provoked him with threats and called him 'base fellow or clowne'. Process was granted on 12 May 1640 and five … 17/6o, Personal answer 1. 'Anthony Rigbie's ancestors were or were ever accounted gentlemen, or that Anthony now is, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… prove me so to all the world; and he would write me so on the wall; and that he would post up my name for a knave'. … witnesses 'could a gentleman of his quality...have done or spoken less' than he had. He also alleged that whilst in … He was an emissary from Charles I to Gustavus Adolphus 8 or 9 years ago for 2 years, and after that 6 or 7 years ago …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… notice thereof'. The incident took place late at night on Friday 19 April 1639 in Wheeler's house in Fleet Street, … no indication of sentence survives either for this case or for Wheeler's counter suit. Initial proceedings 2/100, … if it were within their power? 2. 'Whether such witness or his fellow witnesses hath not, or have not, beene formerly …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… then purchased of her a lease for 21 years of the manor or farme of Kilmersdon; and the Lady Saye and Seale being …
5th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… without his privity. An unprecedented power. Can produce 3 or 4 great bribes which that great Lord has taken, which he shall not be able to excuse or deny. SIR EDWARD GILES. Confident that this gives a great … because the matters are foul and must needs lie heavy on the honour of such a great person to have this lie long on …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… 1639 The fourteenth century Chequer Inn, Canterbury (on the left hand side of Mercery Lane) where commissioners … prove me so whensoever he met me, that he would kill me or I him, and badd some or one present tell me so to my face.' Crayford was married …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… confrontation with Guy Moulsworth and William Gartfoote on 16 March 1635 referred to in the previous case. … was to perform his submission before the Earl Marshal or his Lieutenant at Westminster: 'In open court in some eminent place to be appointed by his Lordship or Lieutenant standing bare headed shall with an audible …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… the younger's house, where Somerville then lodged, on 25 March and 24 June 1637. Goodrich the elder claimed the … to defame your petitioner, Michael the elder did on or about 25 March 1637 without any wrong or injury offered by your petitioner speake and say to your …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… case which initiated the Court of Chivalry's establishment on a regular basis, Bowne, a student at Lincoln's Inn, … 1634 in the parish of St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, or St Andrew's, Holborn, or parishes adjacent, Throgmorton challenged him to a duel. …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… and sellinge as men of other trades doe in the place or towne where he doth live' which, he implied, undermined … gentleman. Proceedings were under way by February 1640 and on 8 April Spencer's witnesses were examined by commissioners … in this cause? 2. Did the witness live of their own or depend upon another?How much were they worth in goods with …